Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-03-26

ately altar purchasing him, which wa
about Nov. Is, 1890. Iwrote . letter Of
two Of inquiry TO Kentucky but re
ceived no response, owing TO the fac
that the initials OF the parties Il
whom wrote were published wronl
in the pedigree OF Eureka Chief, hert
below published; which will be appar
en-. from the perusal of two letter.
herewith published, Not still being
satisfied and Not understanding VIII,
the horse cannot now show bettel
than . three minute gait, when II up
pears in his pedigree thai he had trot'
ted in 2;S2A | wrote to an sttorncv a
EmineHce Ky. and received the follow
ing letter in reply:
| ENiScNKr.. Sep. u, 1891.
A. G. FANT, ESQ.,,
DEAR Sir:
Yours Of the II inst. Just nov
received and strange::to say the.man; VIII,
broke and trained and sold the horse ecu
reks Cher was In my Office when your let
ter:.was opened BY me. I allude to Levi,
=: ellis, ESQ.,. a. horseman OF this town
Old man Ford is an old man and is an inva,
hd-l lHis name Is 0. Ford or OrviNe Ford
avery rich man who lives II miles In the
country. Ellis sold the horse at. 1T,
Woodwards sale at Lexington to those
Miss. parties for $4,000. but had been.of
Tered $1,000 for MIN on one occasion. Ev.
cry wordtn the inclosed slip marked Levi.
s.. Ellis 10 true,and can be verified,
am glad to be athletic furnish you this
information. l know and have seen the
horse 100 times. Gle " I! great big,.niee
blood bay with black points. For any 9th.
err Information l refer you to Nr.;Lewis s.
Eilis,..Eminence, Ky.
Yours fratcrnally,
WIN: ?. TuoRNE.
The slip::refcrred TO In the above Let.
ter is the pcdigree..which is published
below.
After receiving this letter | wrote
another letter to which the following
Is a reply:
EMlNENcE, KY.,JNov. Il, 1891,
A. 9. FAINT, Esq,
DEAR SIR:
Your letter Of Sept. 10, was
laid aside..and | forgot to answer +, until
now, happencd::to u across it In look.
Ing Tor another. II bought Eureka.Chlet ut
one year old from.one OF my near neigh.
bors' Nr.::Nrville Ford. Broke him at two
years OF age to harness and saddle. In his
"rd year he showed to be very speedy, at
q trot, In his 4th yenr made a light season
and Kept him neutrality-suspicious. season.
lie trotted oycrm y track IN ::32A. thought
if nothing happened. him be: would trot In
2;2O in bis 9TH year Old form, but luck was
against him. lie stepped on a little block
Of wood In his work, theinext step be- went
lame In one Of bis hind legs. That stopped
bis training. After standing him several
seasons, l sold himiat Lexington, XIV. A
man from your county bought him at the
price. When l put them up they 20, high
or low. Twill now look over your ques.
tons.
lIHe Is not standard by breeding nor bv
performance. Neither has he won In the
2;3o list. So that will keep him out, unless
something has got in that l know nothing
OF. He was all right when he trottcd 2:s2,.
4 years old. lie is much older now and l
doubt II he would stand training. His time
was a private trial over q private track, mo
record). l drove Rosette over the Eminence
track, q private trial, in 2:33a, late in the
Fall Of her 3D. year. In the Spring of her
4th year. before she went into training, n
friend asked me to let her 90 one half mile
to see her gait. She seemed not to be 70.
ing fnst but got there in lis. When I,pot
back to where be was he asked NV price.
iolu hiW. HI said, 10 my surprise, he
would take her for his friend in Phil. Pa.
She was used there on the road and then
put to breeding. Col. West was o com.
bined get. II sold him at 4 years old. I
think he could show better thut RIO to hsr.
ness then, but bis fort was a saddlcr and a
driver. BE is in the East somewhere and
used as a combined horse.
Eureka Chief was o good breeder. sold
Of his colts for fine prices, The
best one was u b year old bay saddle mare,
the best that ever stepped on Ky. soil. She
sold Afterwards at Lex. Ky. for 1890 I'm.
der the hammer, the highest price ever paid
for q saddle mare ut Lexington Ky. Some
OF ky's best judges say he ought never to
have left this State. Hoping that the fore
going may be Of some satisfaction and that
you may have good lnck with the old stall.
lion, lam. sir. very respectfully,
LEWIS 3. ELLIS.
This magnificent horse will make
the following Spring and Fall seasons
at tho Magnolia Stables owned by
Capt. j. L. Griggs. for the exceedingly
low price Of $40 for tho season or sis
to insure. This horse has demonstra.
ted that he has the two indispensable
requisites which every owner OF a
mare should look tor when he is look
ing for q horse with which to stint her.
individual merit aud the po-er
10 transmit 1t.
II is well known that this horse IA
totally blind, but there is no doubt
but that II 10 the result Of other than
natural causes. He was etintcd 10
forty.onc mares last year-somc Of tho
most prominent stock men Of the conn.
" patronizing him. Nessrs, Nat Ma.
horner. X A. Robinson, W. p. Snow.
den and Allio Swami. being among tho
number. l deem II unnecessary 10
say anything farther.
Respectfully.
A. G.. FANT.
Macon, Miss. Mch, 4. 1892