Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-28
Capital SstsIAsOsss,

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To cooer an 1882, at Mr.. Wyatt Cardtrelrs S,q5ics
at Charlotte Court House these three hirh Lyea
and horOugh shaped Stations.
! FGNIlE noted and very superior horse JANUS, has
| ID more of the blood of old JANUS flis ~, great
grandsirc) than any other horse living and his nC
ton surpasSes that of any other animal OF his sur
cicS that the writer of this advertisement cycr
saw, his dam Frenzy only excepted. Through
her he has close OF old MEDLEY and old
FEARNoUGmr, as well MS of janus, and from his
grand dam lac inhcrts the blood of old MARX Az.
TnoNY, jolly ROGER, and the imported marc BoN.
NY Lass, with another cross of JANIs--and
through his great grand dam, he derives his dc.
scent from M"proN's TRAVELLER and JANUS. lie
Is ten years old.
JANUS was trained by VIM. II. johnson, Esquire,
to whom reference may DO had for the character
of the horse. lie several umes-amOng
others at Tree Hill, when Gen. La tayctc was
thcrc--bu aitho' real racer, with great speed, he
was very unlucky onc-sometImcs beng beat,
when lac had won heat, by contcndirg each heat
with fresh horse. He beat the iar-fnmcd HEN
ny, competitor Of EcLrrsE, the two first heats out
OF i've, of one mile each, tho best three IN FIVE;
and could he have been kept back, TO throw
away heat, it is believed that he would have won
inc race. Such was the opinion (among others
OF that model of the Old Virginia Planter
ana Sportsman, the late EDMuNp lazy, Esquire
bnt IN TINS, and III some other instances, has I'M
g"vernabc temper caused his defeat. He is with
out bIemiSh The public referred for his
character as a stallion, to the Rev. Robert Hurt
VI 'id''l'N VINO Kept HIM two seasons, ana 10 Air
,aruwclI, lnn-kccper at Charlotte &. H., who kept
nm last season, and 10 all who have bred from him.
Mr. Kandolph's two best foals yellow JACKET
ana ICS"riNl dropped IN his extensive 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 pub.
lc is referred to Mr. james G. Dickinson of Lou
sa who kept him the last season that he was farm
cd out, 1880.
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE noLrAn to the
Hho"M; FORTY DOLLARS the LEAP, he pnid "A the
STABLE door, bctore Mc mare is led atray: and ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE; the money to he paid
when the mare is covered and TO be refunded in
case the mare shall not prove in Oal: provided the
mare shall have been fairly treated and not parted
from by the insurer within that time Mares that
SLIP their foalS from i'll treatment, disease or acct.
dent, not entitled TO recover the insurance money.
Any mare not proving in foa shall be covered
next season, gratis, by Janus or Gascoignc, at
the option of the proprietor. The winner or breed
er OF winner of plate of not less value than
five hundred dollars, shall also be covered gratis.
The price OF the season may he DISCHARGED bv the
payment OF forty dollars before the cxpiration
thereof. 1t will commence at the date hereof, Va
icntnc's Day, and terminate the first day of Ju-
ly
The following very imperfect account OF his per.
t"rmanccS as IA racer was furnished by MIR. Arthur
Taylor, who trained and ran him, under the di-
rcction of WIN. r. johnson, Esq
PeJorma"cc IF Ja""s on the Tmf.-The spring
he was years Old he trained and ran in
sweepstakes at Lawrcnccvillc Brunswick G.. H.
mile heats. which race he ut three heats three
started; MIR. Fields Phiis, and Captain lIar-
rison's Fiev.
The autumn that he was three, he was trained
and run at Jc,cr's in Nottoway county, mile heats
the best 3 in 5. In that there were three
started; viz: Sir Henry, Mr.. Hurcs mare Rosettc
and Janus The first and second heat Janus won,
and was beaten the third by Sir Henry Is inches:
the fourth heat Janus did not contend for, and
was beaten the fifth by Henry, about clear Ia
length.I After that race, he went on to Tree Hin
(hlchmondl and run in Il swcePstakc, two mile
heats, which race he with great ease at two
heats, beating Mr.. Iarrison's Burstall and Mr. Sci
denis Filley
The same autumn, he the Jockey Club at
Spring Hill Moodys' two mile heats: four started:
winch race he won with ease.
The spring he four he run at I.awrencc.
vile, two mile heats; four started: Janus the
first heat, and was beaten tic second not far. In
tins race there four heats, and Janus contend
CD Tor every heat, and was not beaten much the
last heat by AEATUS only two or three lcet.l
He went on from thence to New Market Peters
burgl and ian three mile heats, and was beaten by
Nancy Warren.
The autumn that he was four he ran at New
Market, three mile heats, against Bctsev Robert
son and BERTRAND, which BETsEY RoBERrsoN
won. In that race Janus got lame, and has not
been trained since. In fact he started Il lame
horse: lie fell lame his travel from Tree Hill
where he had the honor to contribute TO the en-.
tertanment Of General La Fayettc during his mas.
ters absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes
above named. His speed is incontcstible, and he
always ran hOnest-no boiling, dr0tcing or Jcing
diStdHced.
The above statement with the exception of one
| or two verbal corrections, and the part between
brachefs,l is by Arthur Taylor, who trained him un-
der the direction OF VIM. X. Johnson, Esq.
PEDIGREE.-lle got by Sir Archy; his dam
FRENZY by SAYS CULoTTE (son OF Cclcr) out OF "A
thorough-bi ed Medley and Fcarnought mare His
grand dam. old MniEjn, by President, out of a
TRIsrRAM SHANDY mare, and she by Janus out of
a mare imported by Mr.. Booth of GiOUcesfer who
also imported janus.
Tristram Shandy got by MoRToN's TRAvEL-
LER, (Which bred by Mr.. Crons, and got by
his famous Partncr,) his dam by Janus.
PreSident was got by CELER, [bcst of Janus,)
his dam by Mark Anthony-[bcst son of our
Partner, who by Traveller, out OF Selma
('Taskcr s. by the Godolphn Arabian MARK An.
thongs dam was Septima, which was got by TIE
famous imported horse OTHELLo, or BLACK AND
ALL BLACK, by CRAB, out of Miss SLAMEEKIN-
The dam of SErrIIA MoLL BRAzEN, by
STARK which was given to Governor Oae by Lore!
Baltimore, who received him a present from
! FREDERIcK, p. OF WALES, father Of the late King
George 3D.. His dam Miss CoLyIL.
| The grand dam Of President was IIARpN,>'s
BoNNY LASS by old Jolly ROGER, on, Of old Boy.
NY LASS, imported mare, which was a descend.
ant OF the Duke Of iHc0SieI'S BJNNY Lass by
SNIr-hArm-EAsBY SNAKE-GREY WILKES bv
HACT.EoY.
RNALpo is also by Sir Arcby, and tho same
age as Janus; he was ioalcd in 1921. His d,p,.
Miss RYLAND, by GEACCuus-out of DrGrTE by
SifvERTML "a full bred son of Clockfasr)-bis
dam, Young Primrose by Wormcy's King fIcrod
(son of Bayior's Fcaruough, out of BruNtou's XII
| ~ Fisher her dam the noted marc PEIMEosE fine
property of DE. HAuuroN Of MARYLAND. well
known To the gentlemen of the Turf in that STATE.
| -Shc (frmrosc) was by the imported horse Dove
I (son OF young C0dc, himself capital Stallion.
! got by old Cadc, ono Of the GodoIyhN Arabians
| best sons)-frimrosc's dam, STELLA was got by