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ax a Ome THE POTOMAC AND RAPPAHANNOCK — 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 racehorses 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 Laneville, 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. [225 |
