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son of Sir Archy, and foaled in 1833. From the 

 time of his training as a three-year-old until he 

 met Fashion, six years later, he had campaigned 

 all over the country and had meet with almost 

 universal success. He was considered the greatest 

 horse of his day, and there are many students of 

 Thoroughbreds who to-day consider that he was 

 the greatest influence for good of any horse ever 

 bred in this country, greater even than his very 

 wonderful son, Lexington. 



The last great race classic races, the turf 

 writers call them prior to the Civil War, was 

 at New Orleans, between two sons of Boston 

 Lexington and Lecompte. The former was out of 

 Alice Carneal by imported Sarpedon, the latter 

 out of Reel by imported Glencoe. This race was 

 in 1854 and, of course, at four-mile-heats, for the 

 Great State Post Stakes. The city of New Orleans, 

 the place of the race, was packed with visitors 

 from all over the country. Lecompte won the two 

 first heats, the time being 7.26 and 7.38|. Mr. 

 Richard Ten Broeck, the owner of Lexington, 

 was so dissatisfied that he tried to arrange a 

 match with Lecompte. This came to nothing, so 



