The Potomac and Rappahannock 



of Mistress Betty Tayloe who is the heroine of one of Churchill's 

 books. 



The library is filled with books and there are many prints of 

 race-horses belonging to the three John Tayloes, for the first 

 Colonel John Tayloe was a pioneer in the keeping of fine race- 

 horses in Virginia. They had their own race-track at Mount Airy, 

 and all the neighboring gentry came to the races — the Turbevilles 

 of Hickory Hill, the Carters of Sabine Hall, the Corbins of Lane- 

 ville, the Wormeleys of Rose Gill, the Beverleys of Blandfield, the 

 Robbs of Gay Mont, and many others. 



Among the fine pieces of silver are several trophies won by 

 Mount Airy horses. They no longer keep race-horses, but the 

 place, the people, the flowers, and the atmosphere are the same, 

 and one hopes that time will deal as gently with them in the future 

 as it has dealt in the past. 



Hattie Belle Gresham. 



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