Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1832-02-21
Capital stations.
JANUS, GASCOIGNE ANN pI

RI Charlotte Court House-tkese three Iigh bred an,
thorough shaped Stations 70 Wv w
~ NHE noted and very superior horse JANUS ba.
IL more OF the blood of old JANUS (his o. grea
grandsre) than any other horse living and his actor
sur that Oh any other animal OF his species tina
une writer oil TINS advertisement saw, his dan
only excepted Through her he has close eros.
oil old MEDLEY and old FEARNouGHr as well as of IA
NUS and from his grand dam he nhers the blood of old
MARX ANTHONY, JOLLY RoGER and the in,noroJ
mare BoNNY Lass, with another cross of JANUs-and
through ms great grand dam, he derives his descent from
| old. "" years
JANUS was trained by VIM. r. Johnson, ESQUIRE. 10
whom reference may be had for the character of the
morse He won several times-among others at Tree Hill
when Gen. La Fayette was there-but atho real racer
wh great speed, he was very unlucky onesometimes
being beat, when he had heat by contendno eacb
heat with fresh horse He beat the iSr.famed UsNpy
competitor Of ECLIPSE, the first heats out of five oi
one mile EACH the best three in five; and could he have
oeeh kept back so as to throw away heat it is believed
that he would have the race Such was the onnion
(among ohers of that model of the Old yrnia papter
anu Sportsman the late EDMUND IRBY, Esquire. But
III MS ana In some other instances his ungovcrnabe
per caused his defeat. He is without blemsh The pub
lie are referred for his character stallion to the Rev
Robert Hurt OF Halifax, who kept him two and
to Mr. Cardwell, Inn-keeper at Charlotte C. H ken,
him last season, and to all who have bred from him Mr.
kandoph's two best foals (YELLow JACK EFT and PUSH
PM 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 or
Janus, the public referred to Mr. James c. Dickinson of
LOUISA VINO Kept him the last that he was rmed
out, GIS30.1
Janus at SIXTY DOLLARS and DOLLAR to the
GROOM; FORTY DOLLARS the LEAP, to be oad at the
STABLE door, before the mare is led airay. and oNr
HUNDRED DOLLARS INSURANCE; the money to be paid
when the mare covered and TO be refunded in case the
mare shall not prove in foa provided the mare shall have
been fairly treated and parted from by the insurer with
In that time Mares that slip their foas from i'll treatment
sease or accident not entitled to the insurance
money. ANY mare not proving in oal shall be covered
next season, gratis, by Janus Gascogne at the opon
the proprietor The winner breeder Of winner of plate
of not less value than five hundred dollars shall also b
of The ,,
by the payment OF forty dollars before the expra-
ion thereof 1t will commence the date hereof Valon-
une Jay and terminate on the first day Of JULY.
The following very imperfect account of his performan
ces as racer was furnished by Mr. Arthur Tavor who
framed and ran him, under the direction of William r.
Pe9ormanee Of Janus on the Turc-The spring he
was years Old he was trained and in sweepstakes
at Lawrenceville, brunswick c. III 1 mile heats which
race he won at three heats: three stared Mr. Fied,
mare Phhs. and Captain Harrison's Filley
me autumn that he was three, he trained and run
S8esSway county, mile heats, the hest Ain o.
Mr. Hare's mare Rosette and Janus. The first and Sc
cond heat Janus won, and 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
length1 After that race, he went to Tree Hill (Rich-
mond and run in sweepstake, two mile heats, which
he with great ease at two heats beating Mr.
Harison's Burstall and Mr.. Seden's FiIley.
The same autumn, he won the Jockey Club at Spring
Hill Moodysl two mile heats: four started; which
The spring he was four, he Lawrenceville two
mile heats; four started: Janus the first heat and
beaten the second not far In this there four
heats, and Janus conended for every heat and was not
beaten much the last heat by ARATUs ony two three
feetl
He went on from thence to New market IPetersburgl
and ran three mile heats and beaten by Nancy War
rem.
The autumn that he was four, he at New market
three mile heats, against Betsey Robertson and BER-
TRAND, which race BETsEY ROBERTSON won. In that
Janus got lame, and has been since FIN
fact, he started lame horse: He fell lame his travel
from Tree Hill, where he had the honor contribute
the entertainment OF General La Fayetc during his
ers absence abroad by winning the sweepstakes above
named His speed is incones,ibe, and he always ran
hOnest-no boiling, or dra,oing, being distanced1
The above statement, with the exception of one or two
verbal corrections, and the part between brackets, is
by Arthur Taylor who trained him, under the direction
OF VIM. *. johnson, Esq.
PEDIGREE-He got by Sir Archy; his dam
FRENZY by SANS CULoTTE (son of CeeD out of a
thoroughbred Medley and Fearnought mare His grand
dam, old Minihin, by President, out of a TRIsTRAM
SHANDY mare, and she by Janus of mare imported
by MIR. Booth OF Gloucester who also imported Janus
Tristram Shandy got by MoRroN's TRAVELLER,
(Which was bred by Mr.. Cros, and got by his famous
Parner) his dam by Janus.
PreSideIt got by CELER, (bes son of Janus) his
dam by Mark Anhony-[best sou of our Partner who
was by Traveller out of Selma raskers by the Godol-
phin Arabian]-Mark Anthony's dam was Sephmo,
which was got by the famous imported horse OrHELLo,
or BLACK AND ALL BLACK, by CRAZE, out OF Miss SLA-
MERKIN. The dam of SEPTIMA was MoLI BRAzEN.
by SPARK, which given TO Governour oge by Lord
Baltimore, who received him present from FREDE-
RICK, Il. OF WALES, father of the late KING GEoRG
3d. His dam was Miss CoLvIL.
The grand dam of PRESIDENT was HARDIMAN's
BoNNY LASS, by old JOLLY ROGER, out of old BoNNY
Lass, an imported mare, which descendant of the
Duke of ancdser's BoNNY LASS, by SNIp-LATtf-
EAsBY-SNAKE--GREY WILKES by HAUT-BoY'
RINALDo is also by Sir drchy, and of the age
Janus; he foaed in 1921. His DAM Miss RYLAND,
by GRAccHUs-out OF DUETTE by SILvERTAIL "a
full bred son Of Clockfast)-hs dam, Young Primrose,
by Wormceys King Hcrod (son of Bayor's Fearnought,
out OF Braxtons Kitty Fisher her dam the noted mare
Primrose, the property OF DIR. HAMILTON of MARY
LAND well known 10 the gentlemen Of the Turf in that
State-Se Primrose) by the imported horse DOVE
son OF young Cade himself capital Stallion, got by old
Cade OF the GOdOphin Arabian's best sons) Pfm-
roses dam, STELLA, got by OTHELLo by Crab,
otherwise called Black s. M Black; of the most Ia
nous OF the English Stations, imported from Ireland by
GovERNoUR SHARP (havng been purchased by an Irish
where he remained many years 1.-THE grand dam of Pm-
rose was Governour Tasker famous Selma by the Godol-
phn Arabian out Of which got by old For and
was dam OF Locust, Weasel, Daphne, &c.-her dam by
| CHILDERs-MAKELEss-S iserto Honeycomb--Punch
Kitty Fishers dam by the Cullen Arabian-out Of
the Duke OF Somersets famous Bald Charlotte, the best
mare OF her day and grand dam TO Lord Ossoys famous
DORMANT (sirc of GABRIEL which got Govr. Ogle's
Oscar.)
| N. IT, LADY BoLINGBRoKE, which was the Dam oil
CELIA Of DEsDEMoNA (bat at years old, ran hard
four mile heat race with Tayloes famous Leyiahan)
AvIN1A hat won the great stakes at Fredericksburg
1900 OF Virginia by DARE DEVIL, and of Seldens
WRANGLBR that beat SIR ARcHY; and that capital lit
tie mare Sting, were out Of the got by King Herot
out OF Primrose, mentioned in tire Pedigree Of Duetc
Sverta This fact is worthy Of the notice Of sportsmcr
every where
Rnaldc is ten years old-hc will cover at S25
and $50 insurance 10 be paid and returned on the same
conditions those expressed i'm the