Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-03-30
Capital SsalliOnns.


IL more oil the blood OF old JANUS (his e. great
grandsire) than any other horse living his action
surpasses that OF any other animal OF his species that
the writer OF this advertisement saw, his dam
FRENZY only excepted Through her he has a close
Of old MEDLEY and old FEARNoUGHr, well of IA
NUS, and from his grand dam he nhers the blood of old
MARK ANTHONY, JOLLY ROGER, and the imported
mare BoNNY LASS, with another cross OF JANUs-and
through his great grand dan he derives his descent from
MoRToN's TRAVELLER and JANUS. He is ten years
old.
JANUS trained by VIM r. Johnson Esquire, to
whom reference may be had for the character of the
horse lie won several mes-among others at Tree 1ill
when Gen. La Fayette thee-bu altho' real racer
with great speed, he was very unucky one-somenes
being beat when he had heat, by contcnding each
heat with fresh horse. He beat the taramed HENRY,
competitor OF ECLIPSE, the two first heats of five
mile each the best three i'm five; and could he have
been kept back throw away heat it is believed
that he would have the fSuch the opinion
(among other of that model of the Old Virginia Planter
and Sportsman the late EDMUND IRBY, Esquire But
in this, and in other instances his ungoyernabe tenn
per caused his defeat. He without bemish. The pub
lie referred for his character stallion TO the Rev
Robert Hurt OF Halifax, who kept him two seasons, and
TO Mr.. Cardwell, in-keepcr Charlotte c. H. who kept
him last season, and to all who have bred from him. Mr.
Randolphs two best foals YELLOW JACKET and PUsH-
PIN dropped in his extensive stud last year. ere both
got by Janus; the first of Young Frenzy the last
out OF an own sister 10 ROANOKE For the character OF
Janus the public is referred Mr. James c. Dickinson
Louisa who kept him the last tha he iarmcd
out, 1880.
Janus at DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR TO the
GROOM; FORTY DOLLARS the LEAP, to be paid the
STABLE door, before the is led dlody; and ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE.; the money TO be paid
when the mare is covered and TO be refunded in tho
shall not prove in oal: provided the shall
been fairly and not parted from by the insurer with
i'm that time. Mares that slip their ioals from i'll treatment
disease, accident not entitled TO the insurance
money. Any mare not proving in ioa shall be covered
next gratis by Janus Gascognc the option
the proprietor The winner breeder of winner of plate
OF not less value than five hundred dollars, shall also
covered gratis. The price of the may be dis
charged by the payment forty dollars before the expra
ton thereof IT will commence at the date hereof Vaen
tines Day, and terminate the first day of July.
The following very imperfect account of his performan
trained and ran him, under the direction OF William II.
IjeJoimaicc Of Janus on the 1trf-The spring he
was years old he trained and in sweepstakes
at Lawrenccville brunswick C. IL mile heats, which
race he three heats: three started; Mr. Fields
mare Phil5, and Captain Harrisons Fey
The autumn that he three he trained and run
al 'eters in Nottoway county, mile heats the best in
In that race there three started; viz: Sir Henry
Mr. Hares mare Rosette, and Janus. The first and
cond heat Janus won and beaten the third by Sir
Henry Is nchcs the fourth heat Janus did contend
Tor, and was beaten the fifth by Henry, about clear ia
engthI After that race he went TO Tree Hill (itich-
mond) and run in sweepsake, two mile heats, which
race he with great ease at two heats beating Mr.
Harison's Burstar and Mr. Selden's Fcy
The same autumn he won the Jockey Club at Spring
I'M lioodysJ two mile heats four started; which
he won with ease
The spring he was four, he at Lawrenccvillc two
mile heats four started Janus won the first heat and
beaten the second not far. In this there were four
heats, and Janus conended for every heat was not
beaten much the last heat by ARArvs ony three
He went from thence to New market TPetersburgl
and ran three mile heats, and beaten by Nancy War
The autumn that he was four he ran at New market
three mile heats against Betsey Robertson and BER-
TRAND, which race BETsEY ROBERTSON won. In that
race Janus got lame, and has been trained since Tin
lac he started lame horse: RE fell lame his travel
from Free HILL where he had the honor contribute to
the entertainment OF General La Fayctc during his mas
ters absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes above
named His speed IS incOntesiblc, and he always ran
honeSt-no boiling, drdiCing, icing diSidnced1
The above statement with the exception of or two
verbal corrections, and the part between BRACKETS is
by Arthur Taylor. who trained him, under the direction
of VIM. II. JohnsSh, Esq.
PHDrGREE.IIe was got by Sir Archy, his dam
thoroughbred Medley and Fearnought mare His grand
dam, old .Hirikin, by President, cut of TR1sTRANf
SHANDY mare, and she by Janus out of imported
by Mr. Booth of Gloucester, who also imported Janus.
Tristram Shandy got by MoRToN's TRAVELLER,
(Which bred by Mr.. Croits and got by his famous
Parner,) his dam by Janus
President was got by CELER, (bcs son of Janus,) his
dam by Mark Anthony-[be of Partner, who
by Traveller, out of Selma (raskcr by the Godol-
phin Arabian MARK Anhony's dam Septi1nd,
which got by the famous imported horse OrHELLo,
or BLACK AND ALL BLACK, by CRAZE, out OF MISS SLA-
MERKIN The dam of SEPrIMA was MoLL BRAzBE,
ny SPARK which was given TO Govcrnour Oge by Lord
Baltimore, who received him a present from FREDE-
RICK, p. of WALES, father of the late KING George
Sd. His dam was Miss CoLvIL.
The grand dam OF President was HARDIMAN's
BoNNY LASS, by old jolly ROGER, out of old BoNNY
Lass, imported mare, which descendant of the
EAsBY-SNAKE--GREY WILKES by HAur-Boy.
RINALDo is also by Sir archy and Of the same age as
Janus; he foaled in 1921. His dam, Miss RYLAND
by GRAccHUs-out OF DUETrE by SILvERTA1L "a
full bred son of ClockfasO-his dam, Young Primrose
by Wonneleys King Hcrod son of Baylors Fearnought
out of Braxton's Kitty Fisher her dam the noted mare
PRfMRosE, the property OF DR.. HAMILTON of MARY
LAND. well known TO the gentlemen of the Turf in that
Stae-Ste (Primrosc) was by the imported horse Dow
(son OF young Cadc, himself capital Stallion got by old
Cade, OF the GOd0Lphn Arabans best sons)- Pfim-
roses dam, STELLA got by OrHELLo by Crab
otherwise called Black MI Black; of the most IA
nous of the English Stations, imported from ireland bv
GovERNoUR SHARP (haying been purchased by an Irish
Gentleman OF vast fortune and carried TO that Kingdom
where he remained many years 1.-The grand dam of Pr-
rose was GOVERNOR Taskcrs famous Selma by the Golo-
phn Arabian, out Of which got by old For and
was dam of Locust, Weasel Daphne &c.-her dam by
CHfLDERs--M AKELEss-Siserto H0neycomt-PuDch
Kitty Fishers dam ~ the Cullen Arabian--out OIL
the Duke of Somcrsers famous Bald Charlotte the best
mare OF her day and grand dam TO Lord Ossorys famous
DORMANT (sre OF GABRIEL which got GOvr. Oglc's
Oscar)
N. b. LADY BoLtNGBRoxE, which was the Dam Of
CELIA, OF DEsDEMoNA Chat at years old, so hard
four mile heat with Tayloes famous Leviahan) Of
LAytNfA Chat the great stakes Fredericksburg in
1900 Of Virginia by DARE DEVIL, and of Selden's |
WRANeLER that beat STp ARcHY and that capital lit |
tie mare Sting, out OF the got by King Herod
out Of Primrose, mentioned in the Pedigree Of Duetc and
Svcrtail This fact is worthy Of the notice Of Sporsncn
every where