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manner, and was won by Sir Archy with apparent 

 ease, in 8.00. 



The next morning Sir Archy was purchased 

 by Allen J. Davie for ^5000, and announced as a 

 stallion. Sir Archy made five seasons as the 

 property of Allen J. Davie. 



The retirement of Sir Archy would not have 

 occurred so early in his career had it not been 

 that there was no horse of the time which had 

 speed and strength enough to compete with him 

 at a distance of four miles, or four-mile heats. 

 After this race, in which he disposed of the claims 

 of the Carolina horse Blank, Colonel Johnson, a 

 true sportsman, offered to run him against any 

 horse in America, four-mile heats, for ^5000 a 

 side. None were found to take up the gage 

 thrown to them, and it was for that reason that 

 Colonel Johnson parted with him and allowed 

 him to pass, thus in the height of his career, for 

 service in the stud. 



In fact. Blank was the only horse then living 

 in America who was thought to have any chance 

 with Sir Archy at all. Blank was regarded as a 

 horse of great bottom, but he had not Sir Archy's 

 speed. There is no doubt that he suffered much 

 ill effect from his attempt to make Sir Archy run 



