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1805. — Gallatin started for the Jockey Club Purse, 4 mile heats, but 

 was beaten by Mr. J. P. Richardson's ch. c. Sertorius, 4 yrs., by Alder- 

 man. He must have been entirely out of condition in this Race, for the 

 time was very bad, 8 m. 16 sec, and 8 m. 18 sec. 



John Randol{)li, of Roanoke, was present in the stand at Fairfield, 

 (Richmond,) when Col. Alston bought Gallatin of Mr. Tayloe. He was 

 then entei'ed as Expectation. Each of these three gentlemen held a 

 stop watch. The first, second, and fourth miles were barely cantering, 

 but the third was the fastest ever run in the United States, the best on 

 record for many years ; and this determined Col. Alston to make the 

 purchase, when he changed the name to Gallatin. 



In October, 1802, at Richmond, when 3 yrs. old, he ran a 2 mile heat 

 in 3 m. 43 sec. 



Gallatin's back was long, and not in the best possible shape, but he 

 had fine shoulders, and powerful, muscular thighs. Unfortunately for 

 his general success as a stallion, he stood in Georgia., where there were, 

 at that time, not many good mares. He got some colts that proved good 

 nags, but nothing equal to himself. His most distinguished progeny 

 was Topgallant, (the sire of Monsieur Tonson's dam,) Marktime, Lafa- 

 yette, and others. 



Gallatin's pedigree is given in full in Part IV, in our notice of the 

 Races in 1803. 



Col. Alston, in the season of 1805, determined to retire from the 

 Turf, after having trained and run some of the best horses that ever 

 started in Carolina — namely : Maria, (the dam of Lady Lightfoot,) Gal- 

 latin, Nancy Air, and others; he bred also Lottery and young Peggy; 

 the former purchased by Col. Singleton, the latter by Gen. Hampton. 

 He oftered for sale all his race horses and young stock, most of them got 

 by Bedford, Marplot, Stirling, and Spread Eagle. Three of his mares 

 that were sold were imported, namely : the dam of Ariadne and Galla- 

 tin ; another, named Peggy, bred by Lord Clermont, and Anvilina, got 

 by the Prince of Wales' famous horse Anvil, out of O'Kelly's cele- 

 brated mare Augusta, by Eclipse. His whole stud was put under the 

 hammer soon after the Charleston Races in 1807, when, by judicious 

 purchases, Messrs. Singleton, and Richardson, and Hampton were ena- 

 bled to keep up very strong stables for many years after. 



The other distinguished gentlemen we have mentioned as the contem- 

 poraries of Col. Alston, or, as we have styled them, his " Brethren of 

 the Turf," continued to run their horses with alternate success. The 

 most renowned and fortunate of Col. William Washington's entries, 



