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coming down the home stretch, 3d mile. The speed was now greatly 

 increased, and the contest beautiful beyond description. Barney 

 did not quite lap Herald, but thinking he could outfoot him, took a 

 stronger pull upon the filly, and placed himself about a length be- 

 hind, at the close of the 3d mile, run in 2 : 07. The increase of speed, 

 put Great Western nearly out of her distance, and her position was 

 becoming more unfortunate every step. The Skylark by persuasion 

 kept a better place. On rounding into the back stretch, Herald 

 again opened a gap of at least three lengths upon the Glencoe, which 

 he kept apparently without difficulty until at the head of the quarter 

 stretch At this point of the race, the story seemed to be told, but 

 Barney who had been nursing his filly through all the back stretch, 

 where the mud was deepest, and through which with Herald she 

 could make no comparative headway, now prepared for the final 

 struggle. He swung around the turn with great rapidity, placed 

 himself for straight work on the hard path, on the extreme outside 

 of the course, and taking a good pull upon the filly, drove the rowels 

 to the head. The burst of speed which followed defies description, 

 and is almost beyond belief she locked him at the drawgate, and 

 passing him almost instanter, beat him home, we are constrained 

 to say, at her ease, by about her length, and distancing Great West- 

 ern, running the I2th mile in 1:58! The heat in 8:33. 



" I have no words that will convey to you the feelings of the mul- 

 titude. The run home was made amidst the most profound silence, 

 which was broken only when the Glencoe passed Herald. I thought 

 I had heard some little noise in Kentucky on such occasions, but 

 this did indeed 'out-Herod Herod.' You have never yet heard a 

 good old fashioned Tennessee yell. You ought to have your measure 

 taken for one, and have it shipped by first conveyance. 



"The Glencoe's last effort knocked all the betting in the head, 

 and almost any odds went a-begging; in fact, I saw nothing done in 

 that way after the heat. Neither Herald nor the Glencoe appeared 

 to mind the heat, and both cooled off to the admiration of all. The 

 Skylark appeared somewhat distressed when the heat was over, 

 but he came up boldly for the 



"FOURTH HEAT. This heat was almost a repetition of the last, 

 Herald taking the lead, and keeping it most of the way, the Glencoe 

 2d, the Skylark behind, until the 3d mile, when the Skylark challenged 

 the Glencoe for 2d place, and they ran half a mile close together, the 

 Skylark, if any, having the advantage. On the back stretch of the 

 3d mile, the filly and the Skylark were dead locked, and Herald 



