Gene, The reference to John Rabb was in Scott's chapter on early Columbia and the houses and places of business. I will cite the sentence concerning Mr. Rabb. If you need more let me know. "Across Gervais Street John Rabb kept a tavern at the corner where Barney Reilly afterwards did a prosperous business in the grocery line." The mention of the race track is in his chapter on "the burning of Columbia" during the Civil War.(February 17, 1865). He devotes several pages to the days leading up to the terrible night and describes the horror of drunken Union soldiers out of control. "Hampton's house , on Camden Road and Arthur's in the suburbs, were burnt before night. Just after dark, Puryear's, at the race track, and Dr. Wallace's were on fire." Blanche