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Capt. Harrison's b. f. Flora McDonald, 3 yrs. old, by Eclipse, dam 



by Timoleon, 87 lbs., I 4 dr. 



Time — 1 m. 53 sec. ; 1 m. 56 sec. ; 1 m. 59 sec. 



At a meeting of the South Carolina Jockey Club, held February 28, 

 183Y, the following resolutions were unanimously passed : 



Resolved, That the thanks of this Club be presented to Col. Hampton, 

 for his very disinterested conduct in coming forward this day, and tend- 

 ing the use of his stable of horses to the Club, by which a very hand- 

 some purse has been added to the funds of the Club, and the sports of 

 the citizens promoted. 



Resolved, That the officers of the Club cause to be procured a suit- 

 able plate or cup, with an appropriate inscription, and that the same be 

 presented to Col. Hampton in the name of this Club, in testimony of 

 the deep sense entertained of his high-minded disinterestedness and 

 worth. 



At an extra meeting of the Club, held on the 18th day of May of thia 

 year, a Communication was read by Col. Hampton, presenting, in the 

 name of Mr. Tattersall, of London, a Whip, to be run for upon the 

 principles which govern the Whip Race in England. It was — 



Resolved, by the Club, That the Whip be accepted in the same spirit 

 with which it is tendered, and that it be designated as the Tattersall 

 Whip, and to be run for in accordance with the wishes and objects of 

 the donor. It was further — 



Resolved, That the Secretary cause to be conveyed to Mr. Tattersall, 

 the acknowledgments of this Club, for his very acceptable present, as- 

 suring him of the respect the vSouth Carolina Jockey Club entertains for 

 one, not only so distinguished at home, as an honorable and liberal Pat- 

 ron of the Turf, but also as a promoter of its legitimate ends, the im- 

 provement of the breed of horses in other countries. 



It was further — 



Resolved, That Mr. Tattersall be, and is hereby, unanimously elected 

 an Honorary M'^mber of the South Carolina Jockey Club. 



It was then agreed, that the Whip should be run for on the following 

 conditions : 



The Tattersall Whip. — To be run for by Members of the Jockey 

 Club only. — The first year, twenty dollars entrance only — four miles 

 out — to be run for on the Monday after the regular race week, weights 

 to be carried according to the rules of the South Carolina Jockey Club. 

 Whenever challenged after the first year, to be run for, added to a 

 sweepstakes of two hundred dollars each ; only one horse, the property 



