Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-02-19
O@', Az ~ S@'AA 49,
Fayette, Mo-, Jan. lis, 1857. ..
Young mooroN, OR lRON DUKE


stS,,o AS before promised, l now offer 10
NE1l the public, the Pedigree and performances
of this Thorough Bred Stallion.
IRON DUKE was sired by the celebrated
horse 'Hooton,o who was imported TO this coun-
try in 1850. Hooton was bred by Sir Thomas
Stanley, Of Hooton Hall, Cheshire, England his
color is dark brown, he is sixteen hands high, and
for beauty, perfect symmetry and fine points, he
is acknowledged by the best Judges to have no SUI
peror now in existence.
Hooton was sired by sDespot, . out of Canton
mare; her dam, "Melrose, by Pilgaric, Whisker
and Orville. Despot was by "Sultan," out of
Fanny Davies, by Filho-da-puta; her dam Treas
Middleton, he of the ''Flying Dutchman," the
winner of the Derby and Ledger in 1919.
'lron Dukes dam has cross of imported Dem
ocrat, imported Comet, imported Dragon and Di-
omede; she was sired by Prince, and Prince by
Bocraft's Whalebone, and he by old Cherokee
Iron Dukes dam is colt of of that noted mare
Sele; she was out of that celebrated mare Fam
brought from Virginia by Hugh Rosenberg, and
was considered one of the best bred mares Of that
day.
tits well known that g Cherokee" was sired by
"Sir Archie;' his dam, Young Roxanna, by" Hep
hestian," half brother to Sir Archie, out of the
same dam; his gr dam RoXanna by the imported
horse Marplot; or dam by the old imported horse
Flinnap, out of one of Gen. McPherson's best
bred mares.
Annexed offer few certificates, Of some well
known stock growers in Bourbon county, KY.
where | purchased ''Iron Duke"
We, the undersigned, do hereby certify that we
have bred 10 Laban Lotions horse "lron Duke, y
and without hesitation say he is the finest breeder
We have ever bred to. His colts are all large and
fine, and be is an unusually sure breeder.
c. NJ. HUTSELL, STEPHEN TERRY,
DAVID HEFRY, B.F. SoPER,
WIN. d. BRAMBLETT.
have sucking colt, sired by ''Iron Duke ;,
and have repeatedly refused $3.50 for it; it is worth
$500. z. KENNEDY.
Ip'rchascd a horse colt monts old of Labar
Lettou, sired by ''iron Duke" for $135, and have
since refused $500 for the colt. Given under my
hand ED. W. BEST. =
"Iron Duke'' is dappled iron grey, 16 hands 4
inches Ugh, and years old the 9th of May next
He took the prize IN Lexington, KY, Sept. 1854
when years old, the only time he has ever been
exhibited.
"Iron Duke" will make the present season al
my house, five miles east of Glasgow, on the fol-
lowing terms:-Twenty dollars The season, paya-
BILE the LIST day Of Oct next; with the privilege of
returning the mare every season after while the
horse lives, should she fail to be in foal, and be
not traded of; if preferred no charge to be ade
for the service, but the colt to be Joint property
to be valued at weaving time, by one or either
party, and the other TO have the choice of buyng
or selling at the fixed price.
! also bind myself to give three hundred dollars
for the finest colt of Iron Dukes get this season.
the question to be decided by dsinterested and
competent judges upon the Howard County Fair
Grounds in the fall of 1858.
Jan. 8, 1857. JAMES o. SWINNEY.