Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-14


CpTSA-sy<n MS old stand, al Half Sink nine
ayA JE miles from Richmond, and three
~ %SE from the Merry Oaks. He viii
ea.SNssssa stand lat fifty dollars The season.
which may be discharged by the payment of forty
dollars when the mares are taken away or re-
fuse the horse; otherwise note will be expect
ed for fifty dollars payable the first OF January
ncXt-s!Xty five dollars insurance aud one dollar
TO the groom.
Good pastures arc provided, and charge of
twenty five cents Il day for all mares left with
the horse, for tccdinp, &c.
Eohahna's colts have not yet mudo their ap-
Peatahce on the turf, and it is with great diff
uohGe ana hesitation that undertake to speak
y. .ncir performances III fall training, lest
Paru1ity ana intercs, may have msled me, and
"iSHt merely mislead others; suffice it to say
,hat' us lar as they have been tried by me, and
nc"'o vi from others, they have fully or more
'nan equaiad expectations; and feel the most
confident assurance that those who NAV desire
TO brcca from this fine horse, will not be disap-
pointed or dissatisfied with the result,
That he is of the purest and most genuine race
horse stock, is attested by the fact that there
has never been member of his family that was
hot race nag OF distinction, either Of the pre-
sent generation or as far back as it can be traced
w'h the exception OF the imported mare, and
she was never tried, being purchased at two
years old, exclusively for breeding.
1t Is not little encouraging to those who
nave heretofore bred from Gohanna, as well MS
those who may desire it in future to be Informed.
that challenge has been made 10 run one Of
his colts over the Norfolk course, next SDrinou
against any colt III TIE United States, for five
thousand dollars. This circumstances is mon
TONED because 1T surely IL one well calculated &c,
increase the public confidence in him Us L STOCK
HORSE.
Johanna served one hundred and ffiy-sevcn
mares last year, having the celebrated horses
OF Charles and Ilmoicon as .:is competitors
winch furnishes the best evidence of satisfaction
Win INC appearance and promise of his colts.
mere Is another recommendation tat nav
with ptopriety be offered for breeding from Go
hanna, which is that his colts are so LARGE s. fire
Jas universally admittctD that such as should
not prove TO be race horses, are sure to cur,oer-
safe their owners for the trouble and EXPENSE
OF raising: q circumstance which should not bc
overlooked in breeding, as in the nature of
things 1t is not likely that all can make race
horses.
Gohanna, it is believed is now standing low
er than any other horse of distinction in Virgil
MAJ this does not proceed from a disposition To-
underp'I other horses, nor is il because his pro
pr!etor thinks he ought not to stand as hiph ns
any other whatever; put he does not feel justified
III raising to level with others, until there has
been some public exhibition Oh the part of his
colts.
Mares will be served at any time during the wear,
and such as did not prove III ioal from the last
season, may be sent again, and no charge made
Tor the services of the horse, unless they should
prove in ioal. JNO NJ BOTTS
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