50 The American Thoroughbred 



pounds, for the Jockey Club Purse, two-mile heats, 

 when he beat Captain Saunders's Cornelia, Colonel 

 Washington's Act^eon, Captain Davis's Picture, 

 Captain Alston's Meteor, Mr. Hugh Rose's Flirt, 

 Captain Moultrie's Tristram Shandy, Mr. Richard- 

 son's Farmer, and Mr. Field's Peter Pindar. 



Time : first heat, 4 minutes ; second heat, 4 

 minutes i second. 



1795. — For the Jockey Club Purse, of two-mile 

 heats, he beat Mr. Bellinger's Justice, after a very 

 severe contest. Justice won the first heat. 



1796. — Over the same course Commerce, then 

 five years old, carrying 120 pounds, beat Mr. Bel- 

 linger's bl. h. Matchem, four-mile heats. Matchem 

 won the first heat, and bolted in the second. 



On Saturday, in the same week, he won the 

 Handicap Purse, beating Captain O'Brien Smith's 

 Tally-Ho, Mr. Moultrie's Banker, and Colonel 

 McPherson's Touch-and-Jump. 



1797, Wednesday, Februarys. — Same course. 

 Four-mile heats. Jockey Club Purse. He beat 

 Lath easily. 



1798, Monday, February 12. — Commerce won 

 a Jockey Club Subscription Purse of ^1000, four- 

 mile heats, over the Washington Course. The 

 entries were: Mr. Fenwicke's b. h. Commerce, 



