Wagner vs. Gray Eagle 205 



" Monday, September 30, 1839. Sweepstakes for 

 all ages, three-year-olds carrying 86 pounds — 4, 

 100 — 5, 1 10 — 6, 118 — 7 and upwards 124 pounds; 

 mares and geldings allowed 3 pounds. Ten sub- 

 scribers at $2000 each, h. ft., to which the Propri- 

 etor added the Receipts of the stands. Four-mile 

 heats. 



"James S. Garrison's — John Campbell's — ch.h. Wagner, 

 by Sir Charles, out of Maria West, by Marion, 5 yrs., 

 Cato I I 



Oliver & Dickey's — A. L. Shotwell's — gr. c. Gray Eagle, 

 by Woodpecker, out of Ophelia, by Wild Medley, 

 4 yrs., Stephen Welch 22 



Captain Willa Viley's ch. f Queen Mary, by Bertrand, 



dam by Brimmer, 4 yrs 33 



Bradley & Steel's ch. c. Hawk-Eye, by Sir Lovell, out 



of Pressure's dam, by Jenkins' Sir William, 4 yrs. . dist. 

 Time, 7.48 ; 7.44. 



" To say that Wagner was better managed and 

 better jockeyed in this race than Gray Eagle, is 

 to express the opinion of every unprejudiced indi- 

 vidual who had the pleasure of witnessing it. 

 What might have been the result of the race, we 

 cannot pretend to say, but we assert with perfect 

 confidence our belief, that with Gil. Patrick on 

 his back. Gray Eagle would have won the second 

 heat. People differ in opinion, luckily, and were it 



