Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-04-02
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IFENHiS thoroughbred and beautiful horse. will stan,
a the ensuing season at White Hall. the rcsidenc,
OF James Govan, Esq, in King aud Queen-and AT IN,
residence OF Mr.. Burke, in King William county. Va
(onIy Tour miles apart) at the reduced price of S25 IN,
season, which may be discharged at any time before In,
LIST OF July, when ii expires, by the payment of $50. Elf
teen dollars the leap, 10 be paid when the service is rcr.
dered' and $50 TO ensure a mare TO be with foal, with 8,
ems 70 'he groom IN every case. Parting from the mare
Will forfeit the insurance. Extensive pastures, well en-.
closed, will be furnished gratis, at both stands-and mare.
u 'ePuFeu, Ied win gram nj 20 cts. per day. The hisl
character OF the gentlemen, under whose superintendent
hattler Is placed, is OF itself, a sufficient warrantee thai
every possible care will be taken to prevent accidents and
escapes, out there will be no responsibility for either.
Ratler, is a beautiful chestnut, with a remarkably fine.
snort, ana glossy coat OF hair, full 10 hands 3 l-2 inches
ihlgh, with strong, clean bone, great muscular power. and
INFERIOR In action to no horse in Virginia. He bears a
stronger resemblance TO his noble sire than any colt of
ms get. katler has had the advantage of serving but
.sW FLOODED mares, and but two OF his colts have y vet
appeared on the turf. Ii we may be allowed TO Judge of
these as Indicative of his future renown as the gerter of
winners, the list, though short, will not, | think. suG,r Inv.
comparison with the long ones. attached TO Sir Charles.
Johanna, Monster Tonson, &C., &C., frequently running
oro'her VS.. brother, brother VS., sister, and sister VS.. sister;
one must beat. Primero, the only son of Rather. that has
ever oeen trained, ran at Broad Rock, the Spring of 1892.
against MIR. Winlree's Tobacconist, Col. Johnson's Herr
Cline, and MIR. Botts's Johanna, out of Phillis. In This
race he was second in the first heat, drawn in the 2d, but
The next day he ran at Fairfield against the same horse.
i0oaGcon'st by Gohanna, Mr.. Bots ch. f. by Johanna,
Mr. Longs b' c. by Sir Archy, Mr.. Watson's ch. g bv
Contention, and diStdnced all except Tobacconist, which
he beat with ease.
Primero ran again the fall of 1882. at New Ma,ke,
against Col. Johnson's tavorite colt Her Cline by Archv.
Black Hawk, by Hotspur; Sir Erin, by Archy; Sir wal.
ter by Monsieur Tonson: Damon, by Johanna. He won
te hrst heat with great ease-in starting for the second,
ne was run against the railing, sustained an injury
from which t is probable he will never recover, and
mr1wh so lar back as only to he able to fall with
III III distance. lie was, however, started, thus dis
abled, Tor the third heat, distanced under a pull the
three last named colts; and l am told by a gentleman
VINO saw The race, q did moo it pressed could have placed
the contending horse behind the distance stand. So if
VIII be seen that the only colt of Ratler's ever trained
over these courses, has beaten the choice of the oct or A.
CneY, johanna. M Onsipr TOnsOn Coutcn,;on - IL.
spur, oil the same age, when they had the ADVANTAGE of
cnOE'lng from 100 to l4O mares, mostly thorough bred.
Muitllora, the property Of G. ID. Poindexter, Esq, the
ony dauSn'er oil katter, that has ever been trained, ran
over the Washington Course, Spring meeting, 1882. against
Jumping Jenny, aged, by Virginian, Helan, 4 years, old
oy NiaTylander, Maria, . years, old by Arab, dam by Ar
chy. She won the first heat with a great deal of ease, nv
several lengths. Though very lame, she started for the
second, and came within half a length of winning il. and
was Obliged to be drawn up the third. $500 were offer
ca ana refused for her on the spot-and a few DAYS since
L saw $500 refused for one half of her.
L have seen many of Rattler's colts, the get of his fwo
lnrst seasons in the upper country, and I'm sure | hazard
nothing in saying, that they will bear comparison, in fl.
him. M''"eFIsh 0@ri'higta 9 81 any other horse in vir-
great promise as a racer bGrue,orv ar .o@a anil ovbmi,ao
disabled by the dislocatOn of one Of his ANGLES, and was
taken from the turf.
Rather was sired by The celebrated race horse limo
the best son of .4rchy, his dam was by Constitution,
OF the same mare of Tin0ieon-this mare was by
the old imported Saltram, which was by OReHy'S cela-
brated English Eclipse, his &. dam old Wildair, his 6. g.
or. dam Fearnaught, his e. g. z. gc dam Driver, his 2. &. |
z. G. or. dam the old imported Vampire, his g. z. &. e. z.
gr. dam Fallow, Sc. &c.-Mr. Harrison adds in his let
ter, after giving the pedigree Of Rather" All this stock
was raised by Mr.. Benz. Jones of Greensville. Rather
has as much Diomede blood in him as any horse in the
United States, and 1 believe, partakes of more crosses
Constitution by Diomede, the sire of his dam-TinOie0l
by .Aychy, by DiOmede, his sire. All Mr.. JOnes's stock
run: they stand No. |, in the Calender of America
Timoleon, Kate, Aratus, Maid of Lodi, Snow-Storm, Sal
ly Walker, Sally McGee, and many other fine racers are
of this stock. Your horse deserves to do well, for he is
doubled and twisted in the same stock"
Feb. 26. 95-tf +. MASON.