Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1831-04-21
BfRON.-This beautiful. III


SSsz4-,~ The ;st Of Iurs newt,l ~ nj
residence between Battletown and Smokers
ferry, three miles from each place, ,tneivd
from Charlcstown, and eleven from Berry
Fcrrv and Wildwood. at 9l5 the leap. paya|
BE The moment the service Is performed, So
the season, il paid by the lst OF july y na
paid by that day $50 IN all cases VIII be re-
GIired; ami $50 insurance, 10 be paid as soo8
as the msre is known 10 be in ioal: parting
with the mare or irregular attendance at tbs
stand forieits the insutanccn aud 90 cents
cash TO the groom to be sent with the mare.
Mares can be furnished with pasturage at 20 |
cents per week; dots are laid down ~ orch
ard grass for mares and colts IN addition 10
other pasture); aud grain, II required, all
neghboI hood prices. Care val he taken to
avoid accidents end escapes, but VIII hosI
be accountable for THIN.
That this beautiful animal is of the mos
favorte family Of racers and Of tic Efeated
beauty, will appear from the following letter.
and certificates OF the most distinguished ra
GERS and ridges Of race horses, winch Scnf1s
men are requested TO read.
JOSIAH WIN. WARE.
'If any horse will do in your country, hs
Byron will; as TO beauty and appearance
he has no superior Extract from Colonel
Johnson letter IN 1880.
81 think him (Byron) finely bred and ens|
| Of the baadsomest hoYses ever saw. new
er saw him run, but have heard his trainen
speak highly OF him.n-Egtract fran J. ~,
| Scldcns letter ~ 1880.
byron, OF whom you have heard, was
purchased by me at years old, for =, 200,
is of tire most approved blood in Virginia, s.
certainly the most beautiful animal ia the
world, and OF the finest form. When three
years old, Byron received an injury in ono
Of his fore legs, which prevented him FROM
showing any figure on the turf, though IN =
pirate trial WHICH Col. Johnson saw, he pro.
nounced him able to run with any horse Of
his age in the world. When let down en-
treiy, Col. Johnson purchased him OF me.
his grand dam, Bet Bounce. sold at fifteen
years old for s2OG0 and produced her differ
emf owners in colts actually sold, SIT 900: s.
! | now have a letter by me Offering me 5l50S
! for one Of her colts only two years old"
Extract NJ It letter from. John .Minge, Esq toe
gentleman q Hanoeer county. ~ 1880.
PEDIGREE
BYRON is full five feet three inches high, .
years old tins QasD spring, a fine bay, Of
very great beauty, excellent action, form
and strength. lie was got by tie celebrated
race horse Nirginlan, who was certainly al
ynong Sir Archy S first fsvoriie sons, his dam
was Coquettc (she hy Sir Archy), who was
also the dam ofthc distinguished race nsres|
Virginia Lafayette and Virginia Taylor; Co
quet!cs dam was the celebrated old Bet
Bounce, she was also The dam of Arab, Bar
sheba, Tariff, Brilliant, sc Bet Bounce
| of Sir Peter 1eazle; G d. by old Medley; 6.
ri h. .@nr Ayatt III
kodgcr; {. g g. d. the fameas imported
mare Jenuy Cameron.
VIM r. JOHNSON.
PERFORMANCES.
Spring 1925. then three years old, he ran
Coz The great sweepstakes, ever the Halifax
course, North Carolina, to which there were
seven subscribers, 5000 each, when he was
the second horse, making fine race IN good
time, although he was quite lame for sever
al DAYS before the race. Fall after, he run
for the post stake at Norfolk, five starting,
TIVE miie heats, entrance $500 each. 1hn
was among the best races ever run in tbs
state, The second heat IN minutes az ssce,sas,
won BY Polly Hopkins, beating Byron not
length Tie again became lame, and did not
rum for another race, was TUNED out and
rested the next spring. Fall 1898, put him
in training, and continued him until his de-
iectiTe leg gave way, when was obliged to
give him up.-Wkon sound had the highest
opinion of hiEa. His stock is much apprsy.
ed; many Of his family seld very high. his
dam at II years old for sjaoO; his &. d. al
10 years old fer $500; Sally Melville foy
$1,000; Arab fer $4,000; Brilliant for $1,000;
Tariff for $4,000. Tue distinguished race
mare Virginia Lafayette, ficm the sans
mare (,iz: Byron's damn, 1880 was refus-
ed for just before her death Byron himself
at two years old, for $500 (and lately one
half Of him for $4,000 Virginia Taylor, also
ont oil the same mare, $4,000 was refused
for; al 3 years old run four races, won three
of them, zone of the races she won was in
three heats of two miles each, and each Of
the three heats was run in tkree INMATES ftlg-
too seconds, evincing speed and betioml A
yearl'ng FLY out Of the same mare. $1,000
was refused for, and others held at high pri-
ces. VIM r JOHNSON.
JUBILEE,
lN VI