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Diomed, which led to a second encounter, sending forth on the wind 

 these menacing words, in a loud voice : 



"O. traitor Diomed, turn thy false face, thou traitor, 

 And pay thy life, thou owest me for my horse.^' 



Mahomet had his Alborac ; Alexander his Bucephalus; Bellerophon his 

 Pegasus ; the second Richard of England had his " roan Barbary," 

 which he so often patted with his royal hand that Shakspeare made him 

 say : 



"That jade hath eat bread from my royal hand; 

 This hand hath made him proud with clapping him." 



The third Richard had his " white Surry ; " Jacques de Helly his Tad- 

 mor ; De Giac his faithful Ralflf, of the famous Andalusian breed ; Joan 

 of Arc her dashing courser; Diana Vernon her "jet black Phoebe;" Ma- 

 zeppa had his notorious animal ; McDonald his Selim ; Fannon his 

 trusty charger, " the Red Doe ;" and Hampton, as we have already said, 

 also has his special favorite in Lithgow, that he confidently looks for- 

 ward, at some future day, to win for him immortality and wealth, and 

 that had he power, like the Roman Emperor, he would feed on golden 

 oats, out of a porcelain vessel. 



It is expected of us on every recurrence of this season of festivity, and 

 it is absolutely necessary, by way of preserving the chain of events, to 

 the right understanding of what is to follow, to review briefly what has 

 occurred of interest since the last meeting of our Club, in any manner 

 appertaining to, and likely to exercise an influence, favorably, or not, on 

 our future meetings. 



In the first place, then, our Sweepstakes, which have become now 

 firmly established as regular events, under the designation of " The Hut- 

 chinson Stakes," were opened, as usual^ last Spring; they closed on the 

 first of May, but did not fill as well as we had a right to expect, when 

 the liberal bonus added by the Club, and other circumstances connected 

 with them, are considered. To the Sweepstakes for 3 year olds, 2 mile 

 heats, there were but seven nominations, namely : 



1. John Harrison's ch. f. by imp. Trustee, out of American Maid. 



2. 0. P. Hare's ch. c. by Boston, out of Canary. 



3. C. and N. Green's b. c. by imp. Mercer, own brother to Free Trade. 



4. Jas. Talley's ch. f. by Orator, out of Sarah Washington. 



5. M. R. Singleton's ch. c. Guardia:i, by imp. Trustee, out of ch. m. 

 by imp. Rowton, out of Phenomena. 



0. M. R. Singleton's b. c. Sumter, by Hero, out of imp. Fleet, by Au- 

 gustus. 



