Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1835-04-28
GOlfaIl.

sCd5OH, "a UCUUCTIOn OI STU VIII be nadc, NJ paid WITHIN I
the season, which will expire ON the LIST of July next)
$50 To insure a mare TO be in foal; (parting with the
mare, toricits the insurance money $50 the single leap;
TO be- paid when the mare is served. aud 81 10 the Groom
in every instance. Any gentleman that will make out a
lot OF six mares, will only be charged with FIVE, which IL
paid within the season. will only be S33 33 cts. per mare.
Those who put mares last season to Goliah, and did not
get colts, will bc insured this year for the price of the
season. l do assure the public he is ~uncommonly
vigorous, and Il sure foal-gctter. There is scarcely a
mare that was put TO him last spring in my neighborhood,
but what is in ioal.
l have made ample arrangements, with good pastures
sown in rye, and lots attached to good herds grass mca-
dows, under strong fences and ncver-failing streams. for
the accommodation of mares, with separate stalls to feed
each mare TO herself, il required, at % cents per day
servants board gratis. My manager, who is a very trusty
man, will superintend the management of Goliah and
the mares, ii l should be absent Mt any time, U calculate
to be very little from home during the scason) Every
care Will be taken TO prevent accidents, but no RESPONSE
bihty for any that may happen.
Goliah is a light chestnut, the color of his sire. s wears
old this spring, full 8 feet 5 inches high, and as to SYM
metry of limbs and general appearance, l have never
good and impartial Judges who have seen him since he
left the turf; it has farther been admitted he has less
supcrhuous flesh than any horse when in iiph order.
and very seldom excelled in action.
To give n full description of all the races Goliah has
run, would take up too much loom for an advertisement
like this suffice IT to say, he has run all distances, from
one mile to sixteen, and been n successful winner at them
all, making great tine-somctimcs has made n bad race,
when il was obvious to all he was in bad health. The
season he wasl years old, lac was so much injured in his
feet, that he was broughtfrom Long Island (where he was
raised) by Captain James J. Harrison, to Virginia, who
NSN ""N ~ otg ihpiONtNi NUM-. 30 az 10 Hdhe o mrs
rate races afterwards. In fact, often heard Capt. Har-
rison say he thought Golah equal to any horse of his
day, any distance, when in condition To run. A piece
signed Obse,rer, in the American Turf Register and
Sporting Magazine, vol. s, p. Cos, august No9 says Go.
liah won nine races and lost six. This statement may
be true, as am not in possession Of all the races he has
run. ] saw him lose "a 4 mile race at Norfolk that he
ought to have won, if he had been run differently.
Ills family is Of the purest blood aud best racers. (See
the certiicatcso of Messrs. Badger and Livingston below
His full sister when only three years Old, who had ne.
yer run but one race and that a match for 1000 Dollars,
mile hR0fS thp fall nnnr ola xrMy flrAo Ill -
soon afterwards sold to Capt. J. Hetl, near Richmond.
for $4,000 for one half; and Mr.. J. c.. Stevens of New
York, who then and now has the management of her,
authorized me to challenge any colt of her age for 5000
dollars, which | did, and it was not taken up. The
Spring she was three years old she was beaten in a stake,
hlle meats, AT s heats-she winning the first heat-in
very bad condition to make Il good race. She run in two
large stakes last fall, over the Union Course, Long Is
land, and won them both with ease, amounting Ya7r55v 10
60O0 Dollars. Medoc sold for $1,000 dollars. and Midas
could not have been purchased Coz - 900 the fall he died.
1 lately gave one" dollars for Col. Jolnson's half of CO.
Pedigree of tic Chestnut Horse Goiiah.
He was got by the celebrated race horse American
Eclipse; ms (Golah 81 dam was got by Mendoza, a full
brother to Sir Walter by Hickory, out of old Neitletop
by imported Diomed; his g. dam was got by the imported
no horse Expedition; his 6 g; dam "Maid of the Oaks"
shark hisg. g. g. 9. dam by Gen; Nelson's Rockingham
by Partner Ter 6, {, {. g 8. dam by True Wing; his g, g. G.
FsgsIa ms y : Regg,uIEa t, e gE & g S %%s b BY the G i%pI,iGS horse %rs.
S'a@ b 81 :, {. & r& /. q dam q e :; G SS% by wo the on imported as ted
dam of the celebrated Medoc and Midas Mendoza.
the sire of the dam of Goliab and full brother 10
top, by imported Diomed; dam by importediShark; o q
dam by Lindsey's Arabian; gg g dam by Mark Anthony:
his g g g dam by Silver Bye: his g g g g g dam by
gggggg g dam OUT IF a a mare imported by Gen. Alex.
S1nder SPottswood, of Spottsylyania county, Va. The
dam of Goliah, the dam of Medoc, and the dam of Mi
ds were all bred by me, and the above Pedigree is cor
rect and true. Bella BADGER.
Goliah was bred by me, and his Pedigree as given by
VII DUUNerl is correct.
Sept 2OM, 1888. WALTER LIVINGSTON.
Gohah, more than once, has run two miles in 3 min
running I6 miles, was done in 81 minutes and "a seconds,
which is enough TO show he possessed both speed and
they are very likely.
?. S. Gentlemen wishing to purchase blooded horses
OF any kind, would do well to call on the subscriber
they can be had on very reasonable terms.
March 8 [9o 2awM laval w l. WHITE.
6NREY BEARD:-This very popular stallion, bred
IN by Richard Singleton, Esq, of South Carolina
In Nelson county, Va, 10 miles south of Rockfsh Gap,
and % miles west of Charlottesville, at the moderate
price OF 20 dollars the season, payable at the expiration
thereoi % dollars insurance., to be paid as soon as the
mare Is ascertained to be in foal or parted with. Fifty
cents, cash, in each case, to the groom. Very extensive,
and a variety of well-enclosed pasture. will be furnished
gratis, consisting of ~rye-felds, timothy and orcllard-grass
lots. The subscriber is as well prepared to do that Justice
which Is due from the proprietor of a stallion to the
owners OF mares, as any one in Virginia, and no exertion
on his part shall be wanting to render that satisfaction
which is so important to his interest. Mares with colts,
VIZ ~ hNPt sCPdidie ODer mareSj ana should any
be sent before ioaling, separate lots with shelters are pro-
vided for the purpose. Mares will be plentirully fed with
gram, when requested, at 25 cts. per day. Servants sent
with mares will be boarded gratis and every effort to pre-
vent accidents or escapes, but | cannot be liable for any
that may happen. Any person sending six mares will be
charged but for five.
GREY BEARD is without doubt the cheapest horse
now standing IN Virginia, taking into consideration his
unexccptionable blood, fine size and appearance. togo.
Their with. the remarkably promising appearance of his
get, even from small mares, which some of the most
popular stations in Virginia have entirely failed 10 give
sufficient size for any purpose.
The season will commence the LIST day Of March. and
terminate the LIST day of July. Grey Beard is rising o
years old, in perfect health and condition, and has proven
himself a remarkably sure foal- getter.
Feb. u. [04-wtlMayl JNO b. COLES.
PEDIGREE.
Grey Beard was got by Kosciusko, his dam the inn
ported mare Psyche, bred by Lord Derby. was GOT nv
Sir Peter Teazle. (See Turf Register, page 427. Vol. AZ
Comparison Of Grey Boards Pcdigyce uiM Sir .archys:
King Herod got Bordeaux, out of a Cygnct mare.
Bordeaux got Bah, out of Spcranza, sister to Saltram.
Bah produced Psyche, by Sir Peter Teazle.
Psyche produced Grey Beard, by Kosciusko.
Herod got HighHyer. HighAyer gotSir Peter Teazle.
Sir Peter Tcazle got Psyche, Grey Boards dam.
Herod got Anvil. Anvil got Anvilina out of an
Eclipse, who produced Lottery, who produced Kosciusko.
King Hcrod got Florizcl out Of a Cyrnct mare.
Florzcl got Diomed out Of a Spectator mare.
Diomed got Sir Arcly out of a Rockingham mare
Herod got l%Hghdyer. Highhyer got Rockingham.
Rockingham got Castianira, Sir Archy's dam.
IL will be seen from the above, that Sir Archv has
Herod blood on both sides; and Grey Beard, in addition
to his being his grandson, has IIerod blood through 3
different horses-Bordeaux Highfyer, and Anvil.
thus, # a combination Of HcrOd and Eclipse blood is
to be valued, better bred horse cannot be found Eye
~ horse and mare named in Grow Roard'. poI:...a