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making every exertion with both spur and whip to 

 get Eclipse forward, and scored him sorely, both 

 before and behind the girths; at this moment 

 Eclipse threw his tail into the air, and flirted it 

 up and down, after the manner of a tired horse, 

 or one in distress and great pain ; and John 

 Buckley, the jockey, and present trainer, whom 

 I kept stationed by my side, observed, ' Eclipse is 

 done.' 



" When they passed me about the commence- 

 ment of the stretch, seventy to eighty rods from 

 home, the space between them was about sixteen 

 feet, or a full length and a half in the clear. 

 Here the rider of Henry turned his head round, 

 and took a view for an instant of his adversary ; 

 Walden used neither whip nor spur; but main- 

 tained a hard and steady pull, under which his 

 horse appeared accustomed to run. Crafts con- 

 tinued to make free use of the whip; his right 

 hand in so doing was necessarily disengaged 

 from the bridle, his arm often raised high in 

 air, his body thrown abroad, and his seat loose 

 and unsteady; not having strength to hold and 

 gather his horse with one hand and at the same 

 time keep his proper position ; in order to acquire 

 a greater purchase, he had thrown his body quite 



