The American thoroughbred . n, and receiving complimen-tary visits. March i6th. Spent the morning, ever sincefive oclock, perusing public records of theprovince, etc., and am now going to the famousraces. The races were well performed, but Flimnapbeat Little David, who had won the last sixteenraces out and out. The last heat the formerdistanced the latter. The first heat was per-formed in , being four miles. Two thou-sand pounds were won and lost at this race, andFlimnap sold at public vendue the same dayfor ;i^300 sterling. At the races I saw a finecollection of excellent, though very hig
The American thoroughbred . n, and receiving complimen-tary visits. March i6th. Spent the morning, ever sincefive oclock, perusing public records of theprovince, etc., and am now going to the famousraces. The races were well performed, but Flimnapbeat Little David, who had won the last sixteenraces out and out. The last heat the formerdistanced the latter. The first heat was per-formed in , being four miles. Two thou-sand pounds were won and lost at this race, andFlimnap sold at public vendue the same dayfor ;i^300 sterling. At the races I saw a finecollection of excellent, though very high-pricedhorses, and was let a little into the singular artand mystery of the turf. In other connections Mr. Quincy spoke ofthe men whom he met in South Carolina, theybeing the men of the times, and his hosts onthe occasion of his visit to the is almost like a page out of the strong,manly history of the Carolina colonies to reada list of the names of the original proprie-tors and owners of the Washington Race-. AUGUST BELMONT Early Owners were Gentlemen 39 course. They were General C. C. Pinckney,General Washington, OBrien Smith, John Wil-son, James Ladson, William Alston, H. , Gabriel Manigault, General Reed,Colonel Mitchell, General Wade Hampton, , James Burn, Captain White, LuciusCampbell, William Moultrie, General MPherson,Colonel MPherson, Colonel Morris, Edward Fen-wicke, and William McCleod. These were the men who fathered the firstorganized racing in America and to whom thecredit may be given for maintaining during itslifetime such a high character of sport that ithas never been surpassed in this country, and,for the social phases of racing, probably neverwill be. At the time of the glory of this par-ticular institution the social life of the Atlanticseaboard, from Baltimore to the distant coasttowns of Florida, was affected. The Charles-ton Races were as much an institution as theInaugural Ball at Washington, and the pride ofattendanc
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