Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1857-02-26
YOUNG HOOTON. on lnON DUKE,

SfA,uo AS before promised, | now offer to
&TT the public, the Pedigree and performances
Of this Thorough Bred Stallion.
IRON DUKE was sired by the celebrated
horse " Hooton," who was imported to this coun-
try in 1850. Hooton was bred by Sit. Thomas
Stanley, Of Hooton Hall, Cheshire, England; his
color dark brown, he is sixteen hands high, and
for beauty, perfect symmetry and fine points, he
is acknowledged by The estjudges to have no SUI
peror now in existence.
Hooton wassired by "Despot, )" out Of Canton
mare; her dam, "Melfose, by Pilgarlic, whisker
and orville. Despot was BY "Sultan," out Of
Fanny Davies, by Filho-da-puta; her dam Treas
ure, by Camillus. Sultan was the sire of Bay
Middleton, he of the "Flying Dutchman," the
winner of the Derby and Ledger in 1919.
"1ron Dukes dam has cross of imported DEM
ocrat, imported Comet, imported Dragon and Di-
omede; she was sired by Prince, and Prince by
Bocrafts Whalebone, and he by old Cherokee
Iron Dukes dem is colt of of that noted mare
Sele; she was out of that celebrated mare Fan,
brought from Virginia by Hugh Rosenberg, and
was considered one of the best bred mares of that
day.
tits well known that '.Cherokee" was sired by
''Sir Arche;'' 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, gr 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 "Iron Duke"
and without hesitation say he is the finest breeder
we have ever bred 10. His colts are all large and
fine, and he is an unusually sure breeder.
c. NJ. HUTSEBL, STEPHEN TERRY,
DAVID HEFRY, b. SOPER,
VIM. D. BRAMBtETT.
have sucking colt, sired by "Iron Duke, y
and have repeatedly refused $3.50 for it, it is worth
$780, z. KENNEDY.
purchased horse colt nonts old Of Laban
Lection, sired by "lron 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 l
inches iigh, and 6 years old the 9th of May next.
| He took the prize IN Lexington, KY, Sept. 1854,
when g. years old, the only time he has ever been
exhibited.
"Iron Duke" viii make the present season at
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 Off or il preferred no charge TO be AIDE
for the service, but the colt TO be joint property
10 be valued at weaving time, by one or either
party, and the other TO have the choice Of buying
or selling at the fixed price.
| also bind myself 10 give three hundred dollars
for the finest coli of Iron Dukes get this season.
the question TO be decided by disinterested and
competent judges upon the Howard County Fair
Grounds in the fall of 1858.
! Jan. 8, 1857. JAMES o. SWINNEY.