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back to the cantle of the saddle, stuck his feet 

 forward bv way of bracins^ himself with the aid 

 of the stirrups, and in this style he was belabor- 

 ing his horse, going in the last quarter. Buckley 

 exclaimed, — and well he might. — * Good G — d, 

 look at Billy ! ' 



" From this place to the winning post, Eclipse 

 gained but a few feet, Henry coming in ahead 

 about a length in the clear. The shortest time 

 of this heat, as returned by the judges on the 

 stand, was 7 minutes, 37^ seconds. Many 

 watches, and mine — which was held by a gen- 

 tleman on the stand — among others, made it 7 

 minutes, 40 seconds ; and this time the Southern 

 gentlemen reported. 



" I pushed immediately up to the winning post, 

 in order to view the situation of the respective 

 horses, after this very trying and severe heat ; for 

 it was in fact running the whole four miles. Sir 

 Henry was less distressed than I expected to find 

 him ; Eclipse also bore it well, but of the two he 

 appeared the most jaded ; the injudicious manner 

 in which he had been ridden had certainly an- 

 noyed and unnecessarily distressed him ; the cause 

 of his throwing out his tail, and flirting it up and 

 down, as already observed, was now apparent. 



