Early Owners were Gentlemen 79 



states. Colonel Fitzsimons lived long in the 

 memory of those he left behind him as a liberal 

 sportsman and hospitable gentleman. 



Captain Rowe of Orangeburg deserves honor- 

 able mention in the calendar of those who con- 

 tributed to maintain the high standing of the 

 Carolina turf. As the owner of Vertumnus and 

 many others that, by his great experience and 

 judgment of condition, he contrived to get in the 

 best possible order, he was always hard to beat 

 and was frequently a winner at all distances. 

 Not long before his death he met with a serious 

 loss by fire. The principal buildings on his 

 plantation were destroyed — among the number 

 his training stable, in which were most of his 

 valuable horses. All that were in the stable 

 were burnt or seriously injured. He lost a very 

 fine chestnut filly by Rowton out of Lady Mor- 

 gan on this disastrous occasion. 



Blooded Stock belo7igmg to Captain Donald 

 Rowe, Orangeburg, S.C. 



I. Sally Richardson was got by Kosciusko, 

 her dam by Commerce, her grandam by Little 

 Billy, and her g. g. dam by imported Bedford. 

 Kosciusko was got by Sir Archy, his dam Lottery 



