202 Making the American Thoroughbred 



foaled in South Carolina. He was a dark chestnut, about 

 15 hands 2\ inches in height, handsome, strong and sym- 

 metrically formed. "Herald could not have been quite 

 up to the mark," owing to an injury in his right foreleg, 

 received six weeks previously. He "was to be ridden 

 by Sandy who had been brought from South Carolina, 

 expressly for that purpose." 



The riders all of whom stood at the head of their 

 profession dressed in their new and beautiful Jockey 

 suits, displayed themselves and their horses to great advan- 

 tage while cantering up and down in front of the stand, 

 previous to starting. They had no sooner received their 

 orders to mount than a spirited betting took place on 

 Herald against the field. The Skylark was the "second 

 favorite" at starting. 



The charge of the starting Judge, Capt. Davis, was 

 "unusually felicitous and pointed. The riders then 

 mounted their horses and took positions as above de- 

 scribed." 



The two colts carried 100 pounds each and the two fillies 

 97 pounds each. Track "very muddy and heavy." 



"Rover's" account of the race as printed in The Spirit 

 oj the Times follows : 



" FIRST HEAT. An excellent start. At the tap of the drum the 

 Skylark took the lead at a slow pace, the Glencoe filly 2d, Herald 

 behind; this order was however changed on the back stretch by the 

 Luzborough placing herself 2d, and the Glencoe filly falling back to 

 keep company with Herald, who was then some 20 or 30 yards be- 

 hind the other two. In this position they finished the ist mile in 

 2: 29^. Upon entering the 2d mile the brown filly increased the pace 

 and gave the Skylark the go-by, leading up the back stretch until 

 the 5 mile post, when Herald apparently mastered Sandy and made 

 a brush, leaving the Glencoe behind, and caused an increased speed 

 on the part of the leading nags. Upon being taken in hand, he 

 again fell back to his partner and neither of them made an effort 

 for the heat. At the head of the quarter stretch the Skylark again 



