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the quality of the sport — not a slow heat having been run^ and we have 

 had the fastest second heat ever run on our present track. 



Socially, also, it has been a charming meeting, not characterized by 

 boisterous merriment, but refined, elegant enjoyment, with which the 

 heart and good breeding have had much to do. So signally successful 

 has it been, attended by such unanimity of sentiment throughout on 

 various subjects of future interest lo the Club, that we believe a new 

 vitality has been imparted, and the perpetuity of Racing in Charleston 

 insured, under even improving auspices ; stimulating, as it ha& done, 

 our youth to join the Club in larger numbers than usual, and encourag- 

 ing the old habitues of the Course, by still remaining members " stead- 

 fast in the good faith," to continue to the Club the benefit of their expe- 

 rience and worth. 



At the final meeting of the Club on Saturday, Sweepstakes for the 

 next year were opened, with the same conditions as those of the present 

 meeting, and a resolution was passed to designate them as the " Hut- 

 chinson Stakes^'' in honor of the memory of the gentleman who origi- 

 nated them. At the annual election for officers no change was made, a 

 pleasing indication of the harmony that prevails in the Club. 



1850. — Wednesday, Feb. 6. — Jockey Club Purse, $1,000. — For all 

 ao'es, weight for age. — 4 mile heats. 



M. R- Singleton's br. g. Minor, by imp. Monarch, dam by Glaucus, 



4 yrs., -....11 



Wade Hampton's b. f. Millwood, by imp. Monarch, out of Fanny, 4 



yrs., 2 2 



R. C. Richardson's ch. c. Highland Johnny, by Bertrand, Jr., dam by 



Mucklejohn, 3 yrs., dis. 



Time — V m. 57 sec; 7 m. 59 sec. 



A very interesting feature in this Race was the meeting again, on our 

 Turf in honest, friendly rivalry, three such time-honored names as Hamp- 

 ton Sino-leton, and Richardson. The latter gentleman, a son of one of 

 our early friends. Col. James B. Richardson, we are most happy to see on 

 our Turf. He has made his debut this year, with a stable of horses, all 

 the get of Bertrand, Jr. We sincerely welcome him to the place of his 

 father and trust, after a few years experience, as a recompense to himself 

 and as promotive of our sports over the Washington Course, and as 

 tending to advance the ends and objects of our Club, — the improvement 

 of our breed of horses, — he will help to revive the good old days when 

 his kind-hearted, amiable father had the pride and glory of entering and 

 winning with such horses as Transport, Bertrand, Jr., Little Venus, and 

 Julia. 



