Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-02-24

rFM w III, Tor the next season. occhly
" JA-s-@ his old stand, ~ liHlf SINK, nine
,.s-AA& I G miles from Richmond. and three
NJ FlB from the Merry Oaks. He will
osSsassstssEs stand at fifty dollars The season,
winch may be discharged by the payment OF forty
n"Hafs, when the mares are taken away, or re-
iuSc the horse; otherwise note will be expect
"a Tor hty 90 lars, payable on the first OF January
ncNt-siX'y five dollars insurance and one dollar
to the groom.
GooG pastures are provided, and charge of
twcu'y five cents 4 day for all mares left with
the horse, tor feeding, &c.
'hanna's colts have not yet made their APP
rcarancc on the turf, and it is with great diff
d"ncc and hesitation that ! undertake to speak
II their performances IN a tall training, lest
narialiy and Interest may have mlslcd me, and
might thereby ,ulSlCad others; suffice 1t TO say
hat, as far Us they have been Tried by me, and
heard of from others, they have fully or more
than cQuallrd expectations; and teci the most
confident assurance that those who may desire
to breed from this fine horse, will not DC disap
pointed or dlsSati fed with the result.
la, he is of the purcst and most gennine rae
horse stock, is atlcs,cd by the fact, that there
has never bcca Il member of ms family that was
not u race rar of distinction, either OF the pre-
ut generation or Us far back as II can be traced.
w,jh the exception of Inc imported mare, and
lie was never tiled. berg purchased at two
years old, exclusively for breeding.
1t l. MT a ilJ'Ic encouraging to those who
have hcictCf.rc bred from Johanna as well as
those who may desire 1t III future, to be Informed
hat chal,rSc hrs been made TO run ono of
has colts ever the Norfolk course next Spring
a-aIEst any cot In the United States for Ave
thousand dollars. This circumstance is men,
Toned because 1t surely is one well calculated to
increase the public confidence IN him as STOCK
HORSE.
Johanna served one hundred and ffiv-seven
mares last year, having the celebrated horses
sir Charles and Timu!eon as his competitors
winch furnishes the best evidence of satisa ion
Ml'h the appearances and promise Of his colts.
lhere j. another recommendation tlat may
with proprlcty be offered for breeding from Go
mamma, wi:lch Is that his colts are ST. large e. fine
las universally aGmi.tcd) that such as should
not prove TO be race horses, are sure to cunpeL-
safe thor owners for the trouble and expense
~ raising: circumstance which should not be
oN"r.o,k-d III breeding as in the nature s
lhlngS, 1t is VT Likely that all can make race
horses.
Gohanna, it is believed, is now standing low
er than any other horse of distinction in Virgil
MA: this does not proceed from disposition Ia
unG'rDId other horses, nor is 1t because his pro
pri,t1r thinks he ought not tc stand as high as
any other whatever; Out he does not feel justified
n raising to level with others. until there has
Oecn some pubic exhibition on the part of his
colts.
Mares wi, be served nt any time during the wear
ana such as did not prove III f,al from the last
season. may be sent again, aud no charge made
Tor 'hc services of the horse. unless they should
prove IN toa. JNO. Nj. BOTTS.
jan l8 I2rC