Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-02-24
JANUS, GASCOlGNE AND RI

TuSiIE noted and very superior horse JANUS has
ID more of the blood of old JANUS (his g. great
grandSire) than any other horse living, his action
surpasSes that OF any other animal of his species that
the writer OF this advertisement ever saw his dam
FRENZY only excepted Through her he has close cross
oi old MEDLEY and old PARAMOUNT, well as of IA
NUS, and from his grand dam he nhcrs the blood of old
MARX ANrHoNY, JOLLY RocER, and the imported
mare BoNNr LASS, with another cross oil JANUs--and
through his great grand dam, he derives his descent from
MoRroN's TRAVELLER and JANUS. lie is ten years
old.
! JANUS was trained by VIM. r. Johnson ESQUIRE TO
whom reference may be had for the character of the
horse. He several mes-among others at Tree HILL
when Gen. La Faycttc there-bu altho' real racer
WIN great speed nc was very uniucky onc-sometmos
being beat, when he had heat by each
heat with fresh horse. He beat the far-aned Henry
competitor OF ECLIPSE the two first heats OF FIVE Of
one mile cach the best three i'm ve and could he have
been kept back so as to throw heat it is believed
that he would have the GSuch was the opinion
mong others of that model of the Old Virginia Planter
and Sportsman, the late EDMUND IRBY, Esquire But
in this and in other instances his ungoyernabe tom
per causcdhis defeat lie is without blenish The nnb
lie are referred for his character stallion TO the REV
Robert Hurt of Halifax, who kept him seasons and
TO Mr. Cardwel, Innkeeper at Charlotte c. H. who kept
him last season, and to all who have bred from him Mr.
Randop''s two best toals (YELIow JACKET and Pus,-
PIN dropped in his e%enve stud last year. were both
got by JANUS the first out of Young Frenzy and the last,
out OF an sister to ROANOKE. For the character of
Janus, The public is referred TO Mr. James c. Dickinson OF
Louisa, who kept him the last that he was armed
out. iiS33
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR TO The
GROOM; FORTY DOLLARS the LEAP, 10 be paid at The
STABLE door, before The mare is led a,rGy; and oNr
HUNDRED DOLLARS Insurance. the money TO be paid
when the mare is covered and he refunded in case the
mare shall not prove in oa provided the mare shall have
hccn fairly treated and parted from by the insurer with
in that time Mares that slip their oas from i'll treatment
deaseo accident not entitled TO the insurance
money. Any mare not proving in foal shall be
next season. gratis by Janus Gascoignc AT the option of
The proprietor The winner or breeder OLA winner of plate
oil not less value than five hundred dollars shall also he
covered gratis The price of the season may be dis.
charged by the payment forty dollars before the cxpr-
ton thereof Ii will commence at the date hereof Va,en-
v. he tirstd of Isly
The following very imperfect of mis- peilorman-
ces as racer was furnished by Mr. Arthur Taylor who
trained and ran him. under the direction of William r.
johnson, ESQ.,
Performance Of Janus he 7urc-Thc spring he
was years old, he trained and ran i'm s,yeep stakes
at LawrenceTe, brunswick c. H. mile heats, whicl
race he won at three heats: three stared Mr. Fields
mare Phlis, and Captain Hariison's Fillcy
The autumn that he three he was trained and run
AZ Jcers IN Notioway county, mile heats, the best
In that race there three started viz: Sir Henry
Mr.. Hares mare RoSette, and Janus. The first and Sc
cond heat Janus and beaten the third by Sir
Henry, lS inches the ouT, heat Janus did not contend
for and beaten the fifth by Henry about clear r.
lengthI After that race, he Tree Hill (Rich-
mon) and run in sweepstakc, two mile heats which
race he won with great ease al two heats, beating Mr.
iiarisOn's Burstal and Mr.. Seldcn's Filley.
The same autumn, he won the Jockey Club at Spring
Hill GNloody's] two mile heats: four started; which race
he won with case.
The spring he four, he run at Lawrenceville two
mile heats four stared Janus the first heat and was
beaten the second not far In this there were four
heats, and Janus cononded Tor every heat and was not
beaten much the last heat by ARArUs ony two or three
leCt.l
He went on from thence to New market rpetorsburg1
and ran three mile heats and beaten by Nancy War
rem
The autumn that he was four, he ran at New market
three mile heats, against Betsey Robertson and BER-
rRAND, which race BErsEY RoBERTsoN won. In that
race Janus got ame and has been trained since lin
fact he started lame horse: He fell lame on his travel
from Tree Hill, where he had the honor contribute to
the entertainment of General La Fayec during his mas
ers absence abroad by winning The sweepstakes above
named His speed is nconeslibe, and he always ran
h0neSt-no 6ott'ng or drdciTg being distdnced.l
The above statement, with the exception OF two
verbal corrections, and the part between brackets, is
by Arthur Taylor who trained him, under the direction
| of VIM II. johnson, Esq.
r, PEDIcREE.IIo was got by Sir .Archy; his dam
thoroughbred Medley and Fearnought mare His grand
dam, old .Hiikia, by Pyesideat, out of a TRGsTaA,1
SHANDY mare, and she by janus of mare imported
by Mr. Booth OF Gloucester, who also imported Janus
Tris'rom Shandy was got by MoRroN's TRAvELIEn,
(Which was bred by MIR. Crols, and got by his famous
Partncr) his dam by Janus.
PresdcH was got by CELEa, (bcst son of Janus) lis
dam by Marx An,hony-fbcsi of our Partner, who
was by Traveller, ont Of Selma Casers) bv the Godol-
phin Ara5ianl MARK Anthony, dam was Seofi,na
winch was got by the famous imported horse ORR EL1o
or BLACK AND ALI BLACK by CRAB out OF MISS SIA-
MERKIN. The dam of SErTIMA was MoLL BRAzEN
ny SPARK, which given 10 GOVERNOR Oglc by Lord
baltimore who received him present from FREDr-
RICK, L. OF WALES, father of the late KING GEORGE
3D. His dam Miss Gown.
The grand dam of PRESIDENT was HARDIMAN's
BoNNY Lass, by old jolly RoGER, ont of old BoNNy
Lass an imported mare, which was descendant OF tie
Duke of dnc0ster'S BoNNY Lass by SNIP-L.Arf1--
EAsBY-SNAKE--GREY WILKES by IAUr-Boy
RINALDo is also by Sir .gIchy, and the same age as
Janus; he was ioaled in 1921 His DAM NJ ISIS RYLANn
by GRAccHUs-out of DUErT'M by S1LvERrA1L IA
iull bred son OF CiockfaS-his dam, Young Primrose
by Wormeleys King Herod (son of Bayor's Fcarnorht
Out OF BraNton's Kitty Fisher her dam the noted mare
PRIMRosE, the property OF DR.. HAMILTON of MARY
LAND, well known TO the gentlemen of the Turf in that
Slate-She Primrose) was by The imported horse DOVE
(son oil young Cadc himself capital Stallion got By old
Cade, one OF the GodOphn Arabian's best sons)- Psm-
roses dam STELLA, was got by OTHELIO by Crab,
otherwise called Bldch s. III BIGck; one of the most ia
nous oil the English Stallons, imported from ireland bv
HoVERNoUR SHARP (having been purchased by Irish
gentleman OF vast fortune and carried 10 that Kingdom,
where he remained many years 1.-The grand dam of P-
rose was Governour Taskcrs famous Selma by the Codol
phn Arabian out OF mare which got by old Foo,
was dam OF Locust, Weasel, Daphne, &c.-her dam by
CHGLDERs-Nl AK ELEss--Ssterto Honeycomb--Punch.
Kitty Fishers dam by the Cullen Araban-out of
mare OF her day and grand dam Lord Ossorys famous
DORMANT (sire OF GABRIEL which got Govr Ogle's
Oscar.)
N. b. LADY BoLGNGBRoKE, which was the Dam of
CELIA of DEsDEMoNA Chat at years old, ran so hard
oiir mile heat with Tay ors famous Leviahan) of
AYINIA Chat the great stakes Fredericksburg
1905 of Virginia by DARE DEVIL, and of Selden's
"RANGLER that beat SIR ARCHY; and chat capital lit
tic mare Sling, out of the got by King Herod
ont OF Primrose, mentioned in the Pedigree of Duete and
Sverai This fact worthy of the notice Of Sportsinen
every where.
Rinaldo is ten years od-he will cover Mt s25
payable by fifteen within the season. Sl2 the leap
and $50 insurance TO be paid and returned on the same
conditions as those expressed in the advertisement of ia
nus. lie has been since 1926 in Maryland and Della
ware, where his stock are highly spoken ofRoference
on THIS subject Is respectfully given TO Louis cane Esq
has bred from him. ica horse vast strength and great
activity. He, too has bred after the dam most IuckiIv