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Perhaps a more intelligible account of the race would 

 be to say that Angora was "unaccountably tired" and 

 was distanced in the first heat, Rodolph running all the 

 time under a strong pull; time 8:56. 



"Angora, the vanquished," continued the correspondent 

 above quoted, "was led off to her stable and Rodolph the 

 victor, attended by a band of music, led off the multitude 

 of joyous friends to Oakland House where he was greeted 

 with a volley of loud and piercing plaudits. 



"Old Hickory, the greatest and best, looking through 

 the vision of second sight, foretold the triumph of Rodolph. 

 Many thought he was playing the courtier to our state, 

 but now they are convinced he knows more about horse- 

 racing than he ever did about the affairs of the nation.'* 



Many similar bucolic exhibitions of overmuch joy are 

 to be found in the Kentucky papers of that time; even 

 the Kentucky poets made Rodolph's victory an excuse 

 to chant their triumph in genuine "pennyrile" doggerel. 



According to a Boston newspaper, $200,000 was wagered 

 on the result. 



Immediately after this race Hugh Carlin, of Alexandra, 

 Louisiana, offered to run Linnet (by Leviathan) against 

 the victor, 3 or 4-mile heats, over the Natchez, Missis- 

 sippi, course for $10,000 to $30,000, which the owners of 

 Rodolph refused. 



Possibly before the race was run, possibly after, Angora 

 was sold to Col. A. L. Bingaman of Natchez, Mississippi, 

 who, rumor said, lost $40,000 by her defeat. At any rate 

 she was taken from Louisville to Natchez as Bingaman's 

 property. 



Rodolph, in January following, was purchased for 

 $15,000 by a Vicksburg company, in which Col. Osmund 

 Claiborne was interested. Rodolph, after his victory over 

 Angora, gave and received several challenges, and one or 



