[Horse Racing] An Early and Possibly the Only Extant Example of this 19th Century Broadside Advertising the Stud Services of the Celebrated American Thoroughbred Racehorse Wild Medley

The Thorough Bred Horse Wild Medley...
Greenup County, Kentucky, ca. October 1, 1809. Printed broadside, 15 3/8 x 11 1/2 in. (390 x 292 mm). Creasing from old folds, losses along central vertical fold, affecting some text; foxed and dampstained; wear along edges; closed tear and small loss in top right corner; manuscript on verso.

This broadside, published for a John Hockaday of Kentucky, advertises that Wild Medley "will stand the ensuing season at my stable on the Ohio, one mile above the mouth of Little Sandy, Greenup country, commencing on the first day of May, and ending on the last day of July--will cover Mares at Five Dollars the season, Eight Dollars to insure, and Three Dollars the single leap..." Printed below is a testimony from a John Wood attesting to Wild Medley's pedigree, bred by him in Gloucester County, Virginia, "got by the old imported horse Medley, and came out of a full bred Wild Air mare." A summation of Wild Medley's performance is printed at the bottom, and certified by eight acquaintances of Mr. Wood.

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How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Horse Racing] An Early and Possibly the Only Extant Example of this 19th Century Broadside Advertising the Stud Services of the Celebrated American Thoroughbred Racehorse Wild Medley

How History Unfolds on Paper: Important Americana from the Eric C. Caren Collection, Part X

[Horse Racing] An Early and Possibly the Only Extant Example of this 19th Century Broadside Advertising the Stud Services of the Celebrated American Thoroughbred Racehorse Wild Medley

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