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THE HORSE. 



On the following Friday, January 13, he ran again for the 

 Jockey Club Purse, for all ages. Three-mile heats. 



1. 1. 



5. 2. 



2. 4. 

 4. 5 



J. 8. Hunter's ch. f. Blonde^ by Glencoe, out of Cherry Elliot, by Wagner, 3 years, 

 D. F. Kenner'sch. c. .4;voM', by Boston, out of Jeanneton, 4 years, . 

 T. B. Goklsby's b. f. Maid ofOrleann, by Bethune, out of Alice Carneal, 4 years, 

 8. M. "Wetniore's b g. Flying Flea, by Grey Eagle, 5 years, .... 

 W. J. Minor's b. h. JencJw, by Imp. Jordan, out of Imp. Britannia, 5 years, 



BECOND HEAT. 



Time of 1st mile, .... 1.56 



2d " 1.56* 



3d «... . 1.59J 



Time of second heat, . . .5.52 



At his next appearance, April 1, 1854, he met Lexington, 

 Lecomte, and Highlander, in the great State Post Stakes, of 

 four-mile heats, which was won by Lexington, Lecomte running 

 second, Highlander distanced in the second. Arrow in the first 

 heat. The ti/ne was very slow — 8.08^, 8.04 — but the course was 

 said to be excessively heavy, which it must have been, to ac- 

 count for the distancing, at such a poor rate of going. 



A few days later, however, he again beat his old adversary, 

 Little Flea, in the Jockey Club Purse, of three-mile heats, Little 

 Flea taking the first heat. Time, 5.33i, 5.36, 5.43^. 



In the next year, 1855, Arrow was used to put Lexington to 

 his speed in the great match won by that horse against Lecomte's 

 time of 7.26, and it is worthy of recollection that Mr. Ten Broeck 

 had declared to start Arrow for the match, in case of Lexington's 

 being amiss. This people did not, at the time, well understand, 

 as he certainly had not then exhibited powers, which would 

 justify the expectation of his beating that hitherto unrivalled 

 time. On the 10th April, however, of the same year, he was to 

 show of what stutf he was made, in the best race of three-mile 

 heats ever run. 



In this race for the Jockey Club Purse for all ages, three- 

 mile heats, he was beaten by Brown Dick, Hornpipe distanced 

 in the second, and Mary Taylor in the first heat, but, as is rarely 

 the case, the defeated horse gained, not lost, laurels by his 

 defeat. The time has never been equalled. 



SECOND HEAT. 



Time of 1st mile. 



1.50* 

 1.48* 

 1.49 



Time of second heat. 



