Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-04-13
Capital stations.
JANUS, GASCOIGNE & RINAI.DO

:" eoaeT IN 1919, at Mr.. WyaU CdrdtrelFs stables
at Charlotte Court House-these three high bred
and thorough slapped Stations.
ME noted and very superior horse JANUS. has
- more OF the blood of old JANUS (his z. great
Sahosire) than any other horse living, and his
uon surpasses that of any other animal of his spe-
GIGS that The writer of this advertisement over
saw, ms dam Frenzy only excepted. Through
her he has close cross OF old MEDLEY and old
rhARNouoHr, well of JANUS, aud from his
Crane dam he inherits the blood of old MARX An
riioNF' JOLLY RoGEK, and the imported mare Bon
M LASS, with another cross of JxNUs-and
'hr"ngh his great grand dam, he derives his de-
scent from MoRroN's TRAvELLER and JANUS. Ike
Is ten years old.
JANUS was rancd by VIM. X. Johnson, Esquire,
10 whom reference may be had for tho chara ctcr
others at Tree Hill, when Gen. La tayettc was
there-but altho' real racer, with great speed, he
was very unlucky onc-sometimcs being beat,
"neh nc had won u heat, by contendi1g each heat
with a fresh horse. He beat tho far-famcd HEN
RI competitor of ECLIPSE, the two first heats out
Oh hVe, OF one mile each, the best three in five;
ana could he have been kept back, as to throw
away heat it Is believed that ho would have won
the race lSuch was the opinion (among othcrs)
OF that model of tho Old Virginia Planter
ana Sportsman, the late EDMUND IRBY, Esquire. !
But In this, and in some other instances, his un-
governablc temper caused his defeat. lie is with
out blcm'sh. The public referred for his
character as stallion, to the Rev. Robert Hurt
VI 'i"uaA, VINO KEPT INN Two seasons, and to Mr..
Cardwell lnn-keepeT at Charlotte G.. H., who kept
nm last season, and 10 all who have bred from him.
Mr.. Randolph's two best foals yellow JACKET
anu fusiIrN) dropped in his extensive stud last
year, were both got by Janus; the first out of
Young Frenzy, and the last out of an owl sister
TO ROANOKE. For the character of Janus, the pub.
Inc Is referred to MIR. James G. Dickinson of Lou
lisa, who kept him the last seas that he was farm.
ed out, [lS30.l
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR to the
M i
STABLE door, before the mare is led acay and
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE; the money to be paid
when the mare is covered and to he refunded i'm
case the marc 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 foas from ill treatment disease or acct.
dent not entitled TO recover the insurance money.
Any mare not proving in foa shall be covered
next season, gratis, by Janus GascoigIe, 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
ment of forty dollars before the expiration there
of. 1t will commence at the date hereof, Vaen-
tines Day, and terminate the first day of July
. The following very imperfect account OF his per.
formances 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 Tmf.-The spring
he was years old, he was trained and ran in n
u. I'LL
mile heats. which he at three heats: three
started; Mr.. Fields mare Phillis, and Captain Har-
rson's Fillcy.
The autumn that he was three, he was trained
and run at Jetcr's, in Nottoway county, mile heats,
the best ) in 5. In that race there were three
started; viz: Sir Henry, Mr.. Hare's mare Rosette,
and Janus The first and second heat Janus won
and was beaten the third by Sir Henry, lS inches:
the fourth heat Janus did not contend for and
was beaten the fifth by Henry, about clear ia
L flo fhntr bo "a:
(Richmond) and run i'm a sweepstake, two mile
heats, which race he won with great at two
heats, beating Mr.. Harrison's Burstall and Mr. Sell
denis Fillcy.
The same autumn he won the Jockey Club at
Spring Hill [Moody's1 two mile heats: four started;
which race he won with ease.
The spring he was four, he ut Lawrence
vile, two mile heats four started: Janus won the
flrst heat, and was beaten the second not far. In
this race there four heats, and Janus contend
ed for every heat, and not beaten much the
last heat by ARATUs [only two three feet.l
He went on from thence to New Market Peters
burgl and ian three mile heats, and was beaten by
Nancy Warren.
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. lin fact he started lame
horses He fell lame on his travel from Tree Hill,
where he had the honor to contribute to the en-
tertainment of General La Fayettc during his mas.
ter's absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes
above named. His speed is incontestible and he
always honcst-no bslting, or dra,oing or being
dIstdnced.
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 II. Johnson. Esq.
PEDIGREE.-Te was got by Sir Archy; his dam
FRENZY by SArs CULoTTE (son OF Ceer) out of a
thoroughbred Medley and Fcarnought mare. His
dam I'D
TRIsTRAM SHANDy mare, and she by Janus, out of
a imported by MIR. Booth of Gloucester, who
also imported Janus.
Tristram Shandy was got by MoRToN's TRAVEL
LER, (Which was bred by Mr.. Crofls, and got by
his famous Partner,) his dam by Janus.
President was got by CELER (best son of Janus,)
his dam by Mark Anthony best son of our
Partner, who by Traveller, out Of Selma
(Tasker s. by the Godoiphin Arabian MARK An
thongs dam was Septi,na, which got by the
famous imported horse OTHELLo or BLACK AND
ALI. BLACK, by CRAB, out of Miss SLAMERKIN.-I
The dam of SEPTIMA MoLL BRAzEN, by
SPARK, which was given to Governor Ogle by Lord
Baltimore, who received him present from
Frederick, p. of WALES, father of the late king
GEORGE Sd. His dam was Miss COISII..
The grand dam of PRESIDENT was HARDIMANs
BoNNY LASS, by old JOLLY ROGER, out of old Bon
NY LASS, an imported mare, which was descend
ant of the Duke of Ancasfer'S BoNNY LASS, by
NIP-LATn-EAsDY- SNAKE-GREY WILKES by
HAUT-BoY.
RrNALDo is also by Sir Archy, and ofthe same
age Janus; he foalcd in 1921. His dam
MISS RYLAND, by GRAccuUs--out of DuETrE by
Su.vERTAL "a full bred son of Clockfast)-his
dam, Young Primrose, by Wormley's King Herod
(son of Bayor's Fearnought, out Of Braxtons Kit
ty Fisher) her dam the noted mare PRrMRosE, the
property of DIR. HAMILroN Of MARYLAND, well
known to the gentlemen of the Turf in that State.
She (Primrose) was by the imported horse Dove
(son of young Csde, himself capital Stallion,
Upf hU old adj a fbc rndn 10