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The Race resulted in favor of Mr. Kirkman's filly, which he conse- 

 quently named Peytona^ in honor of Mr. Peyton, who projected the 

 Race. Now, although Herald, the entry of Col. Hampton, did not win 

 the Race, yet, having won the second, and made a near thing of it at 

 the finish of the fourth lieat, it is reasonable to conclude, that had the 

 circumstances of this Race been reversed, had Peytona have been com- 

 pelled to travel instead of Herald, subject to all the risks of change o\ 

 climate, food, water, <fec., the result might have been diff'erent. To atone 

 for this disappointment, however, at the same meeting at Nashville Col. 

 Hampton won the Trial Stakes, 2 mile heats, with his celebrated filly 

 Margaret Wood, by imp. Priam, out of Maria West, beating a very 

 large field, and securing a large amount, sufficient to reimburse him for 

 the heavy expenses incurred in sending his stable so far from home, and 

 the large entry of $5,000, which he paid for Herald. 



Stuart was Col. Hampton's trainer for many years. His riders have 

 been Willis, Gill Patrick, Craig, Stephen Welch, all white Jockies. 

 Among the most distinguished of his black Jockies have been Lewis, 

 from Kentucky, Fed, Jim Gloster, Sandy and George, from Virginia. 

 The celebrated Joe Laird, Fashion's Jockey, with Daniel, were once in 

 his stable. 



In concluding this notice of our distinguished friend and fellow-citizen, 

 we feel, as a South Carolinian, unspeakable pride in holding him up as 

 an example to all sportsmen of modern times, actuated as he has ever 

 been, in all his doings on the Turf, by that noble disinterestedness and 

 innate love of sport, " for itself alone," which prompted the equestrians of 

 old to start their horses on the Olympic plains. Honor was the sole 

 reward of the victor then — a single crown — of laurels, and not a thov^ 

 sand crowns — of money. 



Gov. Butler was formerly a supporter of Racing in South Carolina, 

 enjoying a high reputation. He generally took up and trained three or 

 four horses, but I do not recollect, at present, that he ever brought to 

 the post, with buL one or two exceptions, any thing better than a good 

 second rate horse. He had philosophy enough, however, to reconcile all 

 disappointments to himself, under the conviction, that although his 

 horses seldom proved favorites, he was always sure to be one himself; 

 and there is a world of consolation and good humor, even in our worst 

 defeats, to be derived from such a reflection. 



Gov. Butler, with Mr. McLean, was the principal owner of Argyle, in 

 the days of his glory, but parted with two-thirds of him before his fatal 

 encounter with Bascombe, at Augusta, Ga. I believe Col. Johnson, of 



