44 The American Thoroughbred 



but the third was the fastest at that time ever 

 run in the United States, the best on record for 

 many years ; and this determined Colonel Alston 

 to make the purchase, when he changed the 

 name to Gallatin. 



In October, 1802, at Richmond, when three 

 years old, he ran a two-mile heat in 3 minutes 

 43 seconds. 



Gallatin's back was long, and not in the best 

 possible shape, but he had fine shoulders and 

 powerful, muscular thighs. Unfortunately for his 

 general success as a stallion, he stood in Georgia, 

 where there were, at that time, not many good 

 mares. He got some colts that proved good nags, 

 but nothing equal to himself. His most distin- 

 guished progeny were Topgallant (the sire of 

 Monsieur Tonson's dam), Mark Time, Lafayette, 

 and others. 



Colonel Alston, in the season of 1805, deter- 

 mined to retire from the turf, after having trained 

 and run some of the best horses that ever started 

 in Carolina ; namely, Maria (the dam of Lady 

 Lightfoot), Gallatin, Nancy Air, and others; he 

 bred also Lottery and Young Peggy, the former 

 purchased by Colonel Singleton, the latter by 

 General Hampton. He offered for sale all his 



