CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I. SPEAKING GENERALLY i 



II. ENGLISH ARISTOCRATS 18 



III. FIRST FAMILIES OF VIRGINIA 30 



IV. HARDY TENNESSEE PIONEERS 42 



V. KNEE DEEP IN CLOVER 66 



VI. SUMNER COUNTY, BREEDING CENTRE 96 



VII. TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA 114 



VIII. GETTING THEIR MONEY BACK 129 



STORIES OF EIGHT FAMOUS RACES: 



AMERICAN ECLIPSE vs. HENRY 151 



POST BOY vs. JOHN BASCOMBE 164 



ANGORA vs. RODOLPH i?5 



THE LEVIATHANS vs. THE LUZBOROUGHS AND OTHERS ... 184 



THE PEYTON STAKE 194 



FASHION vs. PEYTONA 208 



THE RACE OF THE OLD KING 219 



A DIPLOMAT IN PIGSKIN 224 



REMINISCENCES OF THE TURF (PEYTON): 



I. GREEN BERRY WILLIAMS BEGINS His CAREER ... 231 



II. WILLIAMS' VIRGINIA CAREER 235 



III. SUMNER COUNTY RACES, 1804-05 239 



IV. PRESIDENT JACKSON'S ORDERS AND REMINISCENCES . 243 

 V. WILLIAMS' TENNESSEE AND MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGNS 248 



VI. WALK-IN-THE- WATER, A REMARKABLE RACER .... 253 



VII. HAYNIE'S MARIA AGAINST THE WORLD 258 



VIII. TENNESSEE OSCAR, A HORSE WITHOUT A RIVAL . . 266 



APPENDIX: Letters from Andrew Jackson to Rev. Hardy M. 



Cryer 271 



ADDENDA 275 



INDEX . 289 



