Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-03-12
Pubic.

/. Having purchased The horse, EurekI
Chief, from DantZler Bros. | was de,
{ sirous Of obtaining al The Information
? could about the LcF-e aud immcdi.
Sicily altar purchasing him. which "a,
: about Nov. Is, 1890. / wrote 4 letter OF
Two OF iBGuSy 10 Keniurky but re.
: ceiVed no response, owing 10 The fact
Mat the initials OF the parties IL
whom | wr0sc were published wrnng
, IN the pedigree OF Eureka Chief. here
. Oe'o" published; which will be sppar-
: en- from the pcruszl Of two letters
herewith published, Not siill being
ssiisned and not understanding why
2 me horse cannot DOW show better
I ihsn y three minute gait. when IL ap.
, pears 10 his pedigree that he had iroi-
ten IN 252t. wrote to an a%ttoTnev At
Ea1iHcnce Ky. and received the follow.
nag letter in reply:
sAiNESc KY. Sep. Il, 1891.
A.C. FAINT, Esq,
DEAR Sir:
Your Of the II inst. lust now
received and strange..to say the,man who
ofoSe and trained and sold the horse ..Fu.
reka Chief was in ny office " hen YOUR LET.
lei was opened by me. ! allndc TO Levi.
>. Ellis, ESQ.,, y hor.eman Of this town.
old man Ford is an OLD man and i. an ipya.
III. His name is .. Ford or Oryil,e Ford
avery rich man who lives II miles in the
country. Ellis sold the horse a, W. r.
"oodwards sale ut Lexington to those
Miss parties for sAtO.0. but had been of.
i.red t2,Nl for Dim on one occasion. Ey.
cry word in the inclosed Slip marsed Lewis
3 EMS is true and can be verified.
an glad To be able to furnish you this
information, | know and have seen the
morse 100 iimes, He is a, great biz. mica
olood bay viii. black points. For any 9th
fr~ lhiornatioh ] refer you to Mr.. Lewis s.
Ellis. .Emiueare. Ky.
Yours fraternally,
WIN. T. THoRNE.
The slip..refcrred to in the above let.
Ter is the pedigree which is published
below.
After receiving this letter | wrote
another letter to which the following
is u reply:
EMlNKNcE, KY.,INov. u, 1891.
A.. FAINT, Esq,
DEAR SIR;
H.. Your letter Of Sept. 10, was
la'd aside and | forgot to answer i, untii
now happened..to run across il in look
ing Tor another. Il bought Eureka Ch,et at
one year old from one of nv near n,i,b.
bor'' Mr...Nryille Ford. Broke him Mt Two
years OF age to harness and saddle. In his
7rd year he showed to be very speedy, at
u tro,, In his 4tli year made a light SEASON
and kept him in training the'whole season.
Hetrotted oycrmy track in 1894. Thought
II nothing happened. him he would trot in
2;Zo III his 9th year Old form, but u-s vas
against nim. He steppelSS5T little hlocv
81 wooa N Ms theme xt STEP he went
.aTiie IN one sf his hind legs. That stopped
his training. After standing him several
seasons, | sold him.at Lexington, Nv. 4
man from your county bought him at the
price. When | put them up they 20, high
or low. I will now look over your ones.
tons.
lie is not standard by breeding nor by
performance. Neither has he won in the
ESQ list. So that will keep him out, unless
something has got in that | know nothing
OF. He was all right when he trotted 1924.
4 wears Q.H IVa IL v,p.b nlla.
doubt il he would stand training. His time
was a private trial over n private track. mo
record. l drove Rosette over the Eminen,c
track, u private trial, in 1851, late in the
Fall Of her Sd year, In the Spring Of her
4th year. before she went into training. a
friend asked me to let her 90 one half mile
70 see her gait. She seemed not to be 20.
ing fast but got there in lis. When I,got
back to where he was he asked ny price.
l told him. lie said. to my surprise. he
would take her for his freud in Phil Pa.
She was used there on the road and then
put to breeding. Col. West was a com.
bined get. ! sold him at 4 years old.
think he could show better that $40 to bar.
ness then. but his tort was a saddler and a
He is in the East somewhere and
used as a combined horse.
Eureka Chief was u good breeder. 7 sold
several of his colts for fine prices. The
best one Was Il 5 year old bay saddle mare.
he best that ever stepped on Ky, soil. She
sold afterwards at Ley. Ky, for 81, 200 TN.
der the hammer, the highest price ever mid
for a saddle mare at Lexington XIV. Some
Of hy's best judges say he ought never to
have left this State. Hoping that the fore.
going may be Of some satisfaction and that
yoa may have good luck with the old stall.
'on' am, sir, very respectfully,
LEWIS $. ELLIS.
This magnificent horse will make
the following Spring and Fall seasons
.i the Magnolia Stables owned by
}. l.. Griggs. tOrthe exceedingly
price Of $40 for the season or Sis
to insure. This horse has ticmons;ra.
led That lie has the two indispensable
requisites which every owner OF n
mare should look tor when he IL look.
ing for a horse with which to stiut her.
I. Individual merit aud the poser
transmit ii.
II Is well known that this horse ia i
totally blind, but there is no doubt
hut tina, ii is the result OF other than
causes. lie was slipted 10 ,
'oriy'onc mares last year-some OF the
most prominent stock mcu of the conn.
" %paironizing him. Messrs, Mat Ma.
Lorncr. X A. Robinson, w. +. Snow.
len and Allie Swami. being among the
number. deem 1t unnecessary IN
'ay anything further.
Respectfully.
A. e. E.Sr