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that would remain would be between the men who 

 attend to the gambling end of the game. This is 

 not likely to happen, unless a corporation be 

 formed to take over the chief breeding farms, for 

 in nine cases out of ten, when an owner dies, his 

 horses are sold and his collection dispersed so as 

 to settle his estate. 



After the Gray Eagle- Wagner race, the next 

 one that was watched with breathless interest by 

 the whole country was the match at four-mile 

 heats between Fashion and Boston for $20,000 a 

 side. This was run on Long Island in 1842, and 

 both heats were won by Fashion, the time being 

 7.32J and 7.45. The time of this race, it will be 

 seen, was an improvement on that of the Eclipse- 

 Sir Henry race, and also on the time in the race 

 between Gray Eagle and Wagner. It was called 

 a match between North and South, and the North 

 was again the winner. Fashion was bred in New 

 Jersey, and was by Commodore Stockton's im- 

 ported stallion Trustee out of the Virginia bred 

 mare, Bonnets o' Blue. Boston came from Vir- 

 ginia, and was by Timoleon out of Robin 

 Brown's dam by Florizel. Boston was a grand- 



