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First day. — Wednesday, 4 mile heats, Jockey Club Purse |1,000 



Same day, Hutchinson Stakes, mile heats, $200 

 given by the Club, with forfeits averaging an 



amount for ihe winner of 1,400 



Second day. — Thursday, 3 mile heats. Jockey Club Purse 750 



Same day, CaroHna Stakes, mile heats, |500 given 

 by the Club, with forfeits averaging an amount 



for the winner of 700 



Third day. — Friday, 2 mile heats. Jockey Club Purse 500 



Sayne day, Hutchinson Stakes, 2 mile heats, 1500 

 added by the Club, with forfeits averaging a 



sum for the winner of 2,000 



Fourth day. — Saturday, Handicap, 3 mile heats, Jockey Club 



Purse 600 



Same day, single heat of 3 miles. Jockey Club 

 Purse 300 



17,250 



Besides the above sums, there is frequently a purse given by the citi- 

 zens of Charleston, $1,000 and upwards, which, if added to the regular 

 Jockey Club Purses, as set down above, will, without any private ven- 

 tures, inside stakes, &c., swell the sum total of the good things that are 

 within the reach of the ditferent stables attending the Charleston Races, 

 to upwards of eight thousand dollars ! 



To give additional eclat to the Charleston Races, and to further the 

 prosperity of the Club, Mr. Tattersall, of Hyde Park Corner, London, 

 presented, in 1837, to the South Carolina Jockey Club, a whip, to be 

 run for annually, upon the principle which governs the Whip in Eng- 

 land. It was accepted by the Club in the same spirit in which it was 

 tendered, and, in compliment to the donor, it was denominated " The 

 Tattersall Whip" Mr. Tattersall was at the same time unanimously 

 elected an honorary member of the Club. Col. Hampton won this 

 whip with his imported colt Monarch, by Priam, out of Delphine. It 

 has since remained in the possession of that gentleman, unchallenged. 



As a part of the history of the South Carolina Jockey Club, that it 

 may well be congratulated upon, is the fact of its wonderful exemption 

 from accidents. Considering the number of races that have been run 

 over the Washington Course, very few casualties have occurred — we 

 cannot call to mind more than three occasions when a Jockey has been 

 thrown, and not one of these mishaps attended by serious consequences. 



The question has often been asked, why does not the South Carolina 



