Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-16
Capital stations.
JANUS, GASCOIGNE e. RINALDO

Va\HE noted and very superior horse JANUS. ha,
n moro of the blood of old JANUS (his z. great
grandsre) than any other horse living, and his ac
ton surPasscs that of any other animal of lis spc
cies that the writer of this advertisement ever
saw, MS dam FRENZY only excepted. Through
her he has n close of old MEDLEY and old
fEARNoUcHr, as well of JANUS, and from his
grand dam he inhcrits tho blood OF old MARK An
ThoNf, JOLLY ROGER, and the imported mare Bon
NY LASS, With another cross of JANUs-and
through his great grand dam, he derives his de.
scent from MoRroN's TRAvELLER and JANUS. lie
IL 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 times--among
others at Tree Hill, when Gen. La tayettc was
thcre-but altho' real racer with great speed, he
was very unlucky one-sometimcs being beat,
when he had won heat, by contcndirg each heat
with fresh horse He beat the far-famcd HEN
RY, competitor of ECLIPSE tho two first heats out
OF five, of one mile each, the best three i'm five;
and could ho have been kept back, to throw
away heat, ii Is believed that he would have won
the race. lSuch was the opinion (among others)
OF that model of the Old Virginia Planter
and Sportsman, the late EDMUND IRDY, Esquire !
Dut IN tins, and in some other instances, his un-
governablc temper caused his defeat. He is with
out blemish. The public are referred for his
character stallion, to the Rev. Robert Hurt
OF Halifax, who kept him two seasons, and to Mr..
Cardweli, lnn-kccper ut Charlotte G.. H., who kept
him last season, and to all who have bred from him.
MIR. Randolphs two best foas (YELLow JACKET
and PvsnPrN) dropped in his extensive stud last
year, were both got by Janus; the first out of
Young Frenzy, and the last out of own sister
to ROANOKE. For the character of Janus, the pub.
lie is referred to Mr.. James c. Dickinson of Lou.
isa, who kept him the last season that he was farm
ed out, l1S301
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR to the
GROOM; FORTY DOLLARS the LEAP, to be paid at the
STABLE door, before the is led atcay; 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 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 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 or Gascoignc, at the
option~of the proprietor. The winner breeder
OF winner of u plate of not less value than five
hundred dollars, shall also be covered gratis. The
price OF the season may he discharged by the pay
ment of forty dollars before the expiration there
of. 1t will commence at the date hereof, Valen.
tines Day, and terminate the first day of July.
The following very imperfect account of his per-
tormances as racer was furnished by Mr.. Arthur
Taylor. who trained and ran him, under the d.
rectlon of VIM. X. Johnson, ESQ.,
Performance of Janus on the Tmf-The spring
he was 3 years old, he trained and ran in a
sweepstakes at Lawrencevlle, brunswick c. H.
mile heats which race he three heats: three
started; Mr. Fields mare Phillis, and Captain Har-
rison's Filley.
The autumn that he was three, he was traine1
and run at Jeter's, in Nottoway county, mile heats
the best B in S. In that there were three
started; viz: Sir Henry, Mr.. Harc's mare Rosete
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 on to Tree Hill
(Richmond) and in u sweepstake, two mile
heats, which race he won with great at two
heats, beating Mr.. Harrison's Bursta and Mr.. Sci.
denis Filley.
The same autumn, he the Jockey Club at
Spring Hill Moody's1 two mile heats: four started
which race he won with ease.
The spring he four, he run at Lawrence.
vile, two mile heats; four started: Janus won the
first heat, and was beaten the second not far In
this race there were four heats and Janus contend
ed tor every heat, and was not beaten much the
last heat by ARATus [only two three feet
He went on from thence to New Market Peters.
burgl and ran three mile heats, and was beaten by
Nancy Warren.
The autumn that he four he ran at New
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. In fact he started lame
horse He fell lame on his travel from Tree Hill,
where he had the honor to contribute TO the en-.
| tcrtanment of General La Fayette during his mas
ters absence abroad, by winning the sweepstakes
above named. His speed is incontestibe, and he
always ran honest-no boiling, drauing or being
distanced.
or two verbal corrections, and the part between
brackets is by Arthur Taylor, who trained him un.
der the direction of VIM. X. johnson, Esq.
PEDIGREE-Iic was got by Sir Archy; his dam
FRENZY by SAYS CULoTTE (son OF Celer) out Of a
| thorough bl ed Medley and Fearnought mare. His
grand dam, old Mnikin, by President, out of a
TRIsTRAM SHANDY mare, and she by Janus, out of
a mare imported by MIR. Booth of Gloucester, who
also imported Janus.
Tristram Shandy was got by MoRToN's Travel
(which bV nd hy
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 81 by the GodolPhin Arabian MARK An.
thongs dam Septimd, which was got by the
famous imported horse OTnELLo, BLACK AND
ALL BLACK, by CRAB, out of Miss SLAMERKIN.-
The dam of SEPrIMA was MoLL BRAzEN, by
| SPARK, which was given to Governor Ogle by Lord
| Baltimore, who received him as n present from
| FREDERIcK, z. of WALES, father of the late King
| GEORGE Sd. His dam was Miss CoLvIL.
! The grand dam of PRESIDENT was HARDIMAN's
| BoNNY LASS by old JOLLY ROGER, out of old Bon
NY Lass, an imported mare, which was descend
ant of the Duke of Ancdsfcr'S BoNNY LASS, by
IP-LATH-EAsBY-S NAKE-GREy WILKES BY
| HAUT-BeY.
RINALDo is also by Sir Archy, and Of the same
age as Janus; nc was foaed in 1921. His dam
Miss RYLAND, by GRAccHUs-out of DUETTE by
| SILyERrAGL Ia full bred of Clockfast)-his
dam, Young Primrose, by Wormey's King Herod
! (son of Baylors Feainought, out Of Braxt0n's Kit
! ty Fisher her dam the noted mare Primrose, the
property of DIR. HAMILTON of MARYLAND, vel
| known to tho gentlemen of the Turf in that State
| She (Prmrose) was by the imported horse Dove
! (son of young Cadc, himself a capital Stallion
got by old Cade, OF the Godolphin Arabian.
best sons)-Primroscs dam, STELLA, was got by
| OTHELLo by Crab, otherwise called Black 4 al
Black; of the most famous Of the English
stations, imported from Ireland by GovERNoUR
Inr,