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business. Instead of allowing him to go forw-ard and ent out 

 the work, Grey Eagle should have been laid quietly behind, 

 with a steady, bracing pull, until within the distance stand, 

 and then pulled out, and made to win if he could. That was 

 his only chance ; tiring down Wagner is like tiring down a lo- 

 comotive. 



We must here break off, but not without remarking that 

 after being weighed, Cato was put up again on Wagner, and 

 with the stakes in his hand — $14,000 ! — he promenaded in front 

 of the stand, preceded by a band of music, playing " Old Yiv- 

 ginny never tire.^^ In bringing our report of this memorable 

 race to a conclusion, we must not neglect to record the gratify- 

 ing fact, that notwithstanding the immense throng of spectators 

 on the ground, and the peculiar excitement of the occasion, 

 not a solitary circumstance occurred calculated for a moment 

 to interrupt the harmony and general good feeling which pre- 

 vailed on all hands. 



We have not room to give the details of the running on the 

 intermediate days of the meeting. Suffice to say that the tine 

 Medoc tilly Cub, won the Post stake for 3 yrs. olds, in 3.45^ — ■ 

 3.44; — that the Woodpecker colt Ralph won the three-mile 

 purse cleverly, in 5.50 each heat ; — that the Eclipse mare Mis- 

 souri won tlie Oakland Plate, two-mile heats, in 3.50 — 3.44 — 

 3.50 ; — and that several other exhibitions of beauty, game, and 

 speed, were given during the week. The first race between 

 Wagner and Grey Eagle came off on Monday; on Saturday 

 they again came out for the Jockey Club purse of $1,500, four- 

 mile heats. Throughout the week the weather had been de- 

 lightful, and the attendance good enough to realize $15,000 to 

 the spirited proprietor ; but on this day there was an immense 

 gathering from far and near, and the sun never shone out on a 

 more lovel}^ morning. The attraction, it must be confessed, 

 could not have been surpassed — Wagner and Gi'ey Eagle were 

 again to come together! After their race on Monday, both par- 

 ties immediately interested were willing to draw off their forces 

 and enjoy an honorable armistice until next spring ; but the in- 

 terference and misrepresentation of sanguine friends ultimately 

 broke off the truce existing between them, and the high con- 

 tracting parties set about prosecuting the war with greater zeal 



