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guine hopes, and they were prepared to back him to " the 

 size of their pile." And well did that noble son of a worthy 

 sire justify the high opinion of his friends — a small circle, it is 

 true, but they were stanch and true ; and when it came to 

 " putting np the mopusses," there were enough of them to " suit 

 customers " and no mistake ! The friends of Grey Eagle had 

 every reason to be proud of the first performance of their 

 horse, and they were so. He was the first discoverer of " the 

 Forties " in a four-mile race, ever bred in Kentucky, and he had 

 explored the degrees of pace to the latitude of 44, below the 

 Equator ! All this he had done as an untried four-year-old, 

 and if his friends backed him with less confidence now, it was 

 on account of the severe race he had made five days previous. 

 He was in fine health, and his look and action indicated all the 

 spirit and courage of a game-cock, but it was thought physical- 

 ly impossible for him to make such another race as his first in 

 the same week. The betting consequently settled down at two 

 and three to one on "Wagner. 



It will naturally be supposed that the rumor of a second four- 

 mile race between these two cracks, attracted an immense crowd 

 of spectators. Many persons came down from Cincinnati, while 

 the citizens of Lexington, Frankfort, Georgetown, and the circle 

 of towns for fifty miles about Louisville, turned out in great 

 numbers. Again the city was crowded, and on the morning of 

 the race every carriage and horse in town was in requisition. 

 Many were glad to get out to the course and call it " riding," 

 when jolting along in a bone-setter, compared with which rid- 

 ing on a white-oak rail would be fun ! Again the ladies turned 

 out en tnasse, to grace the scene with their radiant beauty, and 

 " lend enchantment to the view " of the race — and themselves. 



The jockeys having received their instructions from the 

 judges, " mounted in hot haste," Cato on Wagner, and Stephen 

 Welch on Grey Eagle. The third entry was Messrs. Viley & 

 Ward's Emily Johnson — own sister to Singleton, and half sister 

 to Mistletoe — a four-year-old bay filly by Bertrand, out of 

 Black-eyed Susan. She was not in prime fit, and could not, 

 therefore, live in such a crowd. 



