Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1828-01-05
Tie ,ceU tno,an and thorough bred Race Horse
JOHANNA,

NMlLI. STAND the ensuing season a, my farm, ming
w miles above Richmond in the county of Henrico IN
the stage road leading fredericksburg known bv I'm,
name OF HALF Sink, aud formerly owned Try Mr.. William
Winston.
four and half inches high elegantly propoGtvmed and
s years old nest spring. aud in appearance surpassed
! PERTORM4NCE$.
In the spring of 1928. Gohanna, years old was
engaged i'll swcepsfakc at Laurcncevile, Brunswick
county, mile heats, $500 entrancc which he won in ;
heats beating Lafayette JanCtte (now the favoIitc of
New York; aud Beisey Archer.
His next race was i'll the spring, Tree Hill
course, mile heats which lie heats, beating ths,
others, and making the best time recorded that
course
His third vas in the fall Of 1885, ovet the New
Market course. mile heats. which he WIN.
His fourth race was lii the spring of 1926 over the New
Market course, mile heats (Jockey Club Putsr) which
he Won, beating the two celebrated Fir,iiia and
Shakespeare.
After having hard race there, he ven, over to free.
Hill, and the following wSek s.arad for the Jockey
Club purse, mile heats, against flesh horses, and was
then the only conteuin hnrse in the heat which
was won by Esiel-Betsfy Richards and several orrs iii
the rarc
Shortly after this hecau,c MY pronn n.y. since which
time, Dying the most ntrctahc mis,.l gemrn, he
has been umnrmy unsuccessful, never, with one cxcer
ou having ncn if toerablc order for race; at which
time, his defeat occastoned much by Tin, urex
amp!eh bad state of the course, by the superiority hts
antagonist In This race however. lie srculd, arie
frst aud the other two both disidnceyi.
Three weeks After (having run in the mean inr IN
Norfolk, against Erie and sally lfupr mile heats in
which he shcond,) he in Nottouay, 9 nte heats
against Efcl, Sally Magep and Hedsa untef; il. which
race he beat the last to and lost the only by few
fee which il was slIfDse by many ne woud have wo.
but for an accicnttme, 1st heat minutes 40 secoGs
I'd heat inmates Is seconds; being by many secunds the
! fastest race tina COURSE.
His last rach the Tree-lIiil course this fall /
mile heats, against S. alHer when Of his leaders
had given way before he started and had been Ia me for
ten days; under sCch circumstances ne was oil cuursa
beaten b. that justly celebrated marc; never
,heless reflected high credit him. Us lie disanced the
only other horse in the race
This much al least may be SAID that he has rryc lost
n which ne startled when the heats were broken,
and Ills mile the Tree Hill course being the "a
c that has hsen recorded there, furnishes the most
| incomtestibie evidences Of both speed AID booin
I'EOiGREE.
Gohanna was by Sir Archy, dam Merino E,rctle sup,
dam SPOT by Bedford, great grand dam by Cade he by
Atctoms Traveller great grcat grant! dam Allied mare
imported in 1888. by Edward Carter of Blenheim On tie
Rappahannock, great great great grand dam by Sqn,
/ s 9 grand dant by Crab
I Jack Andrews by Joe Andrews. dam BY I.ich TIver
Cardinal Pun Taller Snip Godolphiu Arabian FrauD-
toms White Neck, Pelham Barb.
TERMsFor the fty dollars, to be dscl,atge,,
by the payment of thirty re during the spaspn. which will
Commence on the 1p;h ol February, and expire the ist
OF AuSnsl, lGSG-For INSURANCE sixty dol!as.FUr each
mare one dollar will be eXpcced for the groom
The subscriber all t!sc who may send 10 Conan
ma that he is provided With meadow pastures not dxcclj
i'll this state, and that the attention shall be Maid
TO every mare; but as is Customary, all accidents must be
the rs& Of the
Thu eau be well fed twenty-five cents NJ, dav
where il may be required. JOHN M BO'YTg
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