Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-28
Capital SdnEHaDssSo
IA n Us, GASCOIGNE e. RINALDC

IL more oil the blood of old JANUS (Is =. great
srahusre} than any other horse living, and his ac-
'oh SurposSes that of any other animal OF his spc-
cies that the writer of this advertisement ever
saw, MS Dam FRENZY only excepted. Through
ner tic mas close of old MEDLEY aud old
rEARNouG!r, well Of JANUS and from his
grand dam he mhcrits the blood of old Marx An
rhoNf, JOLLY ROGER, and the imported mare Bon
M hAss, with another OF JANUs-and
through his great grand dam, he derives his de-
scent from MoRroNs TRAVELLER and JANUS. lie
Is ten years old.
JANUS was trained by VIM r. johnson, ESQUIRE,
10 whom reference may be had for the character
OF the horse. lie several timcs-among
o'hers at Tree Hill, when Gen. La faycttc was
there-but altho real racer, with great speed, he
was Il very unlucky onc-somctincs being beat,
"heh he had won heat, by contcnding each heat
with fresh horse. He heat the far-famed Hen
ny competitor of ECLIPSE, the two first heats out
OF hive, of one mile each, the best three i'm five;
and could he have been kept back, to throw
away heat it rs believed that he would have won
The race. Such was the opinion (among othcrs)
II that model Of thu Old Virginia Planter
and Sportsman, the late EDMUND IRBY, Esquire !
But III this, and i'll some other instances, his I'M
govcrnable temper caused his defeat He is with
out bicmsh. The public referred for his
character as stallion, to the Rev. Robert Hurt
OF Halifax, who kept him two seasons, and TO Mr.
Cardwcll, lnn-kcepcr at Charlotte G.. H., who kept
hun last season, and to all who have bred from him
Mr. Randolph's two best foals yellow JACKET
year, were both got by Janus; the first out of
Young Frenzy, and the last out of an own sister
to ROANOKE. For the character of Janus, the pub.
lie is referred to Mr.. James G.. Dickinson of Lou
isa, who kept him the last season that he was farm.
cd out [lS30.l
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR to the
Groom; FORTY DOLLARS the LEAF, to be paid at the
STABLE door, bctore tie is led aray; and ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE. the money to be paid
when tho mare is covered and TO be refunded i'm
N fnnl. iIrbi b,
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 tho insurance money.
Any mare not proving in foal shall be covered
next season, gratis, by Janus or Gascogne, at the
option of the proprietor. The winner or breeder
OF winner Of plate of not less value than five
hundred dollars shall also be covered gratis. The
price OF the season may be discharged by the pay
mcnt of forty dollars before the expiration there
Of 1t will commence at the date hereof, Valcn-
tines Day, and terminate on the first day of July.
The following very imperfect account OF his per.
iormance9 as racer was furnished by Mr.. Arthur
Taylor, who trained and ran him, under the di
rection OF VIM. II. Johnson, Esq
Performance of janus on the Tuf-Thc sprinp
he was years DID, he was trained and ran in n
sweepstakes at Lawrenccvillc, Brunswick c. III. I
mile heats, which race he won at three heats: three
started; Mr.. Fields mare PhilIis and Captain uar-
rison's Filley.
The autumn that he was three, he was trained
and run at Jctcrs, in Nottoway county, mile heats,
the best 3 in s. In that there were three
started; viz Sir Henry, MIR. Ilare's 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. After that race, he went on TO Tree Hill
(kichnOnd) and in !. syvccpstakc two mile
heats, which race he won with great at two
heats beating Mr.. iarrison's Burstal and Mr.. Sell
denis Filley.
The same autumn, he won the Jockey Club at
Spring Hill Moodysi two mile heats: four started;
which race he won with ease.
The spring he was four, lie at Lawrence
ville two mile heats; four started: Janus won the
first heat, and was beaten the second not far In
tins race there were four heats and Janus contend
ed Tor every heat, and was not beaten much the
last heat by ARATUs [only two three feet
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 Betsey Robert.
son and BERTRAND, which race BETsEY RoBERTsoN
won In that race Janus got lame, and has not
been trained since. In fact he started a lame
horse: He fell lame his travel from Tree Hill,
where he had the honor to contribute 10 the en-
tcrtainment of General Ia Faycttc during his mas
tcr's absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes
above named. His speed is incontestbIe, and he
always ran hOmcSt-no Jslting, or drawing or Jcing
diStanced.
The above statement, with the exception of one
or two verbal corrections, and the part between
brackets, n Shy Arthur Taylor, who trained him UNI
der the direction of VIM. K. johnson, ESQ
PEDIGREE.-Hc got by Sir Archy; his dam
FRENZY by SAYS CULoTTE (son OF Cclcr) out OF a
thorough-bl ed Medley and Fcarnought mare. His
grand dam, old MimikiR, by President, out of a
TRIsTRAM SmANDY mare, and she by Janus, out oil
a mare imported by Mr.. Booth Of Gloucester, who
also imported Janus.
wv by
LER (Which bred by Mr.. Crons, and got b,
his famous Partner,) his dam by Janus.
Presdent was got by CELER, (best son of Janus,
his dam by Mark Anthony-Lbcst son of oul
Partner who by Traveller, out of Selma
('Iaskcr 81 by the Godolphin Arabian MARK An
thongs dam Scptimd, which was got by the
famous imported horse OTHELLo, or BLACK AM
ALL BLACK, by CRAZE, out of Miss SLAMERKIN.-
Tho dam of SEPrIMA MOLL BRAzEN, by
STARE, which was given to Governor Oglc by Lore
Baltimore, who received him as a present from
FREDERICK, p. of Wales, father of the late KINC
GEORGE Sd. His dam Miss CoIvu.
The grand dam of PRESIDENT HARDIMAN.
BoNNY Lass, by old joLLT ROGER, out of old Bov
NY LASS, an imported mare, which was descend
ant of the Duke of Ancosfcr's BoNNY LASS, by
SNIP-LATH-EAsBy-SN AKE-GREY WILKES by
HAUT-BoY.
RlHALDo is also by Sir Arciy, and oftho same
age Janus; llc was foaled in 1921. His dam
Miss RYGAND, by GRACcmUs-out of DCErrs by
SGLvERTAU. Ia full bred of ClOckiast)-hi,
dam, Young Primrose, by WOrmley's King UcroC
(son Of Bayior's Fcarnought out Of Braxton's Kit
ty Fisher her dam the noted mare PRIMROSE, the
property of DR. HAMLroN of MARYLAND, wei
known TO the gentlemen of the Turf in that State
She Primrosc) was by the imported horse Dove
(son of young Cadc, himself capital Stallion
got by old Cddo, one of the GoGoiphiu Arabian!
best sons -Frimrosc's dam, STELLA, was got h,
OTmELLo by Crab otherwise called BLack d. Al
Buck; ono of the most famous Of the EnpIjsI
stations, imported from Ireland by GovERNoUr
SHARP (having been purchased by an Irish Gentle
man of vast fortune and carried TO that Kingdom
where lie remained many years 1.-The grand dan
Of Primrose was GOVERNOR Taskcr's famous Sci;
mn by the Godophin Arabian, cut Of a mar
wi Ipl,,, i--,, H. l.