48 The American Thoroughbred 



Virginia to General Hampton, for the express 

 purpose of a trial with him. The famous race- 

 mare Virago was first applied for to accomplish 

 the same purpose. It is often stated and regretted 

 that Shark's pedigree is little known. There can 

 be no doubt he was by imported Shark, his dam 

 by Flimnap. Piis performances establish the 

 purity of his blood. To show the favor in which 

 he was held for the good he had done in his gen- 

 eration, he was buried with distinguished honors 

 at Jamesville Race Course at Clarendon, near the 

 seat of James B. Richardson, of South Carolina. 

 A marble slab, with a suitable inscription, marks 

 the spot where his remains were deposited. 



Colonel Washington owned a full sister to 

 Shark, and trained her, but she did not acquire 

 any of the fame of her brother. She was matched 

 in 1797 against Colonel Alston's Atalanta, but 

 paid forfeit. 



Ariadne, owned by General Washington, was 

 first called Fairy. They were one and the same, 

 and not two distinct mares. The General changed 

 the name to Ariadne after he bought her of Colonel 

 Hoomes, of the Bowling Green. The same sea- 

 son that he bought Ariadne, he purchased also 

 Trumpetta, which won at Petersburg, beating 



