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THE POTOMAC AND RAPPAHANNOCK
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of Mistress Betty Tayloe who is the heroine of one of Churchill's
books.
The library is filled with books and there are many prints of
race-horses belonging to the three John Tayloes, for the first
Colonel John Tayloe was a pioneer in the keeping of fine race¬
horses in Virginia. They had their own race-track at Mount Airy,
and all the neighboring gentry came to the races—the [Turbevilles
of Hickory Hill, the Carters of Sabine Hall, the Corbins of Lane¬
ville, the Wormeleys of Rose Gill, the Beverleys of Blandfield, the
Robbs of Gay Mont, and many others.
Among the fine pieces of silver are several trophies won by
Mount Airy horses. They no longer keep race-horses, but the
place, the people, the flowers, and the atmosphere are the same,
and one hopes that time will deal as gently with them in the future
as it has dealt in the past.
HATTIE BELLE GRESHAM.
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