Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-09

Il VIE noted and very superior horse JAxus, has
AN more OF the blood of old JANUS (his q. great
s'h"S're) than any other horse living, and his ac
''' surPasses that of any other animal of his spc
os mat the writer of this advertisement ever
saw, his dam Frenzy only executed. Through
n u. he mas close cross of old MEDLEY and old
fEANNorGiir well us of JANUS, and from his
grand dam he inhcri,s the blood of old MARK An
,n'H'' JOLLY ROGER, and tho imported mare Bon
~ LASS with another of JANUs-and
through his great grand dam, he derives his de
scent from MoRroNs TRAvELLER and JANUS. He
rs ten years old
JANUS was trained by VIM. Il. Johnson, Esquire
=" whom reference may be had for the chura CT cr
OF the horse. He won several times-amonp
o'hers at Tree Hill, when Gen. La tayctte was
'"cre-but atho a real racer, with great speed, he
was very unlucky one-sometimcs being beat,
"neh nc mad won u heat, by contcndirg each heat
VIII" u fresh horse. He beat the far-iamed III EN-.
RI' competitor of EcLrsE, the two first heats out
vi nVe' Of one mile each, the best three i'm five
ana could he have been kept back, so as to throw
away heat, it is believed that he would have won
tue race Such was the opinion (among others
OF that model of the Old Virginia Planter
ana Sportsman the late EDMUND IRBy Esquire 4
hut III ,fis, and In some other instances, his un-
g"'crnable temper caused his defeat. He is with
OUT oemish. The public referred for his
character as stallion, to the Rev. Robert Hurt
oil Halifax, who kept him two seasons, and to Mr..
Cardwcll, Inn-kccpcr at Charlotte &. H., who kept
hun last season, and 10 all who have bred from him.
Mr. Randolph's two best foals yellow JACKET
and PusnPrN) dropped in his extensive stud las,
year, were both got by Janus; the first out of
\ Dung Frenzy, and the last out of an own sister
TO ROANOKE. For the character of Janus, the pub.
lic is referred to Mr. James G.. Dickinson of Lou.
lisa, who Kept him the last season that he farm
ed out [1S301
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR to the
GROOM; FORTY DOLLARS the LEAF, to be paid at the
STABLE door, before the is led dcay and ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE.; the money to be paid
when the mare is covered and to be refunded in
case the mare shall not prove in foal: provided the
mare shall have been fairly treated and not parted
from by the insurer within that time. Mares that
slip their oals from i'll treatment disease or acct
dent, not entitled TO recover the insurance money
Any mare not proving in foal shall be covered
next season, gratis, by Janus or GaScoignc 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 paw
ment OF forty dollars before the expiration there
of. 1t will commence at the date hereof Valcn-
tines Day, and terminate the first day of July
Tie following very imperfect account OF his per.
tormanccs as racer was furnished by MIR. Arthur
Tayier, who trained and ran him, under the d
rcction of VIM. II. Johnson, Esq
Performance n janus on the TmC.-The spring
he was years old, he was trained and ran in II
sweepstakes at Lawrenceville, Brunswick c. H. I
mile heats. which race he at three heats three
started Mr. Fields mare Phs, and Captain Har-
risons FiIley.
The autumn that he three, he was tranc
and run at Jeter's in No;toway county, mile heats,
the best 3 in 5. In that race there were three
started; viz Sir Henry, Mr.. Harcs mare Rosatte,
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 Alter that race, he went to Tree Hill
(hchmond) and run in n sweepstakc, two mile
heats, which race he won with great ease mt two
heats, beating Mr.. Harrisons Burstall and Mr.. Sell
denis Filey.
The same autumn, he won the JOCKEY Club at
spring Hill Moody'sj two mile heats: four started;
which race he won with ease.
The spring he four, he run at Lawrencc-
vli!e two mile heats; four started: Janus won the
first heat, and beaten the second not far In
tins race there were four heats, and Janus contend
ed for every heat, and was not beaten much the
last heat by ARATus Ionly tive three fcet.1
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 four, he ran at New
Market, three mile heats, against Betsey Robert.
son and BERTRAND, which race BfTsEY ROBERTSON
won. In that race Janus got lame, and has not
been trained since. In fact he started a lame
horses He fell lame on his travel from Tree HILL
where he had the honor to contribute the en-
tertaInment of General La Fayette during his mas
ter's absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes
above named His speed is incontestble, and he
always ran honest-no boiling, or draoing or being
distanced.
The above statement, with the exception of one
or two verbal corrections, and the part between
brackets, is by Arthur Taylor, who trained him un.
der the direction of VIM K. Johnson, Esq.
PEDIGREE.-Hc was got by Sir Archy; his dam
FRENZY by SAYS CULorTE (sen OF Celer) out of
thorough-bi ed Medley and Fearnought mare His
grand dam, old Mnikin, by Presidents out of
IRIsTEAM SHANDY mare, and she by Janus, out of
mare imported by Mr.. Booth of Gloucester, who
also imported Janus.
Trstram Shandy was got by MoRToN's Travel
LER, (Which was bred by Mr.. Crofts and got by
his famous Parncr,) his dam by Janus.
President was got by CELER, (bcst son of Janus
his dam by Mark Anthony-[bcst son of our
Partner, who by Traveller, out of Selma
(Tasker s. by the Godolphin Arabian Mark An.
thongs dam was Septimd, which was got by the
famous imported horse OrmELLo, or BLACK AND
ALL BLACK, by CRAZE, out of Miss SLAMERKIY.-
The dam of SEPTMA MoLL BRAzEN, by
SPARK, which was given to Governor Ogic by Lord
Baltimore, who received him a present from
FREDERIcK, p of WALES, father of the late King
GEORGE Sd. His dam MISS CoLvIL.
The grand dam Of PRESIDENT was HARDIMAN's
BONNY LASS, by old jolly ROGER, out of old Bon
NY LASS an imported mare, which descend.
ant Of the Duke of AHcdStcr'S B1NNY LASS, by
SNIr-LATn-EAsDY-SNAK WILKES by
HAUT-GoY.
R4NALDo is also by Sir Archy, and Of the same
age Janus; Inc was fOaled in 1921. His dam
Mss RYLAND, by GRAccHUs-out of DuErrg by
SnvERTAIL Ia full bred son of ClockfasD--his
dam, Young Primrose, by WormIey's King Herod
(son of Bayior's Fearnough, out of Braxton's Kit.
ty Fisher her dam the noted mare Primrose, the
property of Dr. uAMrLroN of MARyiANp, well
known to the gentlemen of the Turf in that State
SHE (PrimrOso) was by the imported horse Dove
(son Of young Cadc himself capital Stallion
got by old Cadc, OF the G0doiphjn Arabian's
best Ons)-Primroscs dam, STELLA, was got by
OTuELLo by Grab, otherwise called Black q. An
BLGck; one of the most famous Of the English
stations, imported from Ireland by GovEwToUa
SHARP (havng been purchased by an Irish Gentle.