Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1827-12-26
Tie 'csff H'toeD'l and Norou9l bred Race Yorse.
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IA iii STAND tie ensuing season q, my farm u;nr
miles above I;ichnou in The countv &C ti.uric, nm
tue stage road leading TO Frrderckshr,S k,o,y ~ ~,
name oil ai! Sink, aud formerly ow.ed by 6r Villas,
WINSTON ~
tiohanna is rich blood bay with black le,s i've fa,
'our and half inches high elegantly propotionesl and
SIX years old next spng and in surpassed
ny any morse Thai the world can produce.
ERFOE1.H.4.NCES.
IN the sprug of 1926 Gofanna then 9 wears old wa
engaged in sweepsIake at Laurepceyile g,.rsu;ct
county, mite heats $500 entrance, which he WOO in 8
heats beating Lafayette Janste, (uow the favo n,
New York; and Betscy Archer.
His mex; race was in The spring, the Tree Hill
course, mile heats, which he heats beanr r.e
others and making the best time recorded al thar
course.
His third in the fall of 1895, over the New
Market course, mile heats, which he won.
His fourth the spring of 1896 oyer Tie NJ,
Market course, mile heats, Jockey Club pufse) ,ybch
he WON beating the two celebrated racers Flr,lla and
Shakespeare
After having hard race there he went over 10 Free
Hill, anil the following seck started for The Jockce
Club purse mile heats against fresh horses and
then the only cohtcnding horse the lond heat which
by Eriel- Betsev RicIar,ls a nd s,yo,., ,i "
the "
Shortly after tins lie bccnn,c my property, since which
time, owing to tie intoernbe msnn naccuen, he
has been uniformly unsuccessful, never, with one ok
ion having been in oIrrable order for race at which
time, his defeat occasioned much b. the unex
anpied bad state OF the course, by the superiority his
antagonist. In this however he was second JreI
first, and the other two both distarced.
Three weeks after, (havng in the mean time in
Norfolk, against tel and Sally Hope mile hea,s in
Whicn he was sec"nd) he in NottOway, 9 mile heats
against d-hel Sally Magee and Redgauntlet; in which
race he beat the last two, and ace only nv few
ieet which II was supposed by many he would have won
but for acciden-time 1s heat ) minutes 80 seconds
"a heat minutes Dc seconds being by many seconds the
fastest race ever that course.
Ills last the Tree Hill course this faI
mile heats against Sally Walker, when one of his eader
mad gwen way before he started aud been lame for
zen days; under such circumstances he as OF cours
beaten By 'ba justly celebrated nre but the race
heicss reflected high credit him, he dfstance1 the
only other horse in the rscE.
This much least may said thar he has never loo,
race in which I've started, when the heats were broken
and his nile tho Tree Hill course being the n
est that has been recorded there, furnishes be mos,
incnntestiee evidence OF both speed and bottom
PEDIGREE.
Johanna was by Sir Arcby, dam Mefino Eve (,hs SIM
posed best race nag Of her day) by Jack Andrews grand
darn Spot by Bedford, great grand dan, by Cade he bv
deTons Traveller, great gTsa gra nd dam an Allied mrs
imported 10 1883, By Edward Carter Of Blcnheirn on rho
happnhannock, great great great grand dam By Suui
6 grand dam 10y Crab.
Jack Andrews by Joe Andrews, dam by High gIver
Cardinal Pu1 railee Snip, Godophin Arabian Frainp.
TONS White Neck, Pelham Barb.
ERFIS-For the fifty dollars, DO DISCHARGED
oy the payment Of thirty Gve during the which will
commence on The 10Th Of February, and expire the LIST
oil August 'G28-For insurance sixty doarsIor each
mare ono dollar will be expected for tic groom.
The subscriber al those who may send TO Conan
ma that he s provided with meadow pasturcs Not eeeed
~ THIS sate and that the srctest attention shall be paid
to every mare; bot customary, all accidents must DC at
;hc risk IF the owners
The mares can be wei lei al twenty-five cents PER dav
90 .'c y i'"- &c sc~"iic'. JOHN -. JrC'r'Tr,