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part of our creation, " by wit and beauty graced." The two last days 

 were bumpers ; every part of tbe Course, where the people "most do 

 congregate" on such occasions, being crowded, reminding us of the 

 good old times, when our Races had attraction alike for all classes. 

 The different events as they came off were not only productive of extra- 

 ordinary excitement on the part of the owners of the horses contending, 

 but led to considerable speculation, and a coresponding interest on the 

 part of the public, who happened to be either at a distance acquainted 

 witli the blood of the animals, or those more fortunate, who were able 

 to get to the scene of action, and " l:»e lookers on here in Vienna." 



The purses were, as usual, very liljeral, amounting to §4,000 in cash, 

 given by the Club, and promptly paid, without counting the entrances 

 and forfeits to the Hutchinson Stakes, which, if added, would swell the 

 sum total of the good things that were within the reach of the different 

 stables attending the Charleston Races this year, to six thousand three 

 hundred dollar?, ! 



We can make this more plainly appear by the following recapitu- 

 lation : 



First day — Purse $1,000, won by Charmer |1,000 



Hutchinson Stakes, 2 mile heats — $200 given by the 



Club, entrance and forfeit, |1,200 1,700 



Second day — Purse $750, won by Lithgow , 750 



Purse Ji^lSO, won by ch. g. by Wagner 150 



Third day — Purse $500, won by Inspector 500 



Hutchinson Stakes, mile heats, $200 given by the 

 Club — entrances and forfeit $1,100 — won by Tom 



Walker 1,300 



Fourth day — Handicap Purse $600, won by Charmer 600 



Purse $300, won by Reube 300 



$6,800 

 It will be seen that the Louisiana stable carried off three of the prizes, 

 and but for the contretemps of Reube, would have won four. We are 

 rejoiced that, as this is the first season we have been visited by a Loui- 

 siana stable, such good fortune should have rewarded the owner, not 

 only for having come so far, but for having manifested throughout the 

 meeting, on a very trying occasion, the true spirit of a gentleman, and 

 a high minded, honorable sportsman ! He carries back with him to his 

 home the respect of every member of the South Carolina Jockey Club. 

 We have heard the wish very generally expressed that he will visit the 

 Washington Course again, and that it would be '• a consummation de- 



