THE SECOND HEAT. 2G3 



have good reason ; Kentucky is a glorious State. The talent 

 and chivalry of her sons are in keeping with the intelligence 

 and peerless beauty of her daughters, and well may they be 

 proud of her and of each other. But to the horses. 



All cooled off well, but more especially Grey Eagle, who 

 appeared not to mind the run a jot. They got, as Clinton 

 remarked, " a capital scrape out of him," and he was " as fine 

 as silk," — in good order for a bruising heat. He extended him- 

 self with a degree of ease in the second heat, and changed his 

 action in a manner that convinced ns that the sweat had relieved 

 him. Wagner, who resembles Boston in many other respects, 

 showed all that placidity and calmness of look and motion which 

 characterizes " the old White-nose." Great odds were offered 

 on him for the race, but small amounts only were staked. Grey 

 Eagle's noble bearing and game-cock look, as he came up to 

 contest in a second heat for the meed of honor and applause, 

 was the theme of universal admiration ; so much so, indeed, that 

 a cargo of laces, gloves, bijouterie, etc., must have been required 

 to pay the wagers made in the Ladies' Pavilion. 



Second Heat. — The tap of the drum sent them away with a 

 beautiful start, Wagner leading off with a steady, business-like 

 stride, while Grey Eagle, as full of game as of beauty, waited 

 upon him close up. It was instantly evident that Mr. Burbridge 

 had changed his tactics ; the moment Stephen got Grey Eagle 

 into straight work on the back side, he made play for the track, 

 and after a terrific burst of speed for one hundred and fifty 

 yards, he came in front ; keeping up his stroke, he soon after 

 made a gap of four lengths, and though Wagner drew upon him 

 a little in coming up the rising ground towards the stand, yet 

 he passed it far enough in advance to warrant the warm and 

 hearty plaudits of his friends. As if insj)irited by the cheers of 

 the crowd, and the tokens of unalloyed gratification exhibited 

 by the galaxy of radiant beauty in the stands. Grey Eagle kept 

 up his murderous rate throughout the entire second mile ; 

 Wagner lay up close, and there was no faltering, no fiinching, 

 no giving back, on the part of either. The stride was over 

 twenty-two feet, perfectly steady, strong, and regular, with no 

 dwelling, no floundering, no laboring. Grey Eagle made the 

 ]-unning to beyond the half-mile post on the third mile, and the 



