Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-24
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10 coSer IN 1882, at Mr.. Wyau Cardmsrs xigJlc,
at Charlotte COurt Uousc-these fbrco mi Lroo
and thorough shaped StGLions.
TEyIIE noted and very superior horse .JAx,, L,,
II more OF the blood of old JANUS Ois ~ crc,,
grandsirc) than any other horse living, and his ,c
ton surpasscs that of any other animal of his spc.
cIcs that tho writer of this advertisement oyer
saw, hi. dam I'GENZY only excepted. TlroucL
her he has a close cross of old MEDLEY and old
FE,RvoUGnr, as well as of Janus, and from his
grand dam he inhcrits tho blood of old Max An.
rIoNN, jolly ROGER, and the imported mare BoN
NY LASS, with another cross of .JANUs-anc
through his great grand dam, Inc derives his de.
scent from MoRroN's TRAVELLER and janus. lie
is ten years old.
JANUS Yves trained hy Wm. x. Johnson, ESQUIRE.
to whom reference may be had for the character
OF the horse. He won several timcs--amoug
others at Tree Hill, when Gen. La tayette was
tlcrc-hut altho' a real racer, with great speed, he
was Il very unlucky onc-SomctincS being beat,
when Inc had won Il heat, by contendirg each heat
with IL fresh horse. He heat tho iar-famed Hem
ny, competitor of EcLIrsE, the two first heats out
OF 1--WE, of one mile each, the best three in five;
and could Inc have been kept back, so as to throw
away Il heat, it Is believed that he would have won
the race. tSuch was the opinion (among others
oil that model Of the old Old Virginia Planter
and Sportsman, the late Ep,UND lRUY, Esquire. J
Bat IN this, and in some other instances, his un-
gnvernaoie tempcr caused his defeat. lie is with
out b'e'niSh. The public are referred for his
character as a stallion, to the Rev. Robert Hurt
OIL hahiaX, who kept him two seasons, and To Mr..
Iardwcll, Inn-kCcper at Charlotte G.. H., who kent
ham last season, and 10 all who have bred from him.
Mr. Randolph's two best fonls (YrLLow JACKET
and PusiIriN) dropped in bis extensive stud last
year, were both got by Janus; the first ont of
Young Frenzy, and the last out of an own sister
TO ROANOKE. For the character of Janus, the pub.
Inc is referred to Mr. James c. Dickinson Of Lou
lsn, who kept him the last season that Inc was farm.
cd out, 1880
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR to the
GROOM: FORTY DOLLARS the LEAP, to he paid at the
STABLE door, bctore tie mare is led dicau; and oyg
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE.; the money TO be paid
when the mare is covered and TO be refunded in
ease the mare shall not prove in foal: provided the
mare snail have been FAIRLY treated aud not parted
from by the insurer within that time. Mares that
slip their ioals from i'll treatment, disease, or acct.
dent, not entitled 10 recover the insurance money.
ANY mare not proving in foal shall be covered
next season, gratis, hy Janus or Gascoignc, at
the option OF the proprietor. The winner or breed
or OF a winner of Il plate Of not less value than
five hundred dollars, shall also be covered gratis.
The price of the season may be discharged by the
payment of forty dollars before the expiration
thereof. 1t viii mmen at the date hereof, Va
icnt'ne's Day, and terminate on the first day of Ju-
".
The following very imperfect account OF his per-
iormanccs as a racer was furnished by Mr.. Arthur
Taylor, who trained and ran him, under Tho di-
rcction of VIM. L. Johnson, EsU.-
Performance Of JG"uS on Tie Imc-The spring
he was } years old, he was trained and ran in a
sweepstakes at Lawrcnccviilc, IBrunswick c. H
mIie heats, which race he won at three heats: three
started; MIR. Fields mare Phillis, and Captain Iiar-
rison'S iillcv.
The autumn that he was three. he waa troine |
and run at letters, in Nottoway county, mile heats.
the best ) in 5. In that race there were three
started; viz; Sir Henry, Mr.. IIarc's mare Roset;e,
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
lcngth.I After that race, he vent on to Tree Hin
(Rlchmond) and run in n sweepstakc, two mile
heats, which race he won with great ease at two
heats, beating Mr.. Harrison's Burstall and Mr.. Sci.
den's Iilley.
The same autumn, he won the Jockey Club at
Spring Hill [Moody'si two mile heats: four started;
which race he won with ease.
The spring he was four, hc run at Lawrcncc-
vile, Two mile heats; four Lturtod: Janus W on the
first heat, and was beaten the second not far. In
this race there were four heats, and Janus contend.
cd Tor every heat, and was not beaten much the
last heat by ARATUs only two or three fcet.1
lie went on from thence TO New Market Peters
burg and ian three mile heats, and was beaten by
Nancy Warren.
The autumn that he was four, he ran al New
Market, three mile heats, against Bctscy Robert
son and BERTRAND, which race BETsEY RoGERTsoy
won. In that race Janus got lame, and has not
been trained since. In fact he started a lame
horse: He fell lame on his travel from Tree Hi,
where he had the honor to contribute TO the en-.
tcriainmcnt OF General La Faycttc during his mas
tcr's absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes
above named. His speed is incontcStibIc, and he
always ran homest-no boling, or drociag or Jeuu2
diStHHcsd.
The above statement, with the exception of one
or two verbal corrections, and the part between
6%r"chcfS,L is by Arthur Taylor, vino trained him un-
der the direction of VIM. X. Johnson, Esq.
PEDiGEEE.-Ho was got by Sir Arcby; his dam
FRENZY by SAYS CvLoTrr (son OF CoIcr) out OF a
Thoroughbred Medley and Fcarnought mare. His
grand dam, old Minikin, by President, out of Il
IRlsTGAM SmANDY mare, and she by Janus, out Of
a mare imported by Mr.. Booth of CI1gcesicr. who
also imported Janus.
Tristram Shandy was got by MoRToN's TrAyrI.
LER, (Which was bred by Mr.. Crofs, and got by
his famous Par,ncr,) his dam byJanus.
President was got by CELER, (bcst son of Janus
his dam by Mark Anthony-Ibcst son of on,
Partner, who was by Traveller, out OF Selma
CTasker's) by the GodolPhin Arabianl-Mark An
thongs dam was Scptima, which was Got bv the
famous imported horse OTHELLo, or BLAcK AMI
ALL BLACK, by CRAZE, out of Miss SLAMERKIy-
The dam OF SErrIMA was MoLr. BHAzEx, by
STARK, which was given to Governor Ogle by Lord
Baltimore, who received him as a present from
FRGpEEIcX, p. of WALES, father of the late KING
GEORGE Sd. His dam was Miss CoLvrf.
The grand dam of PRESIDENT was UAEpgu.x's
BoNNY LASS, by old jolly ROGER, out Of Old Bon.
NY Lass, an imported mare, which wasa descend.
ant Of the Duke of Ancastc,'S BoNNY Lass, bv
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WILKES hv
/ IlACT.BoY.
RrSALDo is also by Sir Archy, and Of the Same
age az Janus; he was fpalcd in 1921. His Ja.,
Miss RYLAND, by GRAcCHUs-out of DrGrrr L,
SmvEaTAm "a full bred son of ClockG,sD-bs
dam, Young Primrose, by Wormlcv's King Herod
(son Of Bayi"r's Fcarnought. out Of H~raxton's Kit.
y fIslier) her dam Inc noted mare PRIMROSE, tho
property OF Is. ltNMILrON of MARYLAND, we'll
known TO the gentlemen Of the Turf in that Sl,to
Size G'rimrosc) was by the imported horse Dove
lson of young Cadc, himself a capital Stallion.
! cot hN old CLLn- N Of Inc G.LnLuL.n $500.