Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-03-19
Tothe Public.

Ghlrl, from DulllZlrr brOS. was uc-
sirous of obtaining all the information
| could about the horse and immedi-
atrly altar purchasing him. which was
| about Nov. Is, 1890. ! wrote a letter or
two of inquiry 10 Kentucky but re-
ceived no response, owing to the fact
that the Initials of the parties Ia
whom | wrote were published wrong
in the pedigree OF Eureka Chief, here
below published; which will be appsr.
en- from the prrusal of two letters
herewith published. Not still being
satisfied and not understanding why
the horse cannot now show better
than q three minute gait. when it up,
pears in his pedigree that he had trot.
ted in 2;32s, | wrote 10 an ATTORNEY at
Eminrnre Ky. and received the follow
ing letter in reply:
EMlNCNkY., Sep. IA, 1891.
A. C. FAINT, Esq,
DEAR Sir.
Yours Of the II inst. gust now
received and strange..to say thesman who
broke and trained and sold the horse "Fu-
reka CHER was in my Office when your let
to- was opened by me. l allude to Lewis
). Etfs, Esq.,. a horseman of this town
Old man Ford is an old man and is an inya-
Ia. His name is o. Ford or Orvil.e Ford,
q very rich man who lives Il miles in the
country. Ellis sold. the horse at. W.T..
"oodwards sale ut Lexington to those
Miss. parties for s48O.OO but had beep.of.
Tered $1,000 Tor MIN on one occasion. Ey.
cry word in the inclosed slip marked Lewis
5. Ellis is..true.and can he verified,
am glad to be. able to furnish you this
information. l know and have seen the
horse lN times! Gle is u, great. big, nice
blood bay with black points. For any 9th
er Information | refer you to Mr.,Lewis S.
IIis,..Eininence. Ky.
Yours. fraternaily,
WIN. L. TRoRNE.
The slip..refNrred to in the above let.
yer is the pedigree which is published
below.
After receiving this letter | wrote
another letter to which the following
is Il reply:
EhiNENcF, KY. ,!Nov. II, 1891.
A. G. FAINT, Esq.
DEAR SIR:
Your letter of Sept. 1G, was
lald aside and | forgot to answer il until
now, happened.to run across it in look
ing for another IL bought Eureka Chief at
one year old from zone of my near neis',
borS, Mr...Nryillc Ford. Broke him at two
years OF age to harness and saddle. In his
3rd year he showed to be very speedy, at
a trot, in his 4th year made a light season
and kept him in training, the'whole season.
lie trotted oycrmy track in 1921. Thought
If nothing happened. him he, would trot in
2:2O in his 9th year Old form, but luck was
against him. He stepped on a little block
OF wood in his work, t~he:next step he went
lame in one Of his hind legs. That stopped
his training. After standing him several
seasons. | sold himIat Lexington, Nv. A
man from your county bought him at the
price. When | put them up they 20, high
or low. will now look over your cues.
tons.
lie is not standard by breeding nor BY
performance. Neither has he won in the
2;3O list. So that will keep him out, unless
something. has got in that | know nothing
Of. He was all right when he trotted e:32i.
4 years old. lie is much older now and I
doubt If he would stand training. His time
was a private trial over n private track, mo
record. | drove Rosette over the Eminenee
track, u private trial, in 1854. late in the
Fall Of her 3D. year. In the Spring of her
4th year. before she went into training, q
friend asked me to let her 20 one half mile
to see her gait. She seemed not to be 90.
ing fast but got there in l:1s. When I,pot
back to where be was he asked my price.
told him. He said, to 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 a COM
bined set. i! sold him at 4 years old. |
think he could show better that 2.4O to har-
ness then. but his Tort was a saddlcr and a
driver. He is in the East somewhere and
used as Il combined horse.
Eureka Chief was a good breeder. sold
several of his colts for fine prices. The
best one was u 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 n saddle mare at 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 aud that
you may have good luck with the old stall
lion, am, sir, very respectfully,
LEWIS 5. ELLIS.
This magnificent horse will make
the following Spring and Fall seasons
nj the Magnolia Stables owned by
Capt. j, l.. Griggs. for the exceedingly
low price of $40 for the sea>ou or Sl5
to insure. This horse has dcmon.,,a.
ted that he has the two in~di,pensoLle
republics which every owner OF n
mare should look tor when he is look.
ing for n horse with hicb to sim, her.
G. individual merit aud the power
to transmit it.
II is well known that this horse is
totally blind, but there is no doubt
but that II is the result OF other than
natural causes. lie was .tin.ed TO
tori! one mares last year-s0me OF the
most prominent stock men of the coun.
~ %paironizing him. Mesars. Mat Ma.
horner, X A. Robinson, W. p. Snow.
den and Allie Swami. being among the
number | deem II unnecessary TO
say anything further.
Respectfully.
a. &. fAYr.