Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1829-02-27
MEDLEY

. handsome grey, 5 years old this sprjno ve,f
large, iui l6 hands, of high FORM great strength
anu beauty, his general appearance conlmandno nd.
Ered ana approved he will stand the ensuing seaso,
at my stable in the county of Chesterfield. within I
mile OF Moody's Tavern, II from Petersburg and ~
from Richmond, and is now at his st.nd -, -
serve mares at $40 the leap and $50 the season 1,
ape the 10Th July next when it will expire: $50 IN
insure mare, payable as soon as she ia known r. k
III foa' or parted with-one dollar to to-. groom for
each mare, to be paid when she is sent to the horse
Pasturage gratis. which for quality and extent ia yc
desirable, each pasture being well enclosed and I'll
OF them well watered. Every care will he takan ~
prevent accidents but no liability for any that NAV
happen Servants Gent will be found without charof,
and mares with or without colts well fed if des,re5
at % cents day. My overseer Jefferson BHuch'
ana Arthur Taylor, both residing near the stable, iii
"U'ehu particularly TO all orders III my absence.
PEDIGREE.
'hedteyS sire was Sir Hal, the best son o the int,
ported horse Sir Harry, by Sir Peter Teazo: Hal'a
Dam by the imported horse saltram, by EcIipse his
grand dam ny the imported horse Medley bv I'm
Track his great grand dam by young Aristotle. bv
the imported Aristotle. ~
'nedfey's dam was old Reality, by Sir Arci,v. and
his favore daughter; she was the best racer IN 80
day. and is think the best breeder: lis ora,,
dam was Marmaduie. Johnson's old Ned1ev narn
who was more productive to her owner as bronI
mare ana produced more runners and more winners
than any other mare in America was bv tho old inn,
ported horse Medley his great grand dam tv tho i'm,
ported Centnel, of Polly Williams the rreotost
racer IN her me she by the cid imported Janus and
uCl Sttdt grand dam by the imported horse Spar ker
IL VIII thus be seen from his Pedigree tina: he has
more Medley blood, than any stallion noyy krnw.T
which IN my opinion is the best blood "'
PERFORMANCES.
he Spring he was years DID, he ran a match yorA
IN Ecw York, over the Union Course for tbrce tbo1
S1nd dottdrS against Mr.. VerplaDcks SnIer,,;d ont
OF Arels dam, which race he won with very Greut
case at two heats. Wy s''"'
The next week he ran for n eveeBst akez ovcr Tim
same course on Long Island, to which there were So
ven subscribers, $500 each, which no won a. ,,,s
heats in quick time, beating Rob Row SpIendid Se
Both OF these horses, that he SO easily beat hnvc
since been winners on the Northern courses
The fall after he was trained, and nm IN hui
health, and of course in bad order and was bepf h[,
Red Murdoch and Ariel-tbo' in his then condit;oT,
ne performed well.Same fall he ran for Tvuerr1
stakes over the Bcheid course, mile heats S snS-
scrbers, $500 each, which race he won with oroat
ease, beating Col Wynn's horse Merlin and tfr
Garrisons Ivanhoe, &c. us
Spring he was four years old he won fbo JocI,,
Club purse over the Laurenceville course fotrr Nil;
heats, $500, without contest. "'"'
Next week he won the purse at Nc1v Ma,tn(
three mile heats, IN fine time and style beatinn ffn
truly formidable race mare Ariel, without difficulty
at Two meats, and running the second heat in SIN 46s
This was the last race he ever started for having sIs
tanned an injury in his shoulder-which always 70
turned on hun when put in exercise This v0iI 90
count tor his having been taken from the turf "a
soon'-l have better evidence however ofs TI,nrIn
powers than his public races as he was trained ana
seVeraI tirnes had private trials with Snow Storm
oally walker and Trumpator, that were certainly
good runners, and can say with truth that poitIT.
OF them ever locked him after running baIfs Tn;ia
ms should not have mentioned had not ArtfbY,
aylor and Mr.. Badger both seen these trials ana
know the correctness of this statement. N''"
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