Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-04-26
DEUCALION.

TUNHIS distinguished Race Horse will stand then
IL ensuing season, commencing on the 18th ttsH5T\
February and ending the 10Th of July at NV ~
stable the Trotlins Park, Richmond at 80 ihe
season and Al TO the Groom be paid in ali case, when
the mare served Should the mare not prove In oa ,h.
be 20 the horse the next gratis Mares will
be well fed at forty per day but there viii h. no r..
sponsbily for accidents escapes. As the
wishes TO avoid the trouble Of collecting the seasons he
made them payable in ADVANCE and this bis induceen,
for standing the horse 50 low
Deucalon Is six old this Spring: dark chesnut
wiihou, white, except star in the forehead dye feet one
inch and urce-eigis hsh-fulundcr ic standard and Is
OF me nnest proportions aud most beautiful symmetry
Ills backbone Is remarkable for Its size and strength lie
believed to be taller than his SIRE Revenue and taller
thah ms gransire, Trustee u than inches taller
than Imported Medley. and those renowned English Stall
lions, Trumpeter and whaebone: aud is than five
inches taller than the famrs cuTmile horse JmcracE
peucalion got by Revenue sire OF Sue Washington,
Fanny Washington, Engineer, Planet &c, and is out Of
rhe Queen, by Imported priam lwinner Of the Derby;
grand dam Dciphine by whisker winner Derby,
and own brother 10 WhaehoaeG s. grand dam (Jereeds
DAM My Lady by co;nus out Of the cSCrels dam, by
Maske brother To Sylvia Ieguus Lord Morons Arabian,
Mxhury Mu,o Bay Turk Bay Boston, Coneyskns, Hut
tons trey Barb, Bycrly Turk, liuser.
The imported mare. THE Queen (Dcucaon's dam, was
OF the distinguished in the United
States, al all distances from to four mile heats She
was full sister to Monarch equally distinguished. They
wer. both bred at the Royal stud At Hampton Court The
Queens grand dam My Lady, was the dam Of the ds,n-
guishcd English horse and Stallion Jereed and also the
dam Of Imported Passenger. My Lady's dam was also
dam OF che Colonel winner Of ST. Ledger and one OF the
most racers and Stations IN England and her
dam likewise III. dam OF the famous four mile horse
Ny This pedigree remarkable Cor lis richness aud
peealy for the stouness Of its cross and
OF the most ancient be- found In the Stud book
I England, running back to the reign Of Charles !.
As TO his performances Il is sufficient TO say that he ran
six races and them all except OF mile heats (hr
only lac at that distance) in which he was
beaten by inferior horse in Of being dec
dely ais In all his other races, which were OF two aud
three miles heats he con,ended with the finest horses Of his
day, including Engineer, Shocsoe. Tar River &C. &C., and
bea, his competitors with such that he never put
TO his full speed, many Instances di.,ancnr majority OF
the field. Finally, In Juae l> while Oh his way 10 Long
Island 10 fuhl his engagement in four m- swerpstnEe
with Nicholas l., Sue Washington and others, In passing
through New York CITY, he received nn injury which caused
his withdrawal from the turf For AIS performances In ful
see haudhis {. WAGNER.
S-Dcucaion will be- exhibited AZ PowhA,an, Chester
field, Goochland Hanover courts, Ia the month o
March next after which he will rem ain Al his stand a
stated above. I. W.