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was won by Lexington, who beat Highlander, Le Compte 

 and Rube. Alabama almost went broke on the race. Judge 

 Hunter was a distinguished jurist, a man of vast fortune, 

 and reared a large family. Everybody held him in the high- 

 est esteem, and when he passed away to the darkness of 

 eternity both the turf and the State lost an eminent repre- 

 sentative. 



Capt. William Williamson was born in Virginia and 

 came of the old school. He was interested with Capt. Wm. 

 Cottrell in the ownership of several great race horses. His 

 chief claim to attention in the early days was that he was a 

 member of a famous coterie of choice spirits who were the 

 life of every race track. They were John York, William 

 Gardner, Sam'l Hunter and Phil Cox. 



Jeff Wells came from Louisiana, and had a vast breeding 

 establishment near Shreveport. He brought to the world 

 the celebrated Reel, by imp. Glencoe, out of imp. Gallopade, 

 by Caton. Reel was the best race mare at all distances in 

 America at the time. She was one of the best producers 

 also and gave to the turf Uncle Jeff, Le Compte, Prioress 

 and Ann Dunn. Prioress went to the British Isles and was 

 said to be the best race mare in the world by Admiral 

 Rouse, who saw her lose by a head to Lifeboat in the Czar- 

 witch, but made a dead heat in the same race for second 

 place with El Akim. It was run off and Prioress was suc- 

 cessful. Mr. Wells was a wealthy planter and took a deep 

 interest in all matters pertaining to the turf. He had a host 

 of friends and was intense in his loyalty to the South at all 

 stages of its vicissitudes. 



Col. Adam L. Bingaman lived at Natchez, Miss., and 

 was the scholar of his time in that vicinity. There was 

 probably no more enthusiastic admirer of the turf than he. 

 He had a large breeding establishment, and the famous 

 Lexington was trained at his track for all his great races. 

 For fifty years he was on the turf and his stables were always 

 filled with the very best there was in the equine world. 

 Ben Pryor was Bingaman's trainer. 



Col. William J. Minor was known everywhere as "the 

 scholar of the turf," and lived at Natchez, Miss. He owned 

 Brittania, by Muley, the sire of Margrave and Leviathan. 

 Muley Molok was a full brother of Brittania. She was 



