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and look after the women and children and blood-stock, 

 which he reluctantly consented to do. 



After spending sometime in Tennessee he visited a 

 friend, Col. Faulkner, of Garrard County, Kentucky, 

 who invited him to examine a lot of two-year-old colts, 

 some of which he contemplated entering in a sweepstake 

 to come off the ensuing fall. 



On returning to the house, Mrs. Faulkner inquired of 

 Uncle Berry what he thought of her colt, to which he 

 replied: "I consider him, Madam, the best of the lot," 

 at which she was very much gratified, and begged that 

 he would enter, train and run the colt in the stake, to 

 which he consented and won the race with ease. 



He purchased this colt of Mrs. Faulkner, brought him 

 to Tennessee, where he won several races, and was entered 

 by Col. Elliott in the 4-mile race against Oscar, as 

 above stated. 



It was about the time of Oscar's appearance on the turf 

 that the first Jockey Club was established at Nashville 

 by the most distinguished men of Tennessee, amongst 

 them Gen. Jackson, Col. Ed Ward, Gen. Carroll, James 

 Jackson, Dr. Sappington, Dr. Shreby, Dr. McNairy, 

 Dr. Butler, William Williams, Colonel Elliott, Newton 

 Cannon and other leading citizens of the State. 



During the absence of Col. Elliott and Uncle Berry, 

 Dr. Sappington employed Monkey Simon to ride for 

 him, and when the race just above mentioned came off, 

 Simon rode Oscar against Whip, the latter owned and 

 run by his old friends and favorites, Col. Elliott and 

 Uncle Berry. Some uneasiness was manifested by the 

 friends of Oscar who was high strung and difficult to con- 

 trol, lest Simon should suffer him to exhaust himself early, 

 and thereby lose the race. This suspicion was altogether 

 groundless, for Simon always rode to win, if possible; 



