The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-03-27
The Celebrated Rare Horse
WASHING TUN.

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| III l[x~TSe bl.iu Liberiy b BEDFORD coGr
| nv hause, aud will he let Il
| II ssAeessE~ mares al $50 tie season
aud s5u 10 lnsnfe leu dollars the slug {
leap. 10 be paid II tie time OF ser,icc, M
one dollar Ia every instance 10 BIZ paid Il
| The groom. 1he srhsan and insurance mo
| neg vii be due tie IL OF January, Ie2' =
| lhe sZ5 NAV he discharged by $40 II put
| before the en- piratIou oil The tasuu. oPaau1
10 commence on the l5fll OF March. Hud Il
piru on Che 18Th OF July. GOOD paSturaet
/ gfniis. aud mares can be led with grhin, Gc
| al the mnrkrt pfice. Good fences aud every
attention paid TO prevent accidents or -
cnpes, but will not he liabr for any that may
/ happen. Not being able IL procure d llsl oi
all the colts that were entered aud run
against Washington IN the Sweepstakes when
be Mas three years old shall therefore only
mention such a. ! know.
NASluNGIoN'.5 pedigree and perform
! ancr are surpassed by no other horse
statement OF hi, performances are given be-
lnw-N,o letter from Nh. William Il. john
sou. wherein he gives his opinion OF " ashlug-
Ton as IA race horse. hlr Johnson has tram
| I'd aud run him several racrs. Washington
Is beautiful s0Iret, full five feet three inches
hlsh seven years old tins sPflug, aud IN hl-b
health. Was got by the much admired race
HORSE limulcon, one oil the best sons OF that
narqualrd horse sir Arohy-out OF the cele.
DRAFTED race mare Ariadna, whose perform
aaces on the turf, particularly four mile
heats, were surpassed by none of her day
which may be seen BY reference TO- New.
Market, Fairfield aud BroHdroCk races,--
J In following certificate obtained by Mi.
William K Johnson rom Col Hnlcoinb, OF
Amelia, who raised Ariadua, will give an nc
count OF her pedigree as far rs he could re
collect j..
= This is to certify that Ariadna wa got by
lhc imported horse Citizen, out Of "a Widair
mare. she ont OF SpiddIe, aud the SpddIe
onl OF n Silver Eye. Given under my hahd
this 23d December, 1924
PHIL. HOLCONB.
PERFORMANCES Washington was en-.
gagged in four sweepstakes, , III, heats, 5000
entrance, when he was three years old, 1o22.
In the spring he won the stakes at Ncw:Mar.
ket and LawrenceVille In the tall he. was
beaten by john Richards at Narrenlon.-
He won the first heat and lost the second BY
having bad start-Nh hereby he lost 90 yards,
aud only beaten halt length aud consider.
ed IN bad ordcr--he wds misunderstanding
Sweepstakes al New Market to run for, which
he won--heating the celebrated horse Henry.
These were mile heais--ln this race the
first being dead heat Henry won the 2d,
and Washington the Sd aud 4th.- In the
Spring OF 1923, he was trained at New. Mar.
kef, but owing TO his having curb on one OF
hi legs, the first part of the training season,
lie only run one race lie was hauLy capped
al Sew.Markri, with Sir William aud n
horse belonging TO Col Wynn. Washington
Won the lsl heat and " illiarn the ~ and Sd,
Washington was unfortunate IN this he
Il al Hfapig IN sta ri tla 4
heat and Was only beaten length This
heat Wa run in 3m dos. which /, two seconds
less than ANY lwU mile heat, has ever been
run atNew.Markct. Willam had ten H.. Ia
ken off from his regular weights, and Wash
inglon caraicd full weight. The following
tail he Woh the Ifopfietors purse AT New
Market OF goo, s IN. Ii. First heat in this
race was run in > seconds less than any on
record on that ground (which he won with
ease, beating several 6ue horses. He was
Then carried to Baltimore where he won the
Propreiors purse OF $500, beating the ccle-
brated race horse Flying Chiiders with ease.
Alter this race he was discovered to be lame,
supposed to have been occasIuued by the sit
natlou OF the ground, il being ii new track =
He was then carried TO Washington City, aud
run one heat in that situation, but was beaten
by mare "t Cot Wynn, aud wa, drawn -
He was trained the spring Of 1894, and Won
the Joeky Iub purse, tour mile heats, at New
Marlei, II funded dollars, with ease, beating
Col Wyne's celebrated mare FlIrtilla aud
Capt. Harrison horse Afauus
Richmond january 90, 1921
Dear 5ir-I have procured from Col. ilol.
count hi, certificate OF Arladna, the dam oil
Washington, aud have forwarded II to you IN
due time rs you may advertise your horse.
hope he may make rs good II season as you
wish. | have trained him several times, and
found him an excellent race horse, all dis.
tanres, aud wish very much that he WAS
conye nirui TO me that | might put to him,
particularly Reality, which is my iavourite
mare. am, dear sir, With great respect, &c.
VA. Il. JOHNSON
n H. Any gentleman putting 6 mares
shall only be charged with i've, or 4 company
OF SIX shall only be charged with five, one
man becoming responsible for the same
mares pat by the insurance, if transferred be
tore il is asCeraiurd shc Is with iuai, shall be
liable for the insurance money. Washington
will stand all of hi, time at Liberty, public
days excel ted. | nave taken great pains TO
select from among the finest race horses, a
talion, nater myself will please every
good Judge being OF fue SIR. large bone
aud great muscular power | have been en-.
gagged in the business regularly for 10 years,
and return my thanks to the pnblc for the lib
eral encouragement heretofore received, and
solicit continuance of the same, plcdging
myself that nothing shall be lacking on nv
part to give every person satisfaction. Wash
inginn will he Al Fincastle, Franklin, Piusyl-
vania, Campbell and Amherst Courts during
the season WILLIAM TERRY,
WHITE y MITCHELL 4 Co.