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tlierefore make no comparison, but agrees with " A Young 

 Turfman," that the extreme hardness of the track might prevent 

 a horse from fully extending himself; which must have been 

 the case with Lexington yesterday. He lost his left fore plate, 

 and half the right one ; and Gil Patrick, at the drawgates, the 

 last mile, had no little difficulty in keeping him on his course, 

 Lexington making violent efforts to swerve to the right where 

 it was soft and heavy. 



With regard to the time, not a doubt can be entertained, the 

 official being slower than any other. 



Outside, by many experienced timers, it was made in Y.19J. 



T]ie excitement attending the progress of this remarkable 

 race cannot be described. It was intense throughout ; and to 

 those who had no opportunity of taking note of time, Lexing- 

 ton's deceptive, fox-like gait could not have given them hopes 

 of success. The joyousness and hilarity every where visible, 

 which followed the announcement that Lexington was the vic- 

 tor, showed the feeling of the majority of the vast assemblage. 



It must be a source of the highest gratification to the rider 

 of Lexington, that he guided him through his perilous journey 

 Buccessfnlly, despite the prophecies and hopes of defeat that 

 attended him. In this connection we may fearlessly assert, that 

 through a long career of usefulness and success of more than 

 twenty years upon the turf, the name of Gilbert W. Patrick, 

 better known as Gil Patrick, the rider, has never been tainted 

 with even the breath of suspicion, and that the bright escutcheon 

 of his name remains untarnished ; and as this is perhaps his last 

 appearance in public, it is the writer's hearty wish that he may 

 live to enjoy an uninterrupted flow of worldly comfort, and that 

 when death calls him to answer that to which all living must 

 respond, he may be full of years and honor. The names of Gil 

 Patrick and Lexington are inseparably connected with the 

 greatest achievement upon the American Turf. 



That this great race will go down to generations yet unborn, 

 as the fastest ever made, is the honest conviction of the writer. 

 The following is the record. 



Monday, April 2, 1855— Match for $20,000, Lexington to beat the fastest time at four miles, being 



7m. 26s. 

 B. Ten Broeck's b. c. Lexington, by Boston out of Alice Carneal, by imported Sarpedon, 4 years, 



103 pounds— 8 pounds extra. Gil Patrick. Won. 



