Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-03-05
To the Public,

:, Having purri ased the horse, Eureki
: Chief, IRON Dautzlcr Bros. was dc
sirous Of obtaining all the information
| could about the horse aud immedi
stcly altar purchasing him, which wa
about Nov. is, 1890. wrote = letter o.
two of inquiry 10 Kentucky but re
ceived no response, owing 10 the fact
that the initials OF the parties Il
whom | wrote we're published WRONG
in the pedigree OF Eureka Chief. here
below published; which will be appar'
cnt from the pcrusal Of two letters
herewith published, Not still being
satisfied and not understanding why
the horse cannot now show better
than a three minute gait, when il APP
pears IN his pedigree that he had trot-
ted in 1924, | wrote to an attorney at
Eminence XIV. and received the follow
ing letter in reply:
EMERSON, KY, Sep. il, 1891.
A. c. FAINT, Esq,
DEAR Sir:
Yours Of the II inst. Just now
received and strange 10 say the man who
broke aud trained and sold the horse "Eu-
reka Cher was In my Office when your let
ter was opened by me. l sllude to Lewis
5. Ellis, Esq, a hor.emsn of this town.
Old man Ford is an old man and is an invs-
lii. His name is .. Ford or Oryil!e Ford,
y very rich man who lives Il miles in the
country. Ellis sold the horse at ". 7.
Woodwards sale at Lexington to those
Miss. parties for s4G0,0. but had been Of
fered $4,000 for MIN en- one occasion. Ev.
cry word in the Enclosed slip marked Lewis
s. Ellis is true and can he verified.
am glad TO be able to furnish you this
information. l know and have seen the
horse 100 times. He is s,great big, nice
blood bay with black points. For any 9TH
er information l refer you to Mr.. Lewis S.
Ellis, Eminence. Ky.
Yours fraternally,
WM. p. THoRNE.
The slip referred 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 a reply:
EMNESCE, KIT, Nov. Il, 1891.
A. c. FAINT, Esq,
DEAR SIR:
Your letter Of Sept. 16, was
laid aside and | forgot to answer is until
now. happened..to run across it in look.
ing for another. bought Eureka Chief at
one year old from Que Of my near neigh
bors, Mr.. Nryille Ford. Broke him at Two
years OF age to harness and saddle. In his
Srd year he showed to be very speedy, at
q trot, in his 4th year made n light St ason
and kept him in training the whole season.
lie trotted over my track in 1924. Thought
if nothing happened him he would trot in
800 in his 9Th year Old form, but luck was
against him. He stepped Oh a little block
OF wood in his work, the next step he went
Lime in enc Of his hind legs. That stopped
his training. After standing him several
seasons, | sold himiat Lexington, ky. A
man from your county bought him at the
price. When | put them up they go, high
or low. l will now look over your ques.
tons.
lie is not standard by breeding nor by
performance. Neither has he won in the
2;30 list. So that will keep him out. unless
something has got in that | know nothing
Of. He was all right when he trotted 1884,
4 years old. lie is much older now and |
doubt If he would stand training. His time
was a private trial over a private track, mo
record. | drove Rosette over the Eminenee
track, a private trial. in 1854, late in the
FAN 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
to see her gait, She seemed not to be 20
ing fast but got there in lis. When I!got
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 CON.
bined get. | sold him at 4 years old. l
think he could show better that $40 to har-
ness then, but his tort was n saddler and o
driver. He is in the East somewhere and
used as a combined horse.
Eureka Chief was a good breeder. | sold
several Of his colts for fine prices. The
best one was a 8 year old bay saddle mare,
the best that ever stepped on Ky. soil. She
sold afterwards at Lex. Ky, for 81, 200 un-
der the hammer, the highest price ever paid
for a 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 and that
you may have good luck with the old stall
lion, am. sir. very respectfully,
LEWIS s. ELLIS.
This magnificent horse will make
the following Spring and Fall seasons
at the Magnolia Stables owned by
Capt. j, l.. Griggs. for the exceedingly
low price Of $40 for the season or S15
to insure. This horse has dcmonstra,
ted that he has the two indispensable
requisites which every owner OF O
mare should look Tor when he is look.
ing for q horse with which to stint her,
i. individual merit aud the povei
TO transmit il. q
1t is well known that this horse Il
totally blind, but there is no donbt
but that il is the result of other thar
natural causes. He was stinted tc
forty.onc mares last vear-sOme of The
most prominent stock men of the coun
ty patronizing him. Messrs. Mat Ma