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press, in the Senate, and in the army and navy. 

 Senators Clay and Crittenden and Porter were 

 there, and so were Governor Poindexter, Gen- 

 eral Atkinson, Judges Rowan and Woolley, and 

 Letcher and Menifee, and Slidell and Kenner. 



The day was delightful, and the occasion one 

 long to be remembered. As an indication of 

 the strength of the rivalry, it is stated that not 

 a Kentuckian on the ground laid out a dollar on 

 Wagner. Gray Eagle was the champion of the 

 state, and they would not bet against him, even 

 after he had lost the first heat. 



