Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-04-03
Capital Saaasionass

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! 10 coteT IN 1892, al Mr.. Wyatt CdrdreirS stables
at charlotte Court H0use--these three kigh bred
and thorough shaPed StcilioRs.
| n VIE noted and very superior horse JANUS has
IN more OF the blood of old JANUS (hs .. great
e'ahoS're) than any other horse living, and his ac-
no" suIaSScS that of any other animal Of his spc-
@''S mat The writer of this advertisement ever
saw, his dam FRENzY only excepted. Through
,cr no mas close cross OF old MEDLEY and old
fEARNouGIr, as well M of Janus, and from his
Er'hu Gam he inhcrits the blood OF old MARX An
riioNf, JOLLY ROGER, and the Imported mare BoN-
ny LASS "ith another of jANUs-and
through his great grand dam. he derives his de-
scent from MoRToNs TRAVELLER and Janus. lie
is ten years old
JAWS was trained by VIM II. Johnson, Esquire,
10 wnoih reference may be had for tho character
OF the horse. lie won several tines-among
o'hers AT Tree HILL, when Gen, La kayette was
.nere-out altho' real racer, with great speed, he
was very uplucky one-somotimcs being beat,
WHY" nc mad won a boat, 10y contendrg each heat
win a fresh horse, tie boat tho fAr-tamed HEN1
Ky competitor ct EcLIrsE, the two first heats out
Oh nVe, oil ono mile each, the best three in five;
ana could he have been kept back, so as to throw
away heat, 1t Is believed that he would have won
INC race. Such was the opinion (among others
O 'h"t model of the Old Virginia Planter
on. 'FpT: sman, the late EDMuND lRBY, Esquire.
oNt l" Nus and i'll some other instances, his I'M
%oVernaolo temper caused his dotoat. He is with
out oeinIsh. The public referred for his
character az Il stallion, to the Rev. Robert Hurt
OF Halifax, who kept him two seasons, and TO Mr..
Iaruweil, lnn-kccpcr at Charlotte &. H., who kept
MN last season, and 10 all who have bred from him.
MI tandolphs two best foals (YELLow JACKET
and PusHPrN) dropped in his extensive stud last
year, were both got by Janus; the first out of
Young Frenzy, and the last out of sister
TO ROANOKE. For the character of Janus, the pub
hc is referred TO Mr.. James G.. Dickinson of Lou
lisa, who kept him the last that he was farm
cd out, [lS301
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and ONE DOLLAR to the
GROOM: FORTY DOLLARS the LEAP, to be paid at the
STABLE door, before the mare is led G,rdy; and
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE.; the money TO be paid
| when the mare is covered and TO he refunded in
case the mare shall not provo in foa provided the
marc shall have been fairly treated and not parted
| from by the insurer within that time, Mares that
slip their foals from ill treatment disease acct
dent, not entitled TO recover the insurance money
Any mare not proving in foal shall he covered
next season, gratis bv Janus or Gasco gne, at the
option of 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 may be discharged by the pay
mcnt If forty dollars before the expiration there
| OF. 1t will commence ut the date hereof, Valcn-
tines Dav, and terminate on the first day of July
The following very imperfect account OF his per-
formanccs racer furnished by Mr. Arthur
| Taylor, who trained and him, under the di-
rection of WIN. n. Johnson, ESQ.,
Performance Of Jonus on The Tu,f.-The spring
he was 3 years old, he trained and ran in a
mile heats, which race he at three heats three
started; Mr.. Fields Phillis and Captain Har-
rison's Filley.
The autumn that he was three he was trained
and run at Jetcr's in Nottoway county, mile heats,
the best in 3. In that there three
started; viz Sir Henry, MIR. Ilares mare Roscttc,
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 Cor, and
was beaten the fifth by Henry, about clear ia
length After that race he vent to Tree Hill
| (Richmond) and run i'll a swecpstakc, two mile
heats, which race he won with great ease at two
heats, beating Mr.. UarrisonS BurStall and MIR. Sell
denis Fillcy
The autumn, he won the Jockey Club at
Spring Hill Moo6y'sl two mile heats: four startcd
which race he won with
TIE spring he was four lie run at Lawrence
vile, two mile heats; four started Janus the
first heat and was beaten tic second not far. In
this there were four heats, and Janus contend
cd for every heat, and not beaten much the
last heat by ARATUs [only two three feet.
lie went on from thence to New Market Peters
hurgl and ran three mile heats, and beaten by
Nancy Warren.
The autumn that he four, he ran at New
Market three mile heats, against Bctscy 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 a lame
horse: He fell lame his travc! from Tree Hill
where he had tho honor to contribute to the en-
tcrtainment OF General La Fayette during his mas
ter's absence abroad by winning the sweepstakes
above named. His speed is incontcsibo, and he
always ran honeSt-no bslting, or Grq1v:ng or being
distlnced.
The above statement, with the exception of one
or two verbal corrections, and the part between
brackets, is by Arthur Taylor, who trained him un.
der the direction of VIM. r. Johnson, Esq.
PEDIaREE.-He was got by Sir ArchyI his dam
FRENZY by SAYS CULoTTE (son OF Celer) out Of a
thorough -bI ed Medley and Fearnought mare. His
grand dam, old Mnikin, by PRESIDENT out of
'I,Y i
a mare imported by Mr.. Booth of Gloucester, who
also imported Janus.
Trstram Shandy was got by MoRToN's Travel
LER, (Which was bred by Mr. Crofls, and got by
his fr"ous Partner,) his dam by Janus.
Pa ient was got by CELER, (best son of jams
his dam by Mark Anthony-Lbcst of our
Partner, who was by Traveller out of Selma
CIuskcr s. by the Godolphn ArabIanl-Mark An.
thongs dam was SePtima, which got by the
famous imported horse OTmCLLo, BLACK ANp
ALL BLACK, by CBAB, out of Miss SLAMERKIN.--
The dam of SEPTIMA was Mott BRAzEN, by
SPARK, which was given TO Governor Ogle by Lord
Baltimore, who received him a present from
Frederick, Z. of WALES, father Of the laic KING
{ EoRGE Sd. His dam Miss CoLvIL.
| The grand dam of PRESIDENT was HARpIMANs
BoNsY LASS, by old jolly ROGER, out of Old Boz
NY LASS, an imported mare, which was descend
ant OF the Duke of 1ncastcr'S B5NNY LASS, by
| NIr-LATH-EAsUF-SN ARE-GREY WILKES by
! IIAUT.BoY.
RINALDo is also by Sir Arcby, and of the same
age az Janus; he was f,a!ed in 1921. His dam,
! MISS RYLAND, by GRACcuus-out of DuETTE by
! SILyERTAu. "a full bred son of CIockfasD-his
dam, Young Primrose, by Wormlcy's King EIrrod
! (son Of Bayer's Fcarnought, out of Braxlor's Kit
! ~ Fisher) her dam the noted mare PEGuRosE, tho
property of Dr.. tIiMILroY Of MAEYLANp, well
known to the gentlemen Of the Turf in that State.
-She Primrose by the imported horse Dove
(son of young Cadc, himself a capital Stallion,
got by old CIdo, ono OF the Godolphin Arabian's
best sons)-Primrose's dam, SrEiIA was got by
OTnEILo by Crab, otherwise called Black d All