AEEOW'S THREE-MILE HEATS. 341 



Those wlio witnessed this race assert that Arrow was not, at 

 the close of the second heat, above half a second behind. One 

 second would have raised the time of the heat of three miles to 

 5m. 29s. It is also asserted that no one, who saw this horse 

 during the race and after its conclusion, entertained the least 

 doubt of his ability to run a fourth mile in Im. 56fs., and it 

 would seem that there can be no reason to doubt it, since he had 

 already run six miles, the slowest in Im. 51f s., and had mended 

 his time in the latter miles. Had he made it in Im. 56|s., he 

 would, it seems, have won the time match by J of a second, and 

 thus justified Mr. Ten Broeck's opinion ; but probably he would 

 have won it by much more than that, as there is no reason why 

 he should fall off T| seconds in his last mile. 



On the same course once more, however, after losing four- 

 mile heats to him in T.55| — 7.56f, he gained his greatest glory, 

 by defeating Lecomte himself for the Jockey Club Purse, of 

 three-mile heats, Lecomte taking the first heat in 6.00, and 

 Arrow the second and the third in 5.59 — 6.03. 



It is to be presumed, however, that Mr. Ten Broeck holds 

 Lecomte still, in spite of his defeat, the better horse, since he, 

 and not Arrow, is the file-leader of his string on his English 

 exj) edition. 



His race of April 9, 1854, is thus narrated in the 'New Or- 

 leans Picayune. 



THE BEST THREE-MILE RACE EVER RUN. 



Yesterday being the last day of the Metairie Jockey Club 

 meeting, and a day of recreation to many who are usually en- 

 gaged in business, there was a very large attendance at the 

 course. The fame of the two horses that were to contend for 

 the club purse of $1,000, at three-mile heats, was well known, 

 and a fast race was confidently anticipated. Arrow having run 

 a four-mile dash in Y.39, on the 6tli of January last, finishing 

 the last mile in a gallop, and Little Flea having, on Wednesday 

 last, run and saved her distance against the fleet Blonde, who 

 made the then fastest three-mile race on record, viz. — 5.36i and 

 5.34, all gave token that if both of them were "right," time 

 would be literally used up. 



The betting before the start was in favor of Aitow, at odds 



