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In 1840 he prepared and published a very useful synopsis of the Rules 

 of Bettino;, with other information of value to sporting men. He was 

 also entitled to the credit of having the present Citizens' Stand erected ; 

 and also proposed, some years back, (which was not a very popular sug- 

 gestion at the time, but has become so much so of late that we believe 

 in a few years that it will be carried into ett'ect,) namely, the erection, on 

 the part of the Club, of an appropriate building or hall, for its own use 

 during the Race week, and to be let out for concerts and balls, and other 

 purposes, during the rest of the year, to secure an interest upon the in- 

 vestment. 



" Sint hsec etiam sua prasmia laudi." 



These are some of the benefits that have resulted to the Club, from 

 the long official service of the late Mr. Wilson. We are confident we 

 do but echo the sentiment of every member, when we say, that " he has 

 done the Club some service, and they know it." We are gratified to be 

 able to avail ourselves of this opportunity 



" To give him good report for it." 



On Saturday evening the Club held its usual meeting for the transac- 

 tion of business, and to make its arrangements for the next season. Se- 

 veral suggestions were made, and plans proposed, which, if carried out 

 and completed, will add much to the interest of the season of 1851, and 

 render it a memorable epoch in our annals of racing. We have no doubt 

 that a double match between the stables of Virginia and South Carolina 

 will be concluded, each State to name four^ and run two ; or name two 

 and run one, as in the year that Col. James B. Richardson challenged 

 the world with his Little Venus, and Bertrand, Jr., which was accepted 

 by Col. Johnson with Andrew and Bonnets o' Blue. 



It has also been proposed that a Citizens' Purse, of large amount, 

 should be run for, on the Saturday preceding the regular Races, by which 

 it is thought we may safely rely upon no less than three entries from 

 Tennessee, two from Kentucky, three from Virginia, and five from our 

 own State, besides the other chances of swelling the field, from the 

 hopes that will be entertained of carrying oflf so large a purse, as may 

 safely be depended upon from " the publicans and sinners " of Charles- 

 ton, if they really take the matter up in earnest. 



The Hutchinson Sweepstakes were again opened for next yeai-, and 

 the usual appropriations voted for the regular Jockey Club Purses, of 

 four, three, and two mile heats, and for the Handicap Race on Saturday. 



In the course of the week, a resolution highly complimentary to Col. 



