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standing that many gentlemen, and particularly 

 Mr. Stevens, the principal in the match on the 

 part of Eclipse — and for aught I know Mr. 

 Purdy himself — insist that the go by was given 

 on the outside. After the heat was over, I found 

 that my friend Mr. M. Buckley, and myself, were 

 far from the only persons that had observed the 

 mode in which Mr. Purdy ran up and took the 

 inside track from his adversary. The circum- 

 stance was in the mouths of hundreds. In cor- 

 roboration of which, I will quote a passage from 

 the New York Evening Post, of May 28, 1823, 

 giving a description of this second heat : — 



" ' Henry took the lead as in the first heat, 

 until about two-thirds around on the third mile, 

 when Purdy seized, with a quickness and dexterity 

 peculiar to himself, the favorable moment that 

 presented, when appearing to aim at the outside, 

 he might gain the inside, made a dash at him 

 accordingly, 2ind passed kim on the left' 



" Here, then, the observations of many, inde- 

 pendent of my friend Mr. M. Buckley or myself, 

 added to the instantaneous and striking remark 

 of Buckley, which did not fail to rivet my peculiar 

 attention, form a wonderful coincidence. Thus 

 circumstanced, and long conversant with turf 



