Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1830-03-16

VIE CELEBRATED RACE HORSE SIR CHARLES,
N u"e property OF MIR. Wm.R. johnson and Mr.. b.
,;e, WIN stand the ensuing at my stable in
~ III ouh.y, ten miles not tn of Halifax courthouse,
VII, DC let to mares at thirty dollars which may be
Snagea oy the payment Of twenty five dollars, il
g,i " n se season, which will expire on the 10Th
neA', ana forty dollars TO insure mare TO be in
oa' payable when asceraincd one dollar to the groom
49, ~ mare very extensive pastures gratis, and
eessarv a,,en required; at 20 cents per day Every ne
s'y ', n VIII be paid 10 prevent accidents or
escapes but no responsibility for either
,,,,;c ROBERT HURT.
'i"'V'@ County, January 18th, 1880.
PEDIGREE
Sir Charles is full feet inches b,ph fine sorrel
vi most commanding appearance, beauty and action, ID
as S oa .'s SPrnghe was got by Sir Archy, who
was py me OLD imported Diomed-iIis dam by the inn
ported Citizen, who was by Pacolet-He by Blank, who
was by the Godolphin Arabian-IIis dam on the dam
side, was by Citizen Commu tation importc Dare De-
viii imported Old Shark imported horse Ola Eearnought
imported mare Jenny Dismal got by Old Dismal s'Sce
General Stud Book OF England" SO that ON both sides,
here Is not better bred Horse Sir Cbaresis colts
are performing on the turf with almost uneoualed sue
cess-Ihey are large, likely and very nearly all that
nave 1een trained have been wnnersIn Lancaster and
maryland, the clubs were won by Sir Cbarles-At
petersburg they were winners-At Halifax North Ca
rolina and at Halifax, Virginia, Charles won purse
AT Tree Hill there were seven races run last f,. sx
oil them were won by Charles's-For the seventh NO
SIR On res runAnother of his colts the club at
Gloucester courthouse-and the two year old stake az
Broad Rock. was won by Sir Charles, beating three
others-iiis colts are commanding very high prces--k
sold the half OF Slender by Sir Charles for Si5OOc CASH
Also the half of her full sister for $1,000 cash, only
two years od-and know very large offers that have
been made for many others. VIM. r. JOHNSON.
PERFORMANCES
he fall after Sir Charles three wears o. he wen
inc colts stake over the arborough Course mile
meats, SO easily, that at the time and place, saw
the next day, he the Propetor's purse two mile
heats, beating among others, Mr. Wynn's Filley vir-
ginia-The spring he four years old, he won the
Jockey Club purse at Halifax North Carolina-At Bel
neid, he won the Proprictors purse, two mile heats
beating Carolinan. Giant and Constitution AT New
Market he wen the Propetors purse three mile heats
beating the distinguished mare Reality-The fall
after, he won the Propretors purse, mile heats at
"arrenon--He also won the Jockey Club purse, four
mile meats, at Drummondsburg-Hc also won the Pro-
pretors purse three mile heats, at New Market heat
ing among others, very easily Contention-The next
week he was beaten at Bellied. by Realy-He then
won he posstakc at Halifax, North Carolina beating
sir william, Sir Peyton and MIR. Clays Potomac-The
next week he won the Jockey Club Purse AT Tarbo.
rough beating four others-The same fall, he car
RED 10 south Carolina and Georgia, in wretched order
ana won three races out OF ve beating Transport Pew
ton, Ploughboy and many othcrs-He lost the next
Spring at Laurenceville, still i'm bad order three mile
hcas-whch race was won by Sir William-The NAV,
Ia he won the Propretors purse at Vile two
mile heats beating COL SCOTS Flcy Pcyton and others
he same fall at New Market he won the Jockey Cluh
purse four mile heats, when he was thought TO be able
to run with any horse in the world, beating Sir William
Coalition, Maria &c. &c.-At Bel6eld he won the
Jockey Club purse, three mile heats, beating Sir Walter
Shawnee and others-The spring he received cnt
on one of his legs which occasioned him TO lose-Tbe
next fall he won at Warrenon two mile heats beating
fahtromp-ltc won at I.aurenceviic, four mile heats
me Jockey Club purse at one heat, beating Sir William
lie won the Jockey Club purse at New Market four
mile heats, beating Muckle John, Flying Chlders and
Iantromp- He won the Jockey Club pun at Belfeld,
hree mile heats beating Flying Childers, John Richards
anu otners-He was then matched TO with Eclipse
az ashlnSton; broke down, and paid the forcit-He
then run in his disabled state single heat with Eclipse
ana proved that he was completely broken down. as he
was not able to go round the ground four times before
MS leg gave entirely away hissne broke, and his ankle
came TO the ground Sir Charles avore on the Vir-
gina and Southern courses-Hs full sister, Janet was
favourite on the Northern, and Mercury from the
same mare, on the Western turf
rep ~. lOl-wiw W. r.. JOHNSON