THE GKEAT MATCH vs. TIME. 



THE SECOND EVENT. 



The Match against Time, which came off over the Metairie 

 Course, New Orleans, is of such an extraordinary character, and 

 so astounding in its result, that we devote to it all the space 

 at our command. That all may be fully " posted up," we give 

 the original challenge from the owner of Lexington, and place 

 on record the whole facts relating to the match 



CHALLENGE FROM LEXINGTON. 



We have great pleasure in giving to the sporting world the 

 subjoined note from the owner of Lexington. 



To THE Editor of the " Spmrr of the Times." — Although the 

 mistake made by the rider of Lexington, in pulling up at the 

 end of three miles, in the recent fast four-mile race at New 

 Orleans, was witnessed by thousands of persons, I believe it has 

 not been referred to in print, except in the last number of your 

 paper. As Lexington will probably follow the fashion in making 

 a foreign tour, I propose the following as his valedictory. I will 

 run him a single four miles over the Metairie Course, at New 

 Orleans, under the rules of the Club, against the fastest time at 

 four miles that has been run in America, for the sum of ten 

 thousand dollars — one fourth forfeit. Two trials to be allowed, 



