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aristocracy. Out of 22 races at all distances she lost one, 

 and she produced Charmer." 1 



Betsey Malone was foaled the property of John Wesley 

 Malone, of Sumner County, and was named by him for 

 his wife. Tradition in the Malone family is that this 

 mare never lost a race. 2 She was trained by John Malone 

 and Green Berry Williams and ran in Nashville, Natchez 

 and other Southern cities. A news item in The Spirit 

 in 1838 stated that Richard Beasley, of Nashville, had sold 

 to W. J. Minor, of Natchez, Betsey Malone and her colt 

 by imp Consol, of Alabama, for $2,200. 



CELEBRITIES OF THE 1830*5 



Among the most successful racers in the United States, 

 1836-39, inclusive, were the following named descend- 

 ants of the above mentioned parent stock. All of them 

 were foaled in Sumner County unless otherwise stated. 



ANGORA (Gen. Robert Desha's), foaled 1832; by Levi- 

 athan, dam Patty Puff. See ANGORA vs. RODOLPH, post. 



SARAH BLADEN (Col. George Elliott's), foaled 1834; 

 by Leviathan, dam Morgiana. She won $11,500 in six 

 races and forfeitures in 1836-38. See "THE LEVIATHANS 

 vs. THE LUZBOROUGHS," post. 



In Skinner's table showing the best time on record at 

 2-mile heats prior to 1847, Sarah Bladen is put down as 

 making that distance in 3:46 at New Orleans, March 17, 

 1842; in the 4-mile heat races she is credited with 7:45- 

 7:40, at New Orleans on March 17, 1841. Referring to 

 an entirely different race from the above the Editor of 



1 Bruce says Betsey Malone's second dam was by imp Diomed 

 and her third dam by Pegasus. Charmer was by Glencoe. 



2 A writer in The TurJ Register said she never lost a beat except 

 the one in which she fell. Judge Jo C. Guild said she never lost a 

 race except the one in which she fell. 



