158 



THE SOUTHERN PLANTER. 



KOSSUTH. 



THIS fine bred young trotting stallion 

 having commenced his season at the stable of 

 the subscriber, on the Mechanicsville Turn- 

 pike, one mile from the city of Richmond, 

 will, on the first of April, be at the farm of 

 Mr. Thomas J. Dean, four miles above Goochland Court 

 House, where he will also make a regular stand of two days 

 in each week throughout the season. In passing Mr. Sam'l 

 Duval's, (Powel's old tavern,) he will make a short stay, 

 giving those in that neighborhood an opportunity of securing 

 his services. The season to close on the 1st of July. 



Terms. — $20 the season, if paid previous to the 1st of 

 July, or $25 after that time; and 830 to insure — insurance 

 forfeited by parting with a mare, and all mares considered 

 by the season, unless expressly understood to the contrary. 

 Groom's fee $1. 



Kossuth was foaled in Columbia county, State of New 

 York, on the 9th of July, 1847; is a beautiful rich dark 

 brown, five feet two and a half inches high, of great mus- 

 cular power and symmetry of form, docile disposition, and 

 can trot his mile inside of three minutes, and has been pro- 

 nounced by trainers the most promising young horse they 

 had ever seen. His colts, dropped last spring, are equal to 

 any in the State, and as a proof of it, $200 a piece has been 

 refused for several of them when six months old. 



Pedigree. — -Was sired by the renowned trotting horse 

 New York Black Hawk, out of the trotting mare Lady of 

 the Lake. The sire of Black Hawk was the celebrated 

 stallion Andrew Jackson, (the sire also of Kemble Jackson, 

 Henry Clay, Miller's Damsel, and a large number of other 

 fast ones,) the fastest trotting horse of his day — having 

 beaten Daniel D. Tompkins, Fire King, Lady Warrington, 

 Modesty and others. He was sired by Young Bashaw, 

 who was by imported Grand Bashaw, and he by Wildair, 

 and Wildair by Cade, who was by the Godolphin Arabian. 

 The dam of Andrew Jackson was Whynot, and she by 

 imported Messenger. 



Black Hawk's dam was the distinguished trotting mare 

 Sally Miller, who has trotted her mile in two minutes and 

 thirty seconds, and was not excelled by any horse of her 

 time. She was got by Tippoo Saib, and he by imported 

 Messenger, her dam by Gunpowder. Black Hawk's time 

 with heavy weight is the best on record up to the time of 

 his death, and established his claim to be the best trotting 

 stallion in America. 



Performances of Black Hawk. — November 17th, 

 1847, beat Jenny Lind over the Union Course, match $500, 

 mile heats — Black Hawk to a 250 lb. wagon, Jenny Lind 

 to a skeleton wagon, weighing about 75 lbs. — winning the 

 first and third heats in 2:40 — 2:43; Jenny Lind winning 

 the second in 2:38. 



April 25th, 1848, beat Lady Sutton over the Union Course, 

 in a match for $700, with an inside stake of $500, mile 

 heats, best three in five, 250 lb. wagons — time, 2:43 — 2:43 — 

 2:42—2:45*. 



May 15th, 1848, beat Americus over the Union Course 

 in a match for $2000, three mile heats, to 250 lb. wagons — 

 time, 8:31 — 8:36; for further performances, see Turf Re- 

 gister for 1847 and 1848, where will also be seen the chal- 

 lenge of his owner to trot him against any horse in the 

 world, for any amount, from $500 to $5000, which chal- 

 lenge never was accepted. Subsequently, $13,000 was re- 

 fused for him. Honest John, half brother to Kossuth, has 

 also distinguished himself on the turf, as a horse of un- 

 common speed and power, with heavy weight. 



In 1850, he started ten times for purses and stakes, and 

 won eight. 



In 1851, he started eight times, winning five. 



June 22d, 1852, over the Union Course, he beat Black 

 Harry, in a match for $1200, two mile heats, to wagons — 

 time, 5:27—5:28. 



October 18th, 1852, for a purse and stake of $550, he 

 beat True John, two mile heats, to 250 lb. wagons — time, 

 2:23^—5:37^. 



June 1st, 1853, Kemble Jackson, (half brother to Black 

 H^wk,) trotted over the Union Course against five of the 

 best horses in this country, for a stake and purse of $4000, 

 tare e mile heats, to 250 lb. wagons, winning in two straight 



heats without making a break, in the unparalleled time of 

 8:03 — 8:04£, and for whom his owner refused $16,000. 



September 21st, 1853, Miller's Damsel, (half sister to 

 Black Hawk,) in a match for $500, over the Centreville 

 Course, beat Jenny Lind, mile heats, best three in five, to 

 wagons-^-wagon and driver weighing 470 lbs., winning the 

 first, third and fourth heats — time, 2:49 — 2:46 — 2:47. ° 



October 19th, 1853, in a match for $500, over the Cen- 

 treville Course, mile heats, best three in five, to 250 lb. 

 wagons, beat Lady Haynes in three straight heats — time, 

 2:43—2:47—2:49. 



April 21st, 1853, Black Douglass, a grandson of Andrew 

 Jackson, made his first appearance on the turf over the 

 Hunting Park Course, in a match with Flora Temple, for 

 $500, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, and won in 

 three straight heats — time, 2:35| — 2:30£ — 2:35. 



Cassius M. Clay, to whom was awarded the first pre- 

 mium, last October, at th^ Springfield, Massachusetts, Na- 

 tional Horse Exhibition, is also a grandson of Andrew- 

 Jackson. 



Lady of the Lake, the dam of Kossuth, without training 

 has trotted her mile in 2:49, and as a roadster, was not sur- 

 passed for game and endurance. She was by Sherman 

 Morgan; her dam a thoroughbred Mambrino mare. 



Thus it will be seen that Kossuth is not a chance horse, 

 but belongs to a trotting family, and the very best in Ame- 

 rica, and traces his blood through a long line of choice an- 

 cestors — all celebrated for speed and great endurance — and 

 goes back to some of the purest Arabian and English 

 horses ; and I assert, without fear of contradiction, that he 

 is the best bred trotting stallion that has ever crossed the 

 Potomac. 



Persons wishing to breed fast and serviceable road stock, 

 are invited to call and examine the horse, and they can also 

 have an opportunity to see him move, and I think I can 

 satisfy them that he is not only a descendant of trotters, but 

 is himself a trotting horse. 



Persons sending mares from a distance can have them 

 well taken care of at my stable at forty cents per day, and 

 those sent to Mr. Dean's farm, at a reasonable price. 



Richmond, April, 1854.— tf H. J. SMITH 



AT THE SOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL IMPLE- 

 MENT MANUFACTORY AND SEED STORE, 



can be found a large collection of the strongest and most 

 useful articles for the Southern farmer, as will be seen by 

 reference to the report of the committee on that branch at 

 the Virginia State Agricultural Fair, held here in November 

 last, that the premium for the largest, strongest and most 

 useful collection of Implements was awarded to Mott, Lewis 

 &j Co. We are daily addinar to our assortment from our 

 large Machine Depot, Ploughs of all kinds from the most 

 approved patterns now in use. Among them may be found 

 the justly celebrated Wiley or Mott Plough, with double 

 points; Minor & Horten of Nos. 18, 18£ up to No. 22; 

 Hitchcock, Nos. 21 and 21 J ; improved Davis', both wrought 

 and cast share; improved M'Cormick, improved Livingston, 

 from the original patterns, and many other kinds too nu- 

 merous to mention. Also, castings for all ploughs, by the 

 piece or ton; Corn- Cultivators of different kinds ; Tobacco 

 Cultivators; Harrows, from one-horse up to four-horse; 

 Corn Shellers, from the single spout up to the Virginia 

 Sheller and the Premium Mumma Sheller; Corn and Cob 

 Crushers; Straw Cutters of all patterns from $7 up to $55; 

 Grain Cradles of the most approved patterns ; Grass Snathes ; 

 Churns, Ox Yokes, Store Trucks, Hay and Straw Forks, 

 from 62§ cents up to $1 50; Spades, Shovels, and many 

 other articles too numerous to mention. Also, Landreth's 

 best Garden and Field Seeds. All of which will be sold 

 on as reasonable terms as they can be had from any North- 

 ern city. Call and examine for yourselves. 



MOTT, LEWIS & WILLSON, 

 ap — 4t Sign of the Plough, No. 36 Main Street. 



M'CONNELL & BURTON, 



DENTISTS, 

 Main Street, between 9th and 10th Streets, Richmond, Va. 



JOHN M'CONNELL. W. LEIGH BURTON. 



ap— tf 



