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Saturday, Feb. 8. — 



" Waft the floating joy 

 Through all the regions near — afflictive birch 

 No more the schoolboy dreads ; his prison broke, 

 Scampering he flies, nor hears his master's call. 

 Men, boys and girls 

 Desert the unpeopled village, and wild crowds 

 Spread o'er the plain, by the sweet frenzy seized." 



SoMEKVILLE. 



This was another glorious clay for the Turf. Everything seemed to 

 conspire to insure gratification. The morn was bright and pleasant as 

 morn could be, bringing that sense of life, that luxury of breathing, that 

 can only be experienced in a winter climate as delicious as ours. The 

 Course was more crowded than we have seen it for many seasons — 

 being a holiday, the schools were all out, consequeatly the younger 

 members of our community turned out in great numbers, their young 

 faces beaming with pleasure in all directions. 



It was quite a pleasing sight to see so many of the rising generation 

 present on the ground with their delighted mammas, who of course 

 " Icnew that they were outP The little urchins, in their best bib and 

 tucker, seemed to enjoy themselves very much, munching gingerbread 

 cakes clapping their little hands, and pointing from time to time to 

 their favorite horse, given earnest that hereafter, when experience shall 

 have ripened judgment and confirmed their tastes, they will be worthy 

 representatives of their sires, ready to perpetuate the existence and quali- 

 fied to maintain the character of the South Carolina Jockey Club. 



The drum beats for saddling, and four horses make their appearance 

 for the first race of the day — a Handicap, Jockey Club Purse, 8600 — 3 

 mile heats. Mr. Patterson's b. m. Charmer, 6 yrs., handicapped to 

 carry 117 lbs.; Mr. Singleton's Capt. Minor, 5 yrs., 102 lbs.; Mr. Stu- 

 art's filly, 3 yrs., by Wagner, a feather ; and Mr. Harrison's Rosa Lee, 

 aged, 109 lbs. 



T. B. Patterson's b. m. Charmer, by imp. Glencoe, out of Betsey 



Malone, by Stockholder, 6 yrs., 117 lbs , . . . .411 

 M. R. Singleton's br. g. Capt. Minor, by imp. Monarch, out of imp. 



Cheap, by Glaucus, 5 yrs., 102 lbs., 3 4 2 



W. A. Stuart's b. f. by Wagner, out of Minstrel by Medoc, 3 yrs., 



a feather, 1 2 dr. 



Capt. J. Harrison's ch. m. Rosa Lee, by Boston, out of imp. Emily 



by Emilius, aged, 109 lbs., 2 3 dr. 



Time — 5 m. 46 sec. ; 5 m. 40 sec. ; 5 m. 57 sec. 

 Public opinion was a little divided as to the favorite. Stuart's filly, 

 being well in, had many friends, but yet Charmer was taken for choice 

 against her. At the start, Stuart's filly and Rosa Lee dashed off" at a rat- 

 tling pace, and kept it up throughout the heat, the filly winning it in 5 



