268 THK HORSE. 



has been placed iu a situation by some of the friends of Grey 

 Eagle that loaves no alternative." 



The article just quoted made its appearance in the '' Journal " 

 on the morning of the second race, which we are about to de- 

 scribe ; but the friends of Grey Eagle were prepared to see it. 

 If we are not very much mistaken, it was read to its owner, as 

 it was to several of his friends, two days before its publication, 

 but was delayed in the hope that Grey Eagle's friends would 

 contradict the statement alluded to. In the mean time both 

 horses were got in order to make another race. We saw both 

 immediately after their first race, and on the following morn- 

 ing ; both recovered well, and Grey Eagle especially so, exhib- 

 iting very little stiffness or soreness. They improved from that 

 time up to Saturday morning, and we never saw two high-met- 

 tled racers in finer condition than they were when stripped to 

 run their second race. 



In anticipation of a race, which, for severity and interest, 

 would throw their first in the shade, both parties were wide 

 awake to secure every honorable advantage within their reach. 

 Wagner's rider, Cato, had become free about the time of the 

 first race ; if he rode the second as well as he did the first, 

 many were the odd twenties and fifties he was promised. Ste- 

 phen Welch, Grey Eagle's jockey in his first race, weighing 

 but 82 lbs., the managers of the horse endeavored to find a 

 rider nearer up to his proper weight, 100 lbs. The only one 

 on the ground preferable to their own, was Mr. McCargo's 

 Archer, a very capital rider, with a good seat, a steady hand, 

 and a cool head. Mr. McCargo having no interest whatever in 

 the race, at once placed Archer's services at the disj)osal of 

 Grey Eagle's friends ; but as his doing so might possibly place 

 him in a position of great delicacy and embarrassment, at his 

 own request they relieved him from it, and concluded to put up 

 Stephen Welch again, whose only fault was that there was not 

 enough of him ! 



After the i-ac-i- <>ii Monday, the topic of conversation in 

 every circle was the prospect of a second one between the 

 rival champions. The Wagner party were not anxious for a 

 race, but they would not avoid one ; their horse had not only 

 realized their expectations, but had exceeded their most san- 



