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Edith, the produce of Onea in 1831, was owned by Dr. Nott, of 

 Union District, and has been in the breeding stud. 



Col. Ferguson is as well versed in Jockey lore as any other man in 

 our State, and considered good authority on all mooted points. When, 

 after the exploits of Clara Fisher, more especially her race with Bonnets 

 o' Blue in 1832, the sporting community were inquiring for her pedi- 

 gree, about which there was much doubt, not as to its quality, but its 

 certainty, it was by Col. Ferguson's spirit of inquiry that the doubt was 

 removed, and the question finally settled. The dam of Clara Fisher 

 having been bred by the late Gen. John McPherson, to several members 

 of his family did Col. Ferguson apply for information. Mr. James R. 

 Pringle, late collector of the port of Charleston, and son-in-law of Gen. 

 McPherson, made repeated searches among the General's papers, but to 

 no purpose. At length he accidentally found the following paper in 

 the General's own handwriting, and which is now in the possession of 

 Col. Ferguson : 



"Juliet foaled 9th 'March, 1798, a brown bay filly (no white about 

 her) got by Marplot. I judge she will prove a racer. Juliet by the 

 imported horse Mexican — her dam by old Fi'ier." 



The above can be no other than the pedigree of Roxana, the dam of 

 Clara Fisher. Col. Singleton purchased Roxana from Gen. McPherson ; 

 she was bred by the General, and got by Marplot out of Juliet — all are 

 now agreed on these points : besides, the records show that, according 

 to an entrance made by the General himself, Roxana was entered and 

 ran as a 3 year old, in the spring of 1802, over the Washington Course. 



From his favorite brood mare Virginia, by Virginius, out of Dorocles, 

 by the imported horse Shark, Col. Ferguson has bred several colts and 

 fillies; among the number in 1827, ch. c. LaFayette by Kosciusko. 

 This horse has stood to mares in St. John's Parish, Berkley, for several 

 seasons. Col. Ferguson has also bred from Onea, sister to Dockon, out 

 of Virginia, and Jessamine, her full sister. Both of these mares have' 

 produced colts by Crusader. 



Mr. SiNKLER was for many years a steady and zealous supporter of 

 the Carolina Turf; his horses were generally trained for Ihe Pineville 

 and Charleston Races. At the former he was frequently a winner, and 

 at the latter he came in for a tolerable share of distinction. Among 

 the horses of his own breeding, Rienzi and Jeannette Berkley, both by 

 Bertrand, Jr., out of Carolina, by Buzzard, were the best. He had in 

 his stable, during the campaign of 1839, Santa Anna, and a bay filly 

 by Humphrey Clinker, out of imported Mania by Figaro. Kate Con- 



