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Col. Richardson's ch. h. Mucklejohn, 6 yrs., by Mucklejohn, dam by 



Highflyer, 11 



Col. Spann's b. f. Mary Jane, 3 yrs., by Bolivar, Jr., dam by Little 



Billy, 2 



W. G. Haun's g. c. Gov. Hamilton, 4 yrs , by Sir Andrew, dam 



by Buonaparte, 3 dr. 



Time — 1st heat, 3 m. 50 see. ; 2d heat. 3 m. 58 sec. 



Friday, Feb.^ 28. — Jockey Club Purse. — 2 mile heats; weights for 

 age. No horse allowed to start that is not under 5 years. Distance 

 Post, 90 yards. 



Col. Richardson's b. f. Julia, 4 yrs., by Bertrand, dam by Virginius, 1 1 

 W. G. Haun's ch. c. Little Red, 3 yrs., by Kosciusko, dam by 



Hamblotonian dis. 



Time — 3 m. 53 sec. 



The Club gave a small purse for saddle horses, mile heats, catch 

 weights, which was won by Mr. Dargun's b. h. Nemo, beating in two 

 heats Mr. Haun's g. g. Pickeoon, Mr. Richardson's ch. g. Comet, Mr. 

 Prentiss' ch. m. Lady Louisa, Mr. Moye's ch. m. Hannah Jenkins, and 

 Mr. John Huger's b. g . Hagan. 



Saturday, March 1. — Handicap Race. — 3 mile heats. 



Col. Richardson's b. m. Little Venus, 6 yrs., 107 lbs., ... 1 1 

 Mr. Haun's g. c. Gov. Hamilton, 4 yrs., 97 lbs., .... 2 2 



Time — 1st heat, 5 m. 58 sec. ; 2d heat, 5 m. 52 sec. 



The contrast in size between these two contending animals was very 

 striking. Gov. Hamilton, a big horse, and Little Venus, his competitor, 

 very small, as her name designates her to be. As she would hug the 

 pole on the lead, and he rush up to her from time to time, it was like a 

 big boy chasing a butterfly — the one light and airy, as if on wings, like 

 a sioallow, as we may frequently see one, skimminc/ along the ground, 

 the other moving with a powerful stride, and shaking the earth, making 

 it musical with the sound of his hoofs. 



Quadrupedante putrem sonitu quatit ungula campum 



Same day. — Club gave a small purse for a second Race, best 3 in 5, 

 catchweights. Mr. Haun's ch. h. Little Red won it, beating Mr. Dar- 

 gan's bl. h. Nemo, Mr, Reardon's b. g. Nullifier, Mr. Ancrum's ch. m. 

 Adelheid, Mr. Grave's ch. g. Snipe, Mr. Reynolds' bl. g. Leadenwork, 

 Mr. Ruffin's ch. g. Tom, and Dr. Capers' g. h. Eagle. Nemo won the 

 first two heats in 1.58 and 2 m. ; Little Red won the third in 1 m. 59, 

 distancing the field, and thus terminated the Race. 



It will be seen that at this meeting, the get of Bertrand took each of 

 the regular Jockey Club purses, and the Handicap. A similar com- 



