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more speed, if slie was in other respects amiss. Had " An Old 

 Turfman" examined the condition of Vanity in her match with 

 Count Piper, he would have discovered she was in worse order, 

 and that was not ascribable to her trainer. 



It is to be hoped this correction may not be unacceptable to 

 " An Old Turfman," but that he will continue his valuable com- 

 mimications. Should there be mistakes, the correction may be 

 made. Good racing deserves good descriptions, such as his. 



One of the Judges. 



She was now purchased by gentlemen of the South, and 

 placed in Gen. Wynn's stable. 



8. 1826. April. At Belfield, Yirginia, she was beaten by 

 Col. Johnson's Shakspeare, four years old, by Yirginian, for 

 the Jockey Club purse, $400, three-mile heats. Was probably 

 too high. 



9. May. At N'ewmarket, she won the post stake $400, three- 

 mile heats, beating Mr. Field's Mark Time, four years old, by 

 Gallatin — a very superior three-mile horse — in fine style and 

 time ; but we are unable to furnish particulars. iNext week 

 Mark Time won the three-mile heat in the best time known at 

 Tree Hill. 



10. At Tree Hill, the next week, she won with ease the 

 Jockey Club purse, $1000, beating Mr. Field's Gohanna— the 

 first race he lost — Col. Johnson's Betsey Eichards, and Mr. Har- 

 rison's Frantic. Time, 8m. Ys.— 8m. 2s. The preceding week 

 at Kewmarket, Gohanna and Betsey Richards had been winners, 

 both running severe races, of twelve miles, beating Flirtilla, 

 Shakspeare, Janet, and others. 



11. At Nottoway, the following week, she won the Jockey 

 Club purse, $400, four-mile heats, beating Gohanna again, with 

 others. 



12. September. At Nottoway, she won with ease, in one 

 heat, the Jockey Club purse, $400, four-mile heats, beating Col. 

 Johnson's Shakspeare. 



13. At Broad Rock, she won with great ease, the Jockey 

 Club purse, $500, three-mile heats. 



14. October. At Newmarket, the next week, she won clev- 

 erly the Jockey Club purse, $600, four-mile heats, beating Mr. 



