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Having met again on the 21st, the following Preamble and Resolu- 

 tions were submitted, and ordered to be entered on the Minutes : 



The Committee, to whom was referred the preparation of some ex- 

 pression of regret in behalf of this Club, at the loss it has recently sus- 

 tained in the death of its late President, Col. Pinckney, have taken the 

 subject under consideration, and respectfully report as follows : 



During the past summer, the melancholy intelligence reached this 

 country, that Col. Pinckney died in Havre, July 6th, two days after his 

 arrival in that city, whither he had gone, to try the effect of change of 

 climate, upon a frame enfeebled by much previous suffering. As his 

 symptoms told too plainly the nature of his disease, little or no expecta- 

 tion remained to his family and friends of a final recovery ; yet they 

 fondly clung to hope — that last sad refuge of affection. The news of 

 his deceaoe, therefore, though not unexpected, 



" For death, a necessary end, 

 Will come, when it will come," 



did not fail to spread over our community a poignancy of sorrow, as sin- 

 cere as it was general. The arrow pierces not the heart less deeply, be- 

 cause we bare our bosoms to the blow. 



By the death of Col. Pinckney, "The South Carolina Jockey Club" 

 has met with an irreparable loss. His experience was invaluable. He 

 had been for many years its oldest living member. He joined the Club 

 immediately on his return from his European travels, in 1802. We find 

 him, by the Minutes, filling various offices. He was, at one time, a Mana-, 

 ger of Ihe Ball ; at another, one of the Stewards ; and for a long suc- 

 cession of seasons, regularly acted as one of the Handicaq^pers. In 1816, 

 in the place of R. I. Izard, Esq., deceased, he was elected Vice-President, 

 which office he filled until the death of Col. McPherson, in 1834, when 

 he was unanimously elected President, and continued ever since to fill 

 that honorable station, being annually re-elected to the same, with a 

 unanimity of feeling, that loudly attested his worth, and his importance 

 to the Club. 



But whilst his experience and practical knowledge were invaluable, 

 his social qualities, at the same time, endeared him to all. Every one 

 must remember the kind and gracious manner in whiidi, for many years, 

 he presided at our festive board — the happiness he was instrumental in 

 imparting, and the enjoyment he never failed to quicken in those around 

 him — in short, his whole deportment and feelings, whether on the turf, 

 or at the social board, eloquently proclaimed him the high-minded South 

 Carolina Sportsman — the amiable and the courteous South Cai'olinq, 

 Gentleman. 



