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The career of Sir Henry was, however, of such 

 brilliancy as to recompense his Virginia and 

 Maryland sympathizers for the anguish of their 

 defeat on the first excursion made North to meet 

 the flower of the Long Island turf. 



After this race the Union Course had a national 

 name where previously its fame had been entirely 

 local, and it was selected as the ground upon 

 which the champions of many years to come 

 were to meet for final decision. Colonel William 

 R. Johnson lived to have many victories upon 

 the old course, and he lived also to experience 

 another killing defeat to the horse which he 

 loved above all others that ever raced in his 

 distinguished name. 



Apropos of Randolph, the Virginia statesman 

 was a careful breeder and one of the most de- 

 voted patrons of the turf. His horses were 

 usually trained and run by his friend, W. R. 

 Johnson. Randolph's peculiarities and sarcastic 

 tongue made him enemies on the turf as well as 

 in political circles. Although he provoked the 

 distinguished Kentuckian, Henry Clay, a patron 

 of the turf like himself, to stand face to face with 

 him in a duelling encounter solely that he might 

 gratify his inordinate greed of notoriety, we can- 



