Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-13
mus, GASCOIGNE IL RINALDO

anil thorough shaped Stations.
HNhE noted and very superior horse JANUS, has
IN more of the blood OF old JANUS (his G. great
grandsIrc) than any other horse living, and his &C
ZION surpasses that Of any other animal of his spc
GIGS tnat The writer of tins advertisement ever
saw, ms dam FRENzy only excepted. Through
ner nc has u close OF old MEDLEY and old
tEARNouGHr, well as OF JANUS, and from his
grand dam he inhcrits the blood of old MARK An.
rhoNf, JOLLY ROGER, and the imported mare Bon
ny LASS, with another cross of JANvs-and
through his great grand dam, hc derives his dc.
scent from MoRroN's TRAVELLER and JANUS. lie
Is ten years old.
JANUS was trained by VIM II. Johnson, Esquire
TO whom reference may DO had for the character
OF the horse. lie several timcs--among
Others at Tree Hill, when Gen. La tayctte was
'here-but aitho real racer, with great speed, he
was very unlucky onc-sometimcs being beat
when lie had won heat by contcndipg each heat
with fresh horse He boat the far-iamcd uEN-
Ri, competitor OF ECLIPSE, the two first heats out
OF i've, OF one mile EACH tho best three in five;
and could Inc have been kept back, to throw
away heat, IT Is believed that he would have won
inc race Such was the opinion (among others
OF that model of the Old Virginia Planter
and Sportsman, the late EDMUNU IRBY, Esquire.
But IN this, and i'll some other instances, his un-
governablc temper caused his defeat. He is with
out blcmish. The public referred for his
character as Il stallion, to the Rev. Robert Hurt
oil Halifax, who kept him two seasons, and to Mr..
Cardwcll, Inn-kccper at Charlotte G.. H., who kept
hun last season, and 10 all who have bred from him.
Mr. Randolph's two best foals (YELLow JACKET
and PUsHPiN) dropped in his extensive stud last
year, were both got by Janus; the first out of
Young Frenzy, and the last out of an own sister
TO RoANokE. For the character of Janus, the pub
lie is referred to Mr.. James G. Dickinson of Lou
lisa, who kept him the last on that he was farm
cd out, 1890
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR to the
GROOM: FORTY DOLLARS the LEAP, to be paid at the
STABLE door, before the mare is led a,ody; and
HUNDRED DOLLARS insurance. the money to be paid
when the mare is covered and to be refunded in
case the mare shall not prove toaI: provided the
mare shall have been fairly treated and not parted
from by the insurer within that time. Mares that
slip their foals from i'll treatment, disease, acct
dent, not entitled TO recover the insurance money
Any mare not proving in foal shall be covered
next season, gratis, by Janus Gascoigne, at the
option of the proprietor. The winner breeder
of Il 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
of forty dollars before the expiration there
of. 1t will commence at the date hereof, Valcn-
tines Day, and terminate on the first day of July.
The following very imperfect account OF his per-
formanccs as racer was furnished by Mr.. Arthur
Taylor, who trained and him, under the d-
rection of VIM. r. Johnson Esq.-
Performance Of janus on the Tmf-The spring
he years old, he trained and in a
sweepstakes at Lawrcnccville, brunswick G. Ill ]
mile heats which race he at three heats: three
started Mr. Fields mare Phillis, and Captain Har-
| rsons Filley.
The autumn that he three, he trainei
and at Jetcr's, in Nottoway county mile heats,
the best in 5. In that race there three
| started; viz Sir Henry, MIR. Hares mare Rosette,
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.l After that race, he went to Tree Hill
(Richmond) and run i'll swcepstake, two mile
heats, which race he with great at two
heats, beating Mr.. Harrison's Burstal and Mr. Sci
denis Filley.
The same autumn, he won the Jockey Club at
Spring Hill Moodysl two mile heats: four started
which race he won with
The spring he was four, he run at Lawrence
vile, two mile heats; four started: Janus the
first heat, and beaten the second not far. In
this there were four heats, and Janus contend
ed for every heat, and r,"- -. Souten much the
/ last heat by ARATUs [only tive or three feet
He went on from thence to New Market Peters
burg] and ran three mile heats, and was beaten by
| Nancy Warren.
| The autumn that he was four, he ran at New
| Market, three mile heats, against Bctsey Robert
son and BERTRAND, which race BETsEY ROBERTSON
won In that Janus got lame, and has not
been trained since. In fact he started n lame
horse: He fell lame on his travel from Tree Hill,
| where he had the honor to contribute 10 the en-
tertainment of General La Fayettc during his mas
ter's absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes
| above named. His speed is incontcstiblc and he
always honest-no bsting, drat0ing being
| distanced.
| The above statement, with the exception of on,
| or two verbal corrections, and the part betwecI
brackets, is by Arthur Taylor, who trained him un
der the direction OF VIM. Il. johnson, Esq.
| PEDIGREE.-Hc got by Sir Archy; his dan
! FRENzY by SANS CUIoTTE (son OF Ccler) out of
/ thorough bi ed Medley and FcarnoughL mare. Hi.
grand dam, old WRikiR, by President, out of a
TRIsTEAM SHANDY mare, and she by Janus, out oil
Il imported by Mr.. Booth of Gloucester, who
also imported Janus.
Tristram Shandy got by MoRToN's TRAVEL
IER, (Which was bred by MIR. Crofts, and got by
his famous PartnorD his dam by Janus.
| President got by CELER, (bcst of Janus, }
his dam by Mark Anthony-[best son of ouI
Partner, who was by Traveller, out Of Selim;
| Crasker s. by the Godolphin Arabian Mark An
thongs dam SeptimG, which got by TIN
famous imported horse OrHELIo, or BLACK AM
ALI. BLACK, by CRAB, out OF Miss SLAMERKIN.-
The dam of SEPTIMA was MoLL BRAzEN, b.
STARK, which given to Governor Oglc by Lor
Baltimore, who received him a present from
FREpERIcK, p of WALES, father of the late KIN
GEORGE Sd. His dam Miss CoLvIL.
The grand dam of President UARDtMAN'
BoNNY LASS, by old jolly ROGER, out of old BoN
NY LASS imported mare, which descend
ant of the Duke of AHcGSfer's BoNHY LASS, b
SNIr-LATH-E -SNAKE-GREY WILKES b
HAUT-noY.
RryALpo is also by Sir Archv. and of the sam
age as Janus; he foaled in 1921. His dan
Miss RYIAND, by GRAccHUs-out of DUETTE b
SmvERTAM "a full bred of ClockfasD-hi
dam, Young Primrose, by Wormcy's King Hero
(son of Bayior's Fcarnought, out OF BraXtons Kit
ty Fisher her dam the noted mare PRIMRosH, til
property of DIR. HaMmroN of MARYLAND, wei
known to the gentlemen OF the Turf in that State
-.Shc (Primrosc) was by the imported horse Dow
(son Of young Cadc, himself capital Stallion
got by old Cude, one of the Godotphin Arabian
best sons)-Primroscs dam, STELLA, was got b.
OTuELLo by Grab, otherwise called Black d III
Btack; one of the most famous Of the Englisi
stations, imported from Ireland by GoyERNour
SHARP Chaviur been purchased by an Irish Gentle