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race-horses and young stock, most of them got 

 by Bedford, Marplot, Stirling, and Spread Eagle. 

 Three of his mares that were sold were imported ; 

 namely, the dam of Ariadne and Gallatin; an- 

 other, named Peggy, bred by Lord Clermont, 

 and Anvilina, got by the Prince of Wales' famous 

 horse Anvil, out of O' Kelly's celebrated mare 

 Augusta by Eclipse. His whole stud was put 

 under the hammer soon after the Charleston 

 races in 1807, when, by judicious purchases, 

 Messrs. Singleton and Richardson and Hamp- 

 ton were enabled to keep up very strong stables 

 for many years after. 



Second only to Colonel Alston in his devotion 

 to the affairs of the turf was Colonel William 

 Washington. For perhaps thirty years. Colonel 

 Washington's colors were familiar to the race- 

 goers of the Carolinas and of Virginia, and it 

 was his highest ambition to own the best 

 animals and to win the plates and cups offered 

 at that day for preservation as family heirlooms. 



Probably the best animal that ever raced under 

 Colonel Washington's jacket was Shark. He 

 also owned famous performers of their day in 

 Ranger, Rosetta, Flora, Actason, Ariadne, Chil- 

 ders, and Trumpetta. 



