Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-02-28

Charlotte Court Honse-these three high bred and
TENilE noted and very superior horse JANUS, has
III of the blood Of old JANUS This o. great
grandsre) 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
Fanny only excepted Through her he has cross
ot old MEDLEY and old FEARNoUGHr, well Of JA-
sps, and from his grand dam he inhe the blood of old
MARK ANTHONY, jolly ROGER, and the imported
mare BoNNY LASS, with another OF JANUs-and
through his great grand DAM he derives his descent from
MoRroN's TRAvELLER and JANUS. He is ten years
old.
JANUS trained by VIM. II. johnson, Esquire, TO
whom reference may be had for the character of the
horse. He won several tmcsamong others Tree Hill
when Gen. La Fayette there-but alto real racer
with great speed, Inc very unucky onc-somem
being beat, when he had heat by contending each
heat with fresh horse He beat the far-iamed HENRY,
competitor oil ECLIPSE, the two first heats out of five, OF
one mile cach the best three in FIVE; and could he have
been kept back, 10 throw away heat it is believed
that he would have won the [Such the opinion
among oters of that model OF the Old Virginia Planter
and Sportsman, the late EDMUND IRpY, Esauirc1 But
per caused his defeat He is without blcmsh The pub
lie referred for his character stallion to the Rev
Robert Hurt of Halifax, who kept him two seasons and
to Mr. Carwel Inn-keeper at Charlotte G. H. who kept
him last season. and TO all who have bred from him. Mr.
Randolph's two best foas (YELLow JACKET and PUSH
PM dropped in his extensive stud last year were both
got by Janus; the first of Young Frenzy and the last
out OF sister to ROANOKE. For the character of
Janus the public is referred TO Mr. James c. Dickinson of
Louisa who kept him the last that he was armcd
out, 1891
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DoLIAn to the
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STABLE door, before The is led a,cay; and ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE.; the money to he paid
when the mare is covered and TO be refunded in
mare shall not in foa provided the shall have
been fairly treated and not parted from by the insurer with
in that time Mares that slip their oals from i'll treatment
disease, accident not entitled TO the insurance
money. Any mare not proving in foal shall be covered
gratis by Janus Gascoigne the option
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 dis
charged by the payment Of forty dollars before the expra
ton thereof Ii will commence at the date hereof Vacn
tines Day, and terminate on the first day Of July.
The following very imperfect account of his performan-
ccs was furnished by Mr.. Arthur TAYLOR, who
trained and ran him. under the direction Of William r.
johnson, ESQ.,
Performance Of Janus on the Turc-The spring he
was years old he was trained and in sweepstakes
at Lawrencevilc, brunswick C. mile heats, which
race he at three heats: three started Mr. Fields
mare Phillis. and Captain Harrison's Flcy
The autumn that he three, he trained and run
at Jecrs, in Nottoway county, mile heats best in s.
In that race there were three stared viz: Sir Henry
Mr.. Harc's Roseue and Janus. The first and Sc
cond heat Janus won and beaten the third by Sir
Henry, Is nches the fourth heat Janus did contend
for and was beaten the fifth by Henry, about clear ia
length After that race, he went on to Tree Hill Rich
mond) and run in sweePsake, two mile heats, which
race he with great at two heats beating MIR.
Harrson's Burstall and Mr. Selden's Fey
The same autumn, he won the Jockey Club at Spring
Hill [Nloodysl two mile heats four starcd which
he with ease.
The spring lie FOUR he run at Lawrcnceville two
mile heats four started Janus won the first heat, and
beaten the not far In this race there were four
heats and Janus contended for every heat and was not
beaten much the last healthy ARATus [only two three
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He went on from thence TO New market IPetersburgl
and ran three mile heats and beaten by Nancy War
three mile heats, against Besey Robertson and BER-
TRAND, which race BETsEY RoBERTsoN won. In that
Janus got lamc and has not been trained since lin
fact he started lame horses He fell lame his travel
from Tree Hill, where he had the honor contribute TO
the entertainment of General La Fayettc during his
ters absence abroad by winning the sweepstakes above
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honest-no boiling, dra,ong, being distaneed.l
The above statement, with the exception of or
verbal corrections, and the part between brackets is
by Arthur Taylor. who trained him. under the direction
oil Wm X Johnson Esq.
| PEDIGREE.-He was got by Sir Arcby his dam
FRENZY by SANS CULoTTE (son of Celer) out of a
thoroughbred Medley and Feamought mare. His grand
dam, old .Nnikin, by President, out of a TRIsTRAM
SHANDY mare, and she by Janus, of mare imported
by Mr. Booth OF Gloucester, who also imported Janus
iristram Shandy was got by MoRroN's TRAVELLER,
(Which was bred by Mr. Croits, and got by his famous
Partner,) his dam by Janus.
President was got by CELER (bcst of Janus) his
dam by Mark Anthony-[best son of Partner, who
was by Traveller, out OF Selma raskcrs by the Godol-
phin Arabanl-Mark Anthonys dam Septin,a
which was got by the famous imported horse OrHEILo,
or BLACK AND ALL BLACK, by CRAZE, out OF MISS SLA-
MERKIN. The dam of SEPrIMA MoLL BRAzEN,
ny SPARK which was given TO GOVERNOR Ogle by Lord
Baltimore, who received him a present from FREDE-
RICK p. Of WALES, father of the late KING GEORGE
3D.. His dam Miss CoLvIL.
The grand dam of PRESIDENT HARDIMAN's
BoNNY LASS by old JOLLY ROGER, out of old BoNNY
Lass, an imported mare which descendant of the
Duke of ancdster's BoNNY LASS, by SNIp-LATH-
EASILY -SNAKE--GREY WILKES by HAUr-BoY
RINALDo is also by Sir 1rchy and of the same age as
Janus he was foaled in 1921. His dam, Miss RYIAND
! by GRAcCHUs-out OF DUETTE by SILvERTAIL "a
| full bred son of ClockasO--his DAM Young Primrose
by Wormeleys King Herod (son of Baylor Fearnought
out of BraXton's Kitty Fishc) her noted mare
PRIMROSE the property of DIR. HAMILTON of MARY
LAND well known 10 the gentlemen of the Turf in that
State.-She P1mrose) was by the imported horse DOVE
sOn of young Cade, himself capital Stallion, got by old
Cade, of the GOdOlphin Arabans best Prm-
roses dam, STELLA, was got by OTHELLo by Crab,
otherwise called Black s. M Black OF the most IA
nous OF the English Saons imported from ireland by
GovERNoUR SHARP (having been purchased by an Irish
Gentleman OF vast fortune and carried that Kingdom
where he remained many years 1.-The grand dam of Pm-
rose Govenour Taskers famous Selma by the Godol-
phn Arabian out of which got by old For,
was dam of Locust, Weasel Daphne, &c.-her dam by
CHILDERs-M AKELEss-Siserto Hone comb-Punch.
Kitty Fishers dam was By the Cullen Arabian-out of
the Duke of Somersets famous Bald Charlotte the best
OF her day and grand dam Lord Ossorys famous
DORMANT (sirc Of GABRIEL which got Govr. Ogc's
Oscar.)
:. N. Is. LADY BoLINGBRoVE, which the Dam of
CELIA, of DEsDEMoNA Chat at years old, hard
four mile heat with 1ayoe's famous Lcvathan) of
LAvINLA 0hat the great stakes al Fredericksburg i'm
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
Silverta This fact worthy of the notice of SportsInen
every where.
Rnado is ten years old-.he will cover at S25
payable by fifteen within the season, Sl2 the leap,
and $50 insurance TO be paid returned on the same
conditions as those expressed in the advertisement OF Ja
nus. He has been since 1926 in Maryland and Della
ware, where his stock highly spoken of-Reference
on this subject is respectfully given TO Louis hcLane ESQ
who at time of the stockholders of RnaIo and
laeh Halo