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leading trainers in the United States were there to see 

 how the thing was done. Tennessee had its quota, 

 among them being Col. Polk, the Charge to Naples, and 

 John Kirkman. 



The amount of money laid out on the match was not so 

 large as might have been expected according to The 

 Spirit. This was accounted for by the fact that the 

 "Southern party" expected to obtain large odds. "In 

 this," said The Spirit, "they were not only disappointed 

 but it is a singular fact that in every section of the country 

 Fashion was more the favorite than she was in this City. 

 The greatest odds ever offered here were $1,000 to $600, 

 nealry a month before the race; for two weeks before the 

 race 10 to 9 was the best that could be obtained; it was 

 not until the evening before the race, when every one 

 was 'snatching and eager' to lay out his money that 

 1,000 to 700 was offered and taken on Fashion." Just 

 before the race started bets were made 90 to 100 that 

 Peytona would win the first heat and 100 to 75 that 

 Fashion would win the money. 



Other reports were that a half million dollars was 

 staked on the result. 



Owing to the great difficulty in clearing the course in 

 front of the stands it was nearly half-past two o'clock 

 before the horses could be started. B. Ogle Tayloe, of 

 Washington City, was selected as a judge by the "friends" 

 of Peytona, and John A. King, by the "friends" of Fashion 

 President J. Prescott Hall acting as associate and um- 

 pire. George L. Schuler, of New York, and J. H. Hellings, 

 of the Camden Course, were the official timers. In draw- 

 ing for the track Peytona got the inside. 



Fashion was the first to make her appearance at the 

 post; she was so much excited by the noise and crowd 

 that she fretted a good deal, and trembled from head to 



