Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1836-06-30

TIE property Of Col lin. r. johnson
and Josiah Vim. |are.
INiIiS will DE the last Ssason IN this co,n-

me properly 81 tOf. W m. n. JOhnSOn
and Josiah Vim. Uare.
NIIlS viii DE the last ssason m this couD-
- Try IF this beautiful thoroughbred racer
-which Will cnd on the 1t &c July pcSt-at
my residence between BerNNillc and Sn,ck-
ers' ferry, three milc> from each place. at SIS
the leap. II PAID the moment the service j.
performed. II not then. the ,,aspu price will
De ENACTED, 80 thc season. t. BE- discharged
bN uc payment of % II paii by the 1t Of
July; and 80 insurance. o. be- paid a, soon A.
the mar" ., known to be- IA t0sI or parted
with. Mares pat lat year tn John Richard,
hN the season or heap aud failed. can be- ,n,ur-
81 ui> year for season price e. B,ru-. Mares
pnt ihi- Year bN season or leap 10 Byron. aud
iIilins. may br iu,ur,ineNtNr wear Ia such horse
a. MAY occupy nay stable, IL season pre-. Of
such hor>e. At tl,r terms IT thu, advertisement,
shall o." strictly complied with. Partiug with
the mare or irregular Attendance al the stand
ipriclt> the Insurance and ~ cent. ca.h the
groom 70 Doe sent " tih ihc mare Mari, ear.
be furnished With p1,mragr at 80 cent, r,r
week, aad grain If required, at ishborh I1d
pricc>. Care will hc taken 10 avoid accidents
and escapes, hat will not bee accountable for
them That thl> beautiful animal /. If the
most fNorIir family OF racers ard ofthc g-sli-
ct beauty, VIII appear from the following let
ter aud certificates of the most distinguished
racer and Judr,, Of race horses.
JOSIAH WM. WARE
April u. 1855.
III any horse will do IN YOUR country By-
ron viii, e % beauty and appearance he
LA, no superior"
"BNron's colts arc very much approved
Or Minge told me- that there were several
Of them with Timoleon. and that they wcr.
decidedly the haudsomcst ith him
- give You an extract because from the /.
best authority 81 a letter received from
TGoma, StubbieGcid, E.q. who stood R,ron !
last year, IN relation go him - which hc r
says, Byron colt, are Of more promise
than INV have seen the people are much. /
rsrg much pleased with them. I have one. /
II = the best formed animal have ,rsr seen
and the most perfect bcauty-he !. WORTHY
of encoura EIi,a,b from C.ionsl
JohnSoH's in,rs IA 80 aud 81.
Byron - beautiful horse and on ,r:,l
proved himself To be great colt, bat soon
afterwards became lame sud never had an
opportunity OF silorI.nS the proof lie was
able 10 give. Col. Johnson and Capt. Reich |
er told sic III, trial over the New Market
course, tPctcr-hlrg,j would have done credit
10 any horse 10 the world Extract from
Capt J. j. Hfrrisont letter "a 1881.
- thUk him Byron Gneiy bred. and one /
Of the hand-pmc,t horses | ever .ar I
never saw him run, bat have heard hi'tr.in-
crs speak highly II hiuI w. Eriraei Cror J !
". S'id,n'I Hitter an l-3U.
byron, OF whom YOU have heard. was
purchased 10y ne at wear, old for sIS0G. IS |
Of tie most approved blood IN Virginia. and
certainly the most beautiful animal ~ the
world, and Of the finest form. When three
years old, Byron received an injury IN one
l. 1 81
showing any figure on the turf, though IN a
PIRATE trial which Col johnson saw, he
pronounced him able TO run with any horse
Of his age IN the ,co,h When let down en-.
tirely, col. johnson purchased him OF me;
has z. dam Bet Bounce, sold at fifteen years
old for $1,000, and produced her different
owners IN colts actually Ioid, SI7 900; aud |
now have letter by me, offering me 81 500
Tor one Of her colts two wears old r-
tTGei ~ letter from Dr. John .Mngs. 10 q
gentleman Of HanOrsr county. in 1880.
PEDIGREE.
Byron - fun five feet three and half in
ches high, seven y ears old next spring, a fine
bay, very great beauty, excellent action.
form and strength. lie was gotten by the
celebrated race horse yirginian, who was
certainly among Sir Archv's first favourite
sons; has dam was Coquctte, (she 10y SIR Ar
chy,) who was also the dam Of the di,tin.
snished race mares Virginia Lafayette and
Virginia Taylor; Coqu,u,' dam wa, the
celebrated Old Bet Bounce; she va. also the
dam OF Arab, Bar.hcba. considered the
most promising Young mare ever raised IN
Tins or any other country. she died very
young, never having run but one race,
which was against the celebrated H.nry
which >he won very easily. Henry beng no
match for hcrb Tar,d, Brilhart. Sc Ret
Bounce was 10y the imported SIR Harry. the
best son % SIR Peter Tcs/Ie. z q b, old
Medley, : (. d. 10y Mark Arthon,, : 2. Z.
d. ~ Holly Roger, e : Z < d. the famous
imported male Jenny cameron