Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-12


property If William Il. Johnson,
" ILL make his neS, SEASON al my stable, in Bed
W ford county, Virginia. on the main Western
stage road, 10 miles west ot Liberty. lie is N
ms stand. III fine condition. Season 10 commence
lst February, aud eud 10th July, at
$50 the season, payable when the mare Is taken
away.
$50 The leap. payable at the time of service.
so TO insure mare, payable she i.
known To be in ioal, parted with.
81 10 the Groom ior each mare, to be paid whs
she Is sent To the horse.
Pastu1agc. gratis which, for quality aud extent i.
very desirable, having been considerably added to
since lasi season. Each pasture well enclosed and
all of them well maefed. Good grass lots, with sta
bes convenient ion mares 10 loal IN. Servants sent
with mares, will be found without charge. 1t Is also
desirable that every mare should be fed with grain
as they will be- returned in good order. aud more
likely to be in ioal which will be done without stint.
at p cents per day, which will be required whtn.
they taken away. Every necessary attention will
be paid 10 prevent accidents escapes, but no abi-
lIiy i0r either
DESCRIPTION.
MEDLEY is abeautiiul gray. II years old thi,
Spring, full ygor aud health, full II hand, high,
of superior form, great strength aud beauty his re
neral appearance commanding and admired much
the resemblance Of his dam, Old Reality.
JOHN :. HURT
PEDIGREE.
MEDLEY : sirc was Sn Hal. the bsst son Of the
imported horse 81 lMty, by Sm Peter 'lea4lc Halls
dam bv the imported horse %altram, by Eclipse; lis
grand dam b, the imported horse Medley, by Jm
Crack; ms great grand dan by onng Aristotle, by
the imported Aristotle. Medley 5 dam nas Old Re
allts. by Sir Areh}, and his tWorile daughter; She
the best racer IN her day, and Is now think, the
best breeder; ms Grand dam WIS Nanmadahe. John
sons old Medley mare, WHO WAS more productive to
her owner a brood mare, and produced more run
nefs and more winners ihan any other mare IN Anne
rica was by the old Imported horse Medley; hs
great grand dam by the imported tentincl, ont OF
Polly Williams, the greatest racer IN her time; she
BY the old imported Janus and her great grand dam
by the imported horse Spanker twill Illus be seem
from his pedigree, ihat he has more Medley blood
than any stallion now known, which, ia my opinion
Is the best blood.
PERFORMANCES.
The spfing Lr was tbree wear. I'D, he ran match
ia New York, oyes the mon Course, for $1,000
against Mr.. Ncrpaacks : pendid out of AreI's dam.
which race hc with very great casc at two heats
The next week lac ran for aswecpstahe over the same
course On Long Island, to which there were seven
subscribers, 5000 each, which he won n two heats
in quick time, beating Rob Roy Spendil &c.-
Both Of these horses, thar he easily beat, have
.iuce hcca winners on the Northern courses. The
fall after, he was trained, and run III bad health and
of course in bad order, and was beat by Red Mur-
dock and .Arol-though IN his then condition, he
performed we'll. Same fall he ran Tor a swcepSlakc
over thc Behrld Course, two nc heats FIVE Subscr-
bcrs, $500 each, which race lac with great ease,
beating Col. WNnns hose Merlin, aud Mr.. Carl
on's lvlnhoc, Nc. Spring lac was four years old, he
won the Jockey club Purse over the l.aWrenccyille
Course, ! nile heats, 5000, wlhouta contest. Next
week lie Won the purse At New Market, 3mc heats,
III fine time and style, beating the truly formidable
race mare Ariel without difficulty, n two leafs and
running the second heat in 5ul. lbs. This was the
as he ever started lot, having sustained an m
iuiN IN ms shoulder, which always returned on him
when put IN exercise. This WI" account for his hav-
ing been taken nom the tut soon. have better
evidence. however, ut his running powers than his
public races, lac trained, and several times had
private trails with SuoW ~tom, sally Walker and
Trumpctor, thai were certainly good runners, and
can say with truth, that neither of them ever locked
him after running halt mile This should not
have mentioned hadnot Arthur Taylor and Mr.. Bad
ger both seen these trials and know the correctness
OF tins statement. WILLIAM K. JOHNSON,
thcytdfeid, ia.
! subjoin the following, which have come under
my notice, as proof that NEDLEl is a gctter ot
Krace horses.-'fhc following purses hayr bccnwon
by the get Of Medley, the two Iasl years, with one
exceptions Blue Bird, she being the only col, that
was one year older; Amount of Purses won
Lon. Island. $1,000 Broad Rock $3.50
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