Early Owners were Gentlemen ^z 



Oscar, g. g. g. dam by Merry Tom, g. g. g. g. 

 dam by Crawford, out of a Silvereye mare. 



Jessamine, the produce of Virginia in 1824, 

 was owned by Mr. Roach, who bred her to 

 Argyle and Rowton. 



Isora, the produce of Virginia in 1826, was 

 once owned by Mr. James L. Clark, who bred 

 her to Godolphin ; afterward she became the 

 property of General Shelton, of Union District, 

 who bred her to Rowton. 



Callista, the produce of Virginia in 1828, was 

 sold to General Scott of Alabama, and produced 

 a good racer by Potomac, called Romulus. 



Mr. Sinkler was for many years a steady and 

 zealous supporter of the Carolina turf ; his horses 

 were generally trained for the Pineville and 

 Charleston races. At the former he was fre- 

 quently a winner, and at the latter he came in 

 for a tolerable share of distinction. Among the 

 horses of his own breeding, Rienzi and Jeannette 

 Berkley, both by Bertrand Jr. out of Caro- 

 lina by Buzzard, were the best. He had in his 

 stable, during the campaign of 1830, Santa Anna, 

 and a bay filly by Humphrey Clinker out of 

 imported Mania by Figaro. Kate Converse, by 

 Non Plus out of Daisy by Kosciusko, ran hon- 



