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round ; they then ran locked for a mile. At the 

 commencement of the third round, Aratus seemed 

 to have the advantage of a stride or two; but 

 within three hundred yards of the coming-in 

 chair, Bertrand rallied all his energies, made a 

 final effort, and won the heat dy a head, amid 

 the deafening acclamations of the crowd. 



The first heat was run in 5 minutes 47 seconds ; 

 the second heat in 5 minutes 48 seconds ; the 

 third heat in 5 minutes 54 seconds; and the 

 fourth heat in 5 minutes 53 seconds. 



Now, to have owned such a horse as Bertrand 

 was glory enough, it will be thought, perhaps, for 

 one man in a lifetime; but to illustrate the dif- 

 ference in the estimated value of blood stock in 

 those days and at the present time, notwithstand- 

 ing the unrivalled performance of Bertrand, he 

 was sold in 1826 for the paltry sum of $3250. 

 Even this amount was at first thought exorbitant. 

 It was only after much deliberation and calcula- 

 tion, and consultation with friends, and haggling 

 as to the price, and a journey to and from Ken- 

 tucky, that Mr. Lindsay, the purchaser, was 

 brought to give even $3250 for him. Later, it 

 was said of Colonel Spann that, to the day of his 

 death, he never forgave himself for dispossessing 



