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in hunting and racing, about 1880, and afterwards 

 by Mr. Carroll Smyth. "Rosinante" was a high 

 jumper and an excellent hunter, and admirably 

 handled both by Mr. Hill and by Mr. Smyth. He 

 was steady, accurate, straight as an arrow over an 

 obstacle, and was probably one of the prettiest 

 jumpers in the field, with plenty of endurance, too. 



Another horse well-known was "Scalplock," 

 owned and ridden by Mrs. Walter R. Furness. 

 With a will of iron and a mouth of velvet, owing 

 to the handling of Mrs. Furness, the horse was 

 probably one of the strangest combinations of 

 good nature and obstinancy, combined with all the 

 best qualities of a man's horse. 



The first races were run on the Griffith, 

 Darby, track, by eleven subscribers from the club, 

 the prizes being two large hunting pictures. The 

 first race was run by five for one of the pictures, 

 and was won by Charles H. Townsend on "Rum- 

 mey." 



The second race was run by the other six, 

 and the picture was won by Dr. Huidekoper on 

 "Artaxerxes." 



The Rose Tree steeple chase course, of two 

 and a half miles, was, as now, principally across 

 country, over what is now the Bullock farm, 

 formerly owned by John Ottey, and afterwards oc- 

 cupied by John J. Rowland, and the jumps were 



