Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-16
MEDLEY
March Pot

S handsome grey, 5 wears old this sprino. ror,,
large, fuli l6 hands, of high form, great strength
ana Deauiy his general appearance commanding. adj
mired and approved he will stand the ensuing season
at my stable IN the county Of ChesteriF'i within
mile OF Moodys Tavern, 10 from Peter. arr and -
from Richmond, and is ut his stand ready to
serve mares at $40 the leap and $50 TIL .nasnn paw
able tie 10th July next, when it will exrire $50 10
insure n mare, pay able she is known to he
III tocl, or parted wth-one dollar to the rroun for
each mare, to be paid when she is sent TO the horse
Pasturage gratis which for quality and extent is very
desirable, each pasture being well enclosed, and all
OF them well watercd. Every care will be taken TO
prevent accidents, but liability for any that NAV
happen Servants sent will be found without charge
and mares with or without colts well fed il desired
at % cents a day. My ovnrscCr Jefferson Baugh.
and Arthur Taylor, both residing the stable viii
attend particularly to all orders in my absence
PEDIGREE.
.Ned'eyS sire Sir Hal the best son o. the i'm
ported horse Sir Harry, by Sir Peter Tcazlc: Halls
dam 10y the imported horse Saltram nv Ecipsc; his
Grand dam by the imported horse Medley by jim
Crack his great grand dam by Young aristotle, by
the imported Aristotle.
.Ueoiieys dam was old Reality, by Sir Archy, and
his favorltc daughter she the best racer in her
day, and Is now think the best breeder; his grand
dam was Marmaduke, Johnson's old Medley mare
who was moro productive to her owner ms a brood
mare, and produced more runners and more winners
than any other mare in America, was by the old i'm
ported horse Medley; his great grand dam by the mn
ported Centincl, out of Polly Williams, the greatest
i"CcI III HtI ue sne ny inc ola imported Janus. and
her great grand dam by the imported horse Spankcr
1t Will thus be seen from his Pedigree, that he has
more Medley blood than any stallion now known
which in my opinion is the best blood
PERFORMANCES.
The Spring he was . years old, he ran match race
IN New York, over tho Union Course for THREE thou
sand dot'nrs, against Mr.. Verplancks Splca,fid out
of ArlcTs dam, which race he won with very great
case at two heats.
The next week he ran for sweepstakes over the
same course Long Island, to " hich there were sc
ven subscribers, $500 each, which he won IT two
heats in quick time, beating Rob Roy Splendid &C
Both OF these horses, that he easily beat have
since been winners OF the Northern courses.
The fall after ne was trained, and run in bad
health. and Of course in bad order and was beat nv
Red Murdoch and Ariel-thu' i'm his then condition
hc performed wcll.-Samc fall ne ran for sweep
stakes over the Beield course, mile heats, sub
scribcrs, $500 each, which race he won with great
ease, beating Col Wynn's horse Merlin and Mr.
Garrisons Ivanhoc, &c.
Spring he four yeats old. lac won the Jockv
Club purse over the Laurcnccvillc course, four mile
heats 5000, without n contest.
Next week hc won the purse at New Market,
three mile heats, IN fine time and styles beating the
truly formidable race mare ARIEL, without difficulty
at two heats and running the second heat IN 5 I9s.
thus was the last race he started for having Sis
tanned an injury IN his shouldcr-whch always re-
turned on hun when put IN exercise. This will ac-
count tor his having been taken from the turf so
Soon.-l have better evidence howcvorOfhs running
powers than his public races, as be trained aud
several times had private trials with Snow Storm,
Sally Walker and TrumpatOr, that were certainly
good runners, and can say with truth that neither
This should not have mentioned had not Arthur
Taylor and Mr.. Badger both seen these trials and
know the correctness Of this statement
Chesterfield feb l3--9tc w II. JOHNSON.