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In his first race, run in 1824, when thin and out of con- 

 dition, he was defeated by A. B. Shelby's Pacolet filly, 

 Maria. Three weeks later, at Cairo, Sumner County, he 

 beat Maria and others in a mile-heat race. In the spring 

 of 1825 he won the Jockey Club purse at Gallatin, 2-mile 

 heats. In the fall of that year he won the great colt stakes 

 at Gallatin, n entries, $200 each, again beating Shelby's 

 Maria, Col. Robert Smith's, Andrew Jackson and others. 

 Time 1 : 50-1 151. A few days later, at Florence, Alabama, 

 he beat Andrew Jackson again and others. From 

 Florence he was taken to Natchez to run there and at 

 New Orleans, but took the distemper and thrush and did 

 not start. In the spring of 1826 Henry M. Clay bought a 

 half interest in him and he travelled 1,200 miles to Milton, 

 North Carolina, in June and commenced his career in 

 North Carolina on Sept. 21, by winning a 2-mile heat race. 

 The next week, at Caswell Court House, he beat Sally 

 Walker, by Timoleon, in a 2-mile heat race. On Oct. 19 

 following, after travelling 150 miles, to Tree Hill near Rich- 

 mond, Virginia, he beat the famous Ariel, Gohanna, and 

 Blenheim in a 4-mile heat race. Two weeks later he beat 

 Ariel, Sally Walker and LaFayette 3-mile heats at Belfield. 

 The next week at New Hope, he vanquished Shakespeare 

 in a 3-mile heat contest. Two weeks later at Boydton, 

 Virginia, he beat Sally Walker in a 4-mile heat race, which 

 for many years afterward was regarded in Virginia and 

 elsewhere as the best race ever run in the United States. 

 The track was pipe clay and hilly and at that time very 

 wet, tough and heavy. Time 7:56-7:55. In the spring of 

 1827 he was lame and did not run. In the following Sep- 

 tember at Caswell Court House, North Carolina, in a 

 3-mile heat race with Frantic he wound up his turf career 

 on three legs but he wound it up a victor and the 

 recognized superior of any horse of his day. 



