Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-04-20
Capital stations.

=" carer IN 1882, at Mr.. Wuatf Cardtreirs StdbieS
a. th"rtoHe CO"rt House--these tkrcc Aigh bred
an" ''''o"gh Sd"led Stations.
'HNhE noted and very superior horse JANUS, has
IN more of the blood Of old JANUS (his .. great
s'"hESFe) than any other horse living, and his ac-
o' Su'laSScs that of any other animal of his Spc-
0'oS tuat Tho writer of this advertisement ever
S1"i "'I dam FHENzY only excepted. Through
n ~ he mas Il close cross OF old MEDLEY and old
FEAENouGiIr, as we'll of JANUS, and from his
grand dam he inhcri,s the blood of old MARK An
rhoNf' JOLLY ROGER, and the Imported mare Bon
NY LASS, with another cross of JANUs-and
through ms great grand dam, Inc derives his de-
scent from MoRroN's TRAVELLER and JANUS. He
is ten years old
JANUS was trained by VIM. r. Johnson, Esquire,
10 Wnom reference may be had for the character
VI Uic horse. lie several timcs-amoug
othcfs at Tree Hill, when Gen. La tayette was
therc-but altho' a real racer with great speed he
was very unucky one-sometimcs being beat,
wneh he had won 4 heat, by contendrg each heat
win fresh horse. He beat the iar-famed Hen
RS competitor of ECLIPSE, the two first heats out
OIL hve, OF one mile each, tho best three in fvc
anu could he have been kept back, SO as to throw
away heat, it is believed that he would have won
the race. Such was tho opinion (among others
OF That model of tho Old Virginia Planter
ana Sportsman, the late EDMUND 1RBy, Esquire |
But III this, and i'll some other instances, his un-
govcrnablc temper caused his defeat He is with
out blemish. The public referred for his
character as Il stallion, to the Rev. Robert Hurt
vi iidiiidN VINO kept MN Two seasons, ana To Mr..
Cardwcll, lnn-kccper 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 PusHrlN) 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
isa who kept him the last seas on that he was farm.
cd out, [lS30.]
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR to the
L., 81.
STABLE door, before tie mare is led array; and ONE
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE. the money to be paid
when the mare is covered and to be refunded in
case the mare shall not prove in foa provided the
mare shall have been fairly treated aud not parted
from by the insurer within that time. Mares that
slip their foas from i'll treatment disease or 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 or breeder
OF IL winner of plate of not less value than five
hundred dollars, shall also he 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, Nalcn-
tines Day, and terminate OH the first day of July.
The following very imperfect account OF his per-
tormanccs racer furnished by MIR. Arthur
Taylor, who trained and him, under tie di-
rection of VIM. II. Johnson, Esq
Performance u JanuS on the Tmf.-Thc spring
he was years old, lie was trained and ran in
IL
mile heats which race he won at three heats: three
started; Mr. Fields Phillis, and Captain uar-
rison's ficy.
The autumn that he three, he was trained
and run at Jcters, in Notoway county, mile heats,
the best } in ). In that race there three
started; viz: SIR Henry, Mr.. uarc's mare Rosattc,
and Janus. The first and second heat Janus won,
and was beaten the third by Sir Henry, Is inches:
tho fourth heat janus did not contend Cor, and
was beaten the fifth by Henry, about clear a
], al,
(Richmondl and run in sWeepstukc, two mile
heats, which race he won with great ease at two
heats, heating Mr.. Harrison's Bursja and Mr.. Sci
denis Filley
The same autumn, he the Jockey Club at
Spring Hill Moody'sl 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 tie second not far. In
this race there four heats ard Janus contend
ed for every heat, and was not beaten much the
last heat 10y ARATUs only two or three icct.1
He went on from thence to New Market Peters
burgl and ian three mile heats, and was beaten by
Nancy Warren.
The autumn that he four, he ran at New
Market, three mile heats, against Betsoy Robert
and BERTRAND, which race BETsEY ROBERTSON
won In that race Janus got lame, and has not
been trained since. In fact he started lame
horse: He fell lame his travel from Tree Hill,
where he had the honor to contribute to the en-
of General La Faycttc during his mas
tcr's absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes
above named. His speed is incontestibc, and he
always ran hoHeSt-no belting, draioing or being
The above statement, with the exception of one
or two verbal corrections, and the part between
bracketS,U is by Arthur Taylor, who trained him I'M
der the direction of WIN. X. Johnson, Esq.
PEDIGREE.-He was got by Sir Archy; his dam
FKENZY by SArs CULoTTE (son oil Ceer) out of a
thorough-bi ed Medley and Fcarnought mare. His
L 4
TRIsTRAM SHANDY mare, and she by Janus, out of
a mare imported by Mr.. Booth of Gloucester, who
also imported Janus.
Tristram Shandy was got by MoRToN's TEAvEI-
LER, (Which bred by Mr.. Croits, and got by
his famous Parlner,) his dam by Janus.
President was got by CELER, (besi son of Janus )
his dam by Mark Anthony-[bcst son of our
Partner, who was by Traveller, out Of Selma
CTaskcr s. by the Godolphin Arabian Mark An.
thongs dam SePtihna, which got by the
famous imported horse OTmELLo, BLACK AND
ALL BLACK, by CRAZE, out of Miss SLAMERKN-
The dam of SEPTIMA was MoLL BRAzEN, by
SPARK, which given to Governor OgIe by Lord
Baltimore, who received him a present from
FREDERICK, p. of WALES, father of the late KING
GEORGE 3D.. His dam was Miss CoLvIL.
The grand dam of PRESIDENT IIARDIMAN's
BoNNY LASS, by old jolly ROGER, out of old Bon
NJ Lass, an imported mare, which descend
ant of the Duke of AncGSfcr'S BoNNY LASS by
SNIP-BATn-E AsBY-SNAEE-GREY WILKES by
JAUT-EOY
RrNALDo is also by Sir Archy, and of tho same
age az Janus; he was fpaed in 1921. His dam,
MISS RYIAND, by GEAcCmus-out of DCErrg by
SILvgRTAit "a full bred of ClOckiasD his
dam, Young Primrose, by WormIey's King IIcrod
(son of Bayor's Fcarnought, out Of Braxton's Kit.
ty Fisher her dam the noted marc PRINRosE, the
property Of Dir. ILNILroN of MARYLAND, well
known 10 the gentlemen of the Turf in that State
SHE lPrimrosc) was 10y the imported horse Dove
(son of young Cadc, himself capital Stallion
got by old Cadc, OF the Godojphw Arubau's
best sons)-Frimrosc's dam, STELLA, was got b,