Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-24
MEDLEY

HANDSOME grey, years old this. spring, very
lsrgs. hIl 10 bands, Of high form, great strengt,
asJ beauty his general appearance commanding I'D
mired and approved hewhl stand the ensuing season
at my stable IN the county of Chesterfield within
mile OF Moodys Tavern, IS from Petersburg and 20
from Richmond, and is now ut his stand ready to
serve mares at $50 the leap and $50 the season. pay
able the 18th July next when it will expire: $50 to
insure u mare ayable she is known to be
in foa, or parted with--onc dollar to the groom for
each mare, to be paid when she is sent to tho horse
asturage gratis. which for quality and extent very
desirable, each pasture being wen enclosed, and all
OF them well watered. Every care will bo taken 10
prevent accidents, but liability for any that may
happen. Servants sent will be found without charge,
and mares with without colts well fed if desired,
at 25 cents a day. My ovnrseer jefferson Baugh,
and Arthur Taylor both residing near the stable will
attend particularly to all orders in my absence.
PEDIGREE.
.ediey's sire was Sir Hail. the best son of tho i'm
ported horse Sir Harry, by Sir Peter Teazle; Hals
dam by the imported horse Satram, by eEclipse his
grand dam by the imported horse Medley: BY jim,
Crack, his great grand dam by young Aristotle, by
the imported Aristotle.
.Icdicy's dam old Reality, by Sir Archy, and
his favorte daughter; she the best racer in her
day, and Is now / think tho best breeder; his grand
dam was Marmaduke, Johnsons old Medley mare
who was more productive to her owner as a brood
mare, aud produced more runners and more winners
than any other in America, was by the old ni-
ported horse Medley; his great grand dam by the i'm
ported Centincl, out of Polly Williams the greatest
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her great grand dam by the imported horse Spanker
1t will thus be 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 the Union Course for three thou.
sand dollars, against Mr.. Yerplancks Spie,did out
of Aricls dam, which race he won with very great
ease ut two heats.
! The next week he ran for sweepstakes over the
same course Long Island, to which there were Sc
ven subscribers, $500 each, which he won ut two
| heats in quick time beating Rob Roy. Splendid, &c.
Both of these horses that he so easily beat have
since been winners on the Northern courses
The fall after he trained and run in bad
health, and of in bad order, and beat by
Red Mureock and Arel-tho' in his then condition
he performed well.-Sane fall he ran for a sweep
stakes the Belfield course, mile heats sub
scribers, 5000 each, which race he wen with great
ease, beating Col. Wynn's horse Merlin and Mr.
Garrson's Ivanhoe, &c.
Spring he was four years old, he won the Jocky
Club purse the Laurenceville course four mile
heats, 5000, without a contest.
Next week he the purse at New Market,
three mile heats, in fine time and style, beating the
truly formidable race Ariel, without difficulty
at two heats and running the second heat in 5m 49,
tanned an injury in his shouder-whch always re-
turned on him when put in exercise. This will &C.
count Tor his having been taken from the turf so
soon.-l have better evidence however ofhs runnno
powers than his public races, as he was trained and
several times had private trials with Snow Storm
sally Walker and Trumpator, that were certainly
good runners and can say with truth that neither
of them ever locked him after running half a mile
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, R. Johnson.