76 The American Thoroughbred 



man of Louisiana ; produce of imported Delphine, 

 by Whisker and Plenipo, entered by Colonel Hamp- 

 ton ; produce of Lilac, by imported Leviathan and 

 imported Skylark; and produce of Black Maria, 

 by Eclipse and imported Luzborough. 



The race resulted in favor of Mr. Kirkman's 

 filly, which he consequently named Peytona, in 

 honor of Mr. Peyton, who projected the race. 

 Now, although Herald, the entry of Colonel 

 Hampton, did not win the race, yet, having won 

 the second, and made a near thing of it at the 

 finish of the fourth heat, it is reasonable to con- 

 clude that, had the circumstances of this race 

 been reversed, had Peytona been compelled to 

 travel instead of Herald, subject to all the risks 

 of change of climate, food, water, etc., the result 

 might have been different. To atone for this 

 disappointment, however, at the same meeting 

 at Nashville Colonel Hampton won the Trial 

 Stakes, two-mile heats, with his celebrated filly 

 Margaret Wood by imported Priam out of Maria 

 West, beating a very large field, and securing a 

 large amount, sufiicient to reimburse him for 

 the heavy expenses incurred in sending his 

 stable so far from home, and the large entry, 

 of ^5000, which he paid for Herald. 



