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The produce of the above mares we will not pretend to ijive, as they 

 are too numerous, and particularly as they may be found registered with 

 great accuracy in the American Turf Register and Sporting Magazine, 

 vol. 1, No. 2, July, 1830. 



Col. Alston had a famous grey mare he called Alborae, that he was 

 very partial to. In 1797, after beating with her, Telegra]>h, the prop- 

 erty of Col. Washington, he turned to that gentleman, and said in a 

 tone of friendly badinage, 



'' Washington, what should you think of a mare that, like her name- 

 sake, the horse of the Prophet, can run in one night from earth to 

 heaven ? " 



Col. Washington smilingly replied, " Just tell me the distance^ sir, and 

 then I'll give you an opinion as to what I think of the performance." 



Gallatin, a ch. h., foaled in 1799, by Bedford, out of Mambrina, by 

 Mambrino, was another of Col. Alston's favorites, and well may he have 

 been so, for his .success was almost unp)ef'edented. He gave §^4,000 for 

 him, (at that time a very high price.) and always considered him the 

 cheapest horse he ever owned. 



In 1803, over the Washington Course, for the Joc-key Club Purse, 3 

 mile heats, then only 3 years old, and carrying 92 lbs., he beat Mr. Sin- 

 gleton's mare Dorocles, Capt. Fields' Belle Rattle, Mr. Clifton's Republi- 

 can, Col. Washington's Achilles, Mr. Bellinger's Miss Tims, and Mr. Sea- 

 brook's Furiosus Celscis. Gallatin won the 1st heat in 5 m, 57 sec, and 

 the 2d heat in 5 m. 53 sec, distancing the field. Bets at starting were 

 three to one in favor of Gallatin. 



On Saturday of the same week he won the Handicap Race, 3 mile 

 heats, beating another uncommonly strong field, viz.: Gen. McPherson's 

 celebrated race mare Roxana, by Marplot, Gen. Washington's Ariadne, 

 by Bedford, Capt. Fields' Belle Rattle, and his beautiful colt Buonaparte, 

 and Mr. McPherson's Leviathan. Athough the Course was very muddy, 

 owing to a heavy fall of rain on the morning of the Race, Gallatin won 

 the 1st heat in 5 m. 52 sec, and the 2d in 6 m. 



This Race was a very great triumph for a 3 yr. old to achieve. Every 

 horse entered was well known to fame. Buonaparte was a very promis- 

 ing colt. A friend, upon whose judgment I can rely, informs me that 

 Buonaparte was the liandsomest horse he ever saw, except imported 

 Rowton. 



1804. — Washington Course, Feb. 15, Wednesday, 4 mile heats, Gal- 

 latin walked over, for the Jockey Club Purse. 



Same year, on Saturday in the same week, he won the Handicap 

 Race, 3 mile heats, beating Dungannon and young Dare Devil. ^ 



