Arkansas intelligencer., 1845-04-26
THE CELEBRATED RACE HORSE AND STALLION
ARGYLE,

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NN7ILL stand the ensuing season, at tho pan
w ta,ion of Samuel Mays, in Flint District,
Cherokee nation. Ho will be let to mares at %-O
The season, ana mat palu wIInIn Ine year-a &C.
ducton of 30 per cent. being made Tor moneys
maid within the season. The season to conmenc"
on tho Isl day of March, and end the 3Oth If
June.
Every care will DO taken of the mares, and
their foals, but no liabilities will be incurred for
escapes or accidents. Good pas,uruge will be pro-
yided, and mares fed on grain al reasonable
price, and servar:s boarded gratis. Should
mare not prove in ioa she shall have the Jcncii;
of the succeeding Fall season gratis.
DESCRlP TON AND PEDIGREE.
ARGl LIZ is dark brown, without whlto en-
cent star, fifteen hands and three quarters high,
possessed of uncommon bone and muscle, and
form combining with perfect symmetry, every cs-
sen,al of q Race Horse. lie is now fourteen
wears old, having been foaled in Maryland IN the
prng of 1880. Hewas sired by the famous Mon
,ro,sop. his dam Thistle, was by Oge s Oscar, his
orondam by DIR. Thotntons imported Horse Chil-
den. his O. grandam by Mr.. Halls Spot; and his
o. o. o. dam by DR.. Marshall's Hydor Ally, who
was hy Lindsay's Arabian.
PERFORMANCE ON THE TURF.
The performances OF ARGYLE on the Turf, have
nlaced him in the very first rank of American
Horses. as Racer, while those Of his got entities
him to an equal standing as Stallion lie start
ed first at Orangeburg S. c.. in 1854. and ran at
Barnwell, Augusta, Macon, Columbia and Charles.
ton: two, three, and four mile heats, beating Pat
sy Wallace, Rattlesnake, (hree times,) Lady
Ashton. Rushlight, Bertrand, jr., (Iwice,) Yer.
,nmmes, g., &c. He never lost heat, and was
rarely. if ever, put up TO his speed, until his en-
traordnary defeat by John Bascombe in 1856,
the clrcu"-.nnces of which are familiar to every
one Subsequently he was Trained ""L -" "aih
great success in Virginia; and in May, 1888, on
The Central Course at Baltimore. after running for
the first hea, of three miles and losing it. by
had in 5 minutes and 45 seconds he won the
second heat in minutes and 40 seconds, being
the hest second heat Of three miles recorded oil
the American Turf, and the most brilliant per.
formance Of year, surprising all others, in the
richness of its annals.
Duripc the same week, and on the saTie course,
one of his daughters, Kate Seaton, won the great
etSeepstakes of $4,000, beating fine field with
great ease, such a coincidence being hitherto un.
known upon the Iurt.
ARGYLE stood but one season until the year
1910, and TO limited number of Mares, not many
of which were thorough bred yet bis colts have
,ron nine out of eleven races for which they have
been sta rted beating at one, two and three miles,
the get of many our bes, Stations, besides several
imported colts, some of them in first rate time
Two of his get, the "Governor" and "kate Seaton,"
were unrivalled upon tho Turf by any thing Of
heir age.
Tho owner of ARGYLE, in bringing him to
the West, in tho Cherokee Nation, presents him
with confidence TO the Public, as being in every
,ye,. on account of his blood, size, and form; his
performance on tho Turf, so remarkable for endu-
rance, as well as speed, and the extraordinary sue
cess of his get;-worthy of their entire approba-
iton. ohhoEL Mh1o.
Fort Gibson, C. N, Jan. 2Gth 1915.
2-till 3oth June.