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Bonnets o' Blue, a veiy superior race mare, promises to be- 

 come equally celebrated in tbe breeding stud. She is now the 

 property of AVilliam Gibbons, Esq., of Madison, N. J., wbo has 

 colts from her by Shark and imp. Trustee ; the former at a 

 year old was very bloodlike, and as promising a yearling as we 

 ever saw ; he makes his debut in the spring, and though a little 

 under-sized, promises to confer credit upon his illustrious ances- 

 try. If our memory serves us, Mr. Gibbons paid Col. Johnson 

 $2,500 for Bonnets o' Blue, after she was withdrawn from the 

 turf. 'No particulars of this race are furnished by the Turf 

 Register or journals of the day. Dr. Hosack's St. George was 

 of no account. 



1831. Dutchess County Course, Poushkeepsie, N. T., Thursday, May 26— Jockey Club Purse, 



$500, free for all ages, weights as before. Four-mile heats. 

 John C. Stevens' bl. m. Black Maria, by Eclipse, out of Lady Lightfoot, 5 yrs. . . .11 

 Jos H.. Van Mater's eh. c. Mark Eichards, by John Pachards, dam by Eevenge, 4 yi-s. . 2 2 



J. S. Snedeker's gr. h. Splendid, by Duroc, out of Empress, aged 3 * 



Time, 8.17— S.80. * Broke down. 



The track was very heavy, and neither of the other entries 

 were able to push the winner, who led from end to end. Mark 

 Richards has since stood for mares, and if we mistake not. 

 Splendid is yet a stallion at the South-west. Some of the 

 former's stock we have seen, but cannot say much for them. 



1831. Same course, Thursday, Oct. 6— Jockey Club Purse, $500, conditions as before. Four-mile 



heats. 

 Col. Wm. Wynn's b. c. James Cropper, by Sir Charles, dam by Whip, 4 yrs. . . .12 1 

 John C. Stevens' bL m. Black Maria, by Eclipse, out of Lady Lightfoot, 5 yrs. .' . 2 12 

 Time, 8.01— 8.04— S.OT. Track heavy. 



Cropper was the favorite at long odds, the mare being amiss. 

 Each heat was desperately contested, Cropper winning the first 

 heat by a neck onlj^, after being spurred all the way up the 

 straight side. Betting now ten to one on him. Black Maria 

 won the second heat by two lengths, having a different jockey 

 on her back ; the one who rode her the first was obliged to 

 carry a heavy hag of sand to make up his weight. The issue 

 of the third heat was put upon a brush by Maria, and she lost 

 it by a throatlatch merely ; two more strokes would have " done 

 the trick." James Cropper, at our last accounts of him, M'as 

 standing in IS'ottoway county, Ya. 



