Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-03-15
Capital stations.
JANUS. GASCOIGNE ANN rim


Charlotte Court House-these three high bred and
thorough shaped Stations
TUNHE noted and very superior horse JANUS, has
i'll more OF the blood of old JANUS (his q. great
grandsire) than any other horse living and his action
surpasses that of any other animal OF his species that
the writer Of this advertisement ever saw, his dam
FRENZY only excepted Through her he has close
Of old MEDLEY and old FEARNoUGHr as well rs of JA-
NUS and from his grand dam he inhes the blood of old
MARK ANTHONY, JOLLY RoGER, and the imported
mare BoNNY LASS, with another cross of JANUs-and
through his great grand DAM he derives his descent from
MoRroN's TRAVELLER and JANUS. He is ten years
old
JANUS was trained by VIM. II. Johnson ESQUIRE to
whom reference may be had for the character of the
horse He won several tmes-among others at Tree Hill,
when Gen. La Fayettc was here-but altho' real racer
with great speed, he very unlucky one-sometimes
being beat, when he had heat by contendng each
heat with fresh horse. He beat the far famed HENRY
competitor OF ECLIPSE, the two first heats of ve Of
one mile EACH the best three in ve and could he have
been Kept back. so as TO throw heat is believed
that he would have won the Such the opinion
(among others oil that model of the Old Virginia Planter
and Sportsman, the late EDMUND IRBY, Esquire. But
in this, and in other instances his
per caused his defeat He is without blemsh. The pub
lie referred for his character stallion to the Rev
Robert Hurt OF Halifax who kept him seasons, and
to Mr. Cardwe, lnn-keeper at Charlotte c. H. who kept
him last season. and to all who have bred from him. Mr.
Randophs two best loas (Y Elbow JACKET and PUSH
PM dropped in his extensive stud last year, 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 public is referred Mr. James c. Dickinson of
Louisa who kept him the last that he armcd
out $780,
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR to the
GROOM; FORTY DOLLARS the LEAP, to be paid at the
STABLE door, before the as led dtcdy; and ON E.
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE; the money TO be paid
when the mare is covered and TO be refunded in the
shall not prove in oa provided the shall have
been fairly and not parted from by the insurer with
IN that time Mares that slip their foas from i'll treatment
diseases accident, not entitled TO the insurance
money Any mare not proving in ioa shall be covered
next season, gratis by Janus Gscogne the option of
the proprietor The winner breeder winner of plate
of not less value than five hundred dollars shall also be
a le ha III
charged by the payment OF forty dollars before the expra-
ton thereof will commence at the date hereof Vaen-
unes Day, and terminate on the first day of July
The following very imperfect account of his perorman-
ces as racer was furnished by Mr.. Arthur Taylor who
trained and ran him, under the direction of William r.
| Performance Of Janus on the Tmf.-The spring he
was years Old he trained and in a sweepstakes
at Lawrencevillc brunswick c. HI mile heats which
race he won at three heats: three sarted Mr.. Fields
mare Phllis, and Captain Harrisons Filley.
The autumn that he was three he was trained and
at Jeters IN Nottoway county, mile heats the best in
In that race there were three started; viz Sir Henry
Mr. Hares mare Roseue, and Janus The first and Sc
cond heat Janus won, and was beaten the third by Sir
eny IL inches the fourth heat Janus did not contend
Tor, and was beaten the fifth by Henry, about clear IA
length] After that sace, he went to Tree Hill (Rch
mond) and run i'm a sweepstaLe, two mile heats which
race he won with great at two heats, beating Mr.
Harrsons Burstal and Mr.. Seden's Filley.
The same autumn, he won the Jockey Club at Spring
Hill MoodysI two mile heats four started; which race
he won with
The spring he four, he run at Lawrcncevie, two
and
beaten the second not far In this there were four
heats and Janus conended every heat and was not
beaten much the last heat by ARATUs only or three
feet
He went on from thence to New market TPetersburg1
and ran three mile heats, and beaten by Nancy War
rem
The autumn that he was four he ran at New market
three mile heats, against Betsey Robertson and BER-
rRAND, which race BErsEY ROBERTSON won In that
race Janus got lame, and has been trained since FIN
ac he started lame horse: He fell lame his travel
from Tree Hill, where he had the honor contribute to
the entertainment of General La Fayeuc during his
'ers absence abroad by winning the sweepstakes
named. His speed is incontestbie and he always ran
ho'esf-no boiling, or drdcing, or being distanced]
The above statement with the exception of one or two
verbal corrections, and the part between brackets
by Arthur Taylor, who trained him, under the direction
OF VIM. r. Johnson, Esq.
PEDIGREE.-He was got by Sir Arcby: his dam
FRENZY by SANS CULoTrE (son of CeleD out of
horough-bred Medley and Fearnought mare. His grand
dam, old Winihin, by President, out OF TRIsTRAAr
SHANDY mare and she by Janus, out of imported
by Mr. Booth of Gloucester, who also imported Janus
Tristram Shandy was got by MoRToN's TRAVELLERS
(Which was bred by Mr.. Crofts, got by his famous
Parner,) his dam by Janus
President was got by CELER (bcst of Janus) his
dam by Mark Anthony best of Partner, who
phin Arabanl-AIark Anhony's dam was Sepfi,na
which was got by the famous imported horse OrHELLo
or BLACK AND ALL BLACK by CRAZE, out of MISS SLA-
MERKIN The dam OF SEPTIIA was MoLL BRAzEN
by SPARK, which was given 10 Govenour Oge by Lord
Baltimore who received him as present from FREDE-
RICK, Il. OF WALES, father of the late KING GEORGE
3D. His dam was Miss CoLvIL.
The grand dam of PRESIDENT was HARp1MAN's
BoNNY LASS, by old jolly ROGER, out of old BoNNY
Lass, an imported mare, which descendant of the
Duke OF HI,cdSter's BoNNY LASS, by SNIP-LArH-
EASILY -SNAKE--GREY WILKES by HAUT-BoY
RINALDo is also by Sir Archy and of the same age as
Janus; he was foaed in 1921 His dam, Miss RYLAND
by GRAcCHUs-out of DUETTE by SILvERTAIL "a
full bred son of ClockiasD-his DAM Young Primrose
by Wormeleys King Hcrod (son of Bayors Fearnought
out of Braxtons Kitty Fisher her dam the noted mare
PRIMROSE, the property OF DR.. HAMILTON of MARY
LAND, well known to the gentlemen of the Turf in that
Statc-Me Primrose) was by the imported horse DOVE
son oil young Cade himself capital Stallion got by old
Cade, one of the Godophn Arabian's best sons)-Prm-
otherwise called Black s. al Black; one of the most IA
nous OF the English Stations, imported from Ireland by
GovERNoUR SHARP (haying been purchased by an Irish
Gentleman OF vast fortune ard carried that Kingdom
where he remained many years )The grand dam of Prm-
rose was Govenour Takcrs famous Selma by the Godol-
phin Arabian out OF which got by old For and
was dam OF Locust Weasel, Daphne, Sc.-her dam bv
CHILDERs-MA KELEss-Sisterto Honeycomb-Punch
Kitty Fishers dam by the Cullen Arabian-ou of
the Duke of Somersets famous Bald Charlotte, the best
mare OF her day and grand dam Lord ossorys famous
DORMANT (sre of GABRIEL which got Goyr. OpIe's
Oscar)
N. b. LADY BoLINGBRoKE, which was the Dam of
CELIA oil DEsDEMoNA Chat at years old ran so hard
four mile heat with Tayloes famous Leviathan) of
LAvINIA Chat won the great stakes at Fredericksburg in
l8OD OF Virginia by DARE DEVIL, and of Seden's
WRANGLER that beat SIR ARcHY; and that capital lit
tie mare Sting, were out of the got by King Herod
out OF Primrose, mentioned in the Pedigree of Duete and
Siverai This fact is worthy of the notice of Sporsmcn
every where.
Rinaldo is ten years od-he will cover at S25