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hers by Jolly Roger — imported horses. About half past 12 

 o'clock, both horses started. Eclipse was rode by "Wm. Crafts ; 

 Henry by a young lad. Henry took the lead, and maintained 

 it through the heat. They came in together, Henry beating 

 Eclipse by half a length, but apparently " hard in hand." — Bets 

 on the second heat, three to one on Henry. 



During the second heat, Eclipse was rode by Mr. Purdy. 

 Henry again took the lead, and kept it until the last quarter of 

 the third mile, when Pardy made a push, and Eclipse passed 

 his rival at the commencement of the fourth mile. An attempt 

 was made by Henry's rider to recover his ground, but in vain. 

 He was beat by about thirty feet. Henry reined in on passing 

 the distance pole, the loss of the heat being evident. 



AVhen the horses were brought out for the third heat, the 

 great trainer, Arthur Taylor, mounted Henry, instead of the boy 

 who rode him the two first heats. On starting, Eclipse took 

 the lead, which he kept to the end of the race, coming in about 

 three lengths ahead of Henry, both at their utmost speed — 

 Henry in this heat having been reserved for the last quarter. 



The time of running the three heats, as given by the judges, 

 Gen. Ridgely, of Baltimore ; Captain Cox, of Washington ; and 

 John Allen, Esq., of Philadelphia, was as follows : 



First heat, 7 min. 37 see. — second heat, 7 min. 49 sec. — 

 third heat, 8 min. 24 sec. 



Twelve miles in 23 minutes and 50 seconds. 



The weights carried were — Eclipse, 126 lbs. — Henry, 108. 

 Weights, according to racing calculations, are so nicely regu- 

 lated to correspond with age, that no advantage was given to 

 Henry, as has been said ; on the contrary, according to the 

 long established usage of weights on the Southern courses, now 

 introduced at Kew York, Eclipse had an advantage of 8 lbs. — 

 more than a distance — 7 lbs. = 240 yards. 



On the day previous to the race, a number of gentlemen 

 visited the course with a surveyor, and finding it thirty feet 

 over a mile, reduced it as nearly to a mile as could conveniently 

 be done, leaving it still eighteen inches over. It is said, how- 

 ever, from the difference in the nature of the ground, to be four 

 or five seconds quicker than the Tree Hill course. 



Immediately after the race, Col. AV. R. Johnson challenged 



