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It is but fair to add, that his running, in the wonderful races 

 which are to be described, was such as to prove that this confi- 

 dence was not misplaced — was such, indeed, as to render it 

 probable that, had he been ridden by a jockey competent to 

 make the most of his powers, he might have been the winner in 

 the first match — in which case he probably would not have been 

 lost to the turf, by the rash, and, as I must consider it, cruel 

 trial, of running a second four-mile race of scarcely paralleled 

 severity, within five days. 



Grey Eagle was got by Woodpecker — ^he by Imp. Dragon — 

 dam, Irby's Daredevil mare, grandam by old Wildair, g. gr. 

 dam by Fearnought, etc. — out of Ophelia by Wild Medley, gd. 

 Ophelia by Grey Diomed, g. gd. Primrose by Apollo, g. g. gd. 

 by imp. Granby, g. g. g. gd. by imp. Figure, &c. 



Wild Medley was got by Old Medley, dam by Wildair, gd. 

 by Ti-istram Shandy, g. gd. Sportley by Imp. Janus, g. g. gd. 

 Gen. Nelson's imp. Spanish mare. There are no less than four 

 Grey Diomeds and seven Apollos in Edgar's Stud Book, and it 

 is not stated which of these horses are intended. They are all, 

 however, of good blood. 



The description which here ensues has been considered, by 

 competent judges, to be the finest specimen of turf-writing in 

 the English language, and if the laudari a laiidato be fame in 

 literary matters, we know no one who has derived more from a 

 single essay than the writer of the narrative annexed. 



WAGNEE AND GREY EAGLE'S RACES. 



The editor of this magazine had the pleasure of attending the 

 last meeting of the Louisville Jockey Club, and witnessing the 

 two splendid races between Wagner and Grey Eagle. Those 

 who have noticed the spirit with which every thing connected 

 with breeding and racing is carried on at present, in Kentucky, 

 will hardly be surprised to hear that the late meeting has never 

 been equalled in the excellence of the sport, or in the number 

 and character of the visitors. Turfmen and other distinguished 

 strangers from the neighboring States mustered in great force ; 



