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In 1816 he won the sweepstakes over the Petersburg, 

 Virginia, course, mile heats in 1 147 and 1 148. In the same 

 year over the same course he and Reality ran three heats 

 of two miles each in 3 : 47, 3 : 48 and 3 : 49 won by Reality. 

 In 1817 over the same course they ran both heats of four 

 miles when excessively heavy from rain, each in 8:04! 

 won by Timoleon. 



In February, 1818 Timoleon, owing to an accident, was 

 stopped and for that reason was beat. This was the last 

 race he ever ran, having proven himself the swiftest horse 

 in Virginia the victor over Reality and Lady Lightfoot. 

 All in all he started in seventeen races, won nine, "walked 

 over" for four and lost two. 



At three years old Timoleon was sold to Col. William 

 Wynn of Petersburg, Virginia, for $2,500; the next year 

 Col. Wynn sold him to Robert R. Johnson, brother of 

 Col. W. R. Johnson, for $4,000, and ten days later 

 offered $5,000 to get him back, believing him "superior 

 to any race horse that ever turned a gravel on any 

 race course in the United States." 



After Timoleon broke down he stood at Wynn's and 

 Johnson's stables and in 1819 was sold for $4,300 to Col. 

 David Dancy who later moved to Madison County, 

 Alabama, taking Timoleon with him. 



In 1829 Timoleon, still the property of Col. Dancy, 

 stood at the Nashville race track "two miles below 

 town" in charge of William C. Davis, proprietor of the 

 track; service $30; $50. In 1831 and 1832 he was back 

 in Charles City County, Virginia, where, in the latter 

 year, he got a certain horse named for a popular card 

 game of that period Boston. 



After his brother had sold Timoleon Col. W. R. Johnson, 

 who had seen him run all his Virginia races, wrote that 

 his performances at "from one to 4-mile heats would do 



