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Shark's pedigree is little known. There can be no doubt he was by im- 

 ported Shark, his dam by Flimnap. His performances, in our opinion, 

 establish the purity of his blood. To show the favor in which Shark 

 was held for the good he had done in his generation, he was buried with 

 distinguished honors at Janiesville Race Course at Clarendon, near the 

 seat of the late James B. Richardson, of this State. A marble slab, 

 with a suitable inscription, marks the spot where his remains were de- 

 posited. 



Col. Washington owned a full sister to Shark, and trained her, but 

 she did not acquire any of the fame of her brother. She was matched 

 in 179*7 against Col. xilston's Atalanta, but paid forfeit. 



Ariadne, owned by Gen. Washington, was first called Fairy. They 

 were one and the same, and not two distinct mares. The General 

 changed the name to Ariadne after he bought her of Col. Hoomes, of 

 the Bowling Green. The ^me season that he bought Ariadne, he pur- 

 chased, also, br. f. Trumpetta, which won at Petersburg, beating Doctor, 

 a very good horse, and very like Collier in figure and size. (See our 

 Calendar, Part IV, season 1802.) 



Gen. John McPherson and Mr. E. Fenwicke, were both staunch 

 patrons and contributors to the sports of the Turf, during a long racing 

 career, The}^ both owned many fine horses, which, from their intimate 

 knowledge of horse flesh and condition, they were enabled to place with 

 advantage. The former brought upon the Course, in 1794, the renowned 

 Commerce, who, at three years old, in a race of two miles (February 15), 

 won the South Carolina Jockey Club Purse, beating a large field. 



In 1796, Commerce passed into Mr. Fenwicke's and Mr. Ferguson's 

 hands. They ran him in his five year old form, 4 mile heats, on Wednesday, 

 for the Jockey Club Purse, over our Washington Course, which he won, 

 beating a very fast horse, Matchem, the property of Mr. Bellinger. In 

 the same week, on Saturday, he won easily the Handicap Race, 3 mile 

 heats. 



Like Shark, he was a great feature on the South Carolina Turf; we 

 will, therefore, enumerate his principal races. His first race, as we have 

 just said, over our Course as a three year old, season of 1794, carrying 

 92 lbs., for the Jockey Club Purse, 2 mile heats, when he beat Capt. 

 Saunders' Cornelia, Col. Washington's Actfeon, Capt. Davis' Picture, 

 Capt. Alston's Meteor, Mr. Hugh Rose's Flirt, Capt. Moultrie's Tristam 

 Shandy, Mr. Richardson's Farmer, and Mr. Field's Peter Pindar. 



Time — 1st heat, 4 m.; 2d heat, 4 m. 1 sec. 



1795. — For the Jockey Club Purse, of 2 mile heats, he beat Mr. Bel- 

 linger's Justice, after a very severe contest. Justice won the 1st heat. 



