AMERICAN ECLIPSE. 183 



J. C. Stevens, Esq., and the friends of Eclipse, to run Henry 

 against Eclipse the ensuing fall, over the Washington course, 

 for any sum from twenty to fifty thousand dollars — forfeit, ten 

 thousand dollars. The challenge was declined, and the resolu- 

 tion then announced has been adhered to, " never, on any con- 

 sideration, to risk Ihe life and reputation of the noble animal, 

 whose generous and almost incredible exertions, have gained 

 for the north so signal a victory, and for himself, such well- 

 earned and never-fading renown." 



Eclipse was accordingly withdrawn from the turf and put to 

 covering. He stood one season, at Boydton, in Yirginia, at $75, 

 and $100 to insure — and one or two short seasons at Baltimore, 

 at $50 — and since then, we believe, in New York. 



THE GEEAT MATCH KACE BETWEEN ECLIPSE AND SIR HEKRY. 



DESCRIBED BY AN OLD TURFMAN, C. C. GOLDEN, ESQ. 

 From the Am. Sporting Magazine, Vol. ii, No. 1, p. 3. 



New York, July 3, 1830. 



Mr. Editor ; 



As I have never seen in print a full, correct, and impartial 

 account of the following great race, and having, at the time, 

 committed my observations to paper, I now transmit them. As 

 many of your readers may not have witnessed this far-famed 

 performance, to such this relation may be interesting ; should 

 you, therefore, deem it worth a place in your entertaining pub- 

 lication, you are at liberty to insert it. 



Great Match Race between American Eclipse and Sir Henry, over the 

 Union Course, Long Island, May 27th, 1823. Heats four miles, 

 for $20,000. The Southern gentlemen to he allowed to name their 

 horse at the starting post. 



Doubts were entertained, by some of the New York sports- 

 men, to the last moment, whether this great match would be 

 contested by the Yirginia gentlemen. They, it was perfectly 

 understood, had left Yirginia, with five horses, selected from 

 the best racers which North Carolina and Yirginia could boast 



