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ment, at his own request they relieved him from 

 it, and concluded to put up Stephen Welch again, 

 whose only fault was that there was not enough 

 of him ! 



" The jockeys having received their instructions 

 from the judges, ' mounted in hot haste,' Cato on 

 Wagner, and Stephen Welch on Gray Eagle. 

 The third entry was Messrs. Viley & Ward's 

 Emily Johnson — own sister to Singleton, and 

 half sister to Mistletoe — a four-year-old bay filly 

 by Bertrand, out of Black-eyed Susan. She was 

 not in prime fit, and could not, therefore, live in 

 such a crowd. 



" The Race 



" At the word ' Go ! ' Wagner went off with the 

 lead at about three parts speed, Emily laying 

 second, and all three under a strong pull. Gray 

 Eagle's long, steady stride, after getting into 

 straight work going down the back-stretch, soon 

 brought him up with the field, and opposite the Oak- 

 land House — about three hundred yards beyond 

 the half-mile post — the three were lapped. The 

 pace now improved ; Gray Eagle drew out at the 

 last turn, but Wagner having the inside, and 

 beginning to get warm, made sharp running up 



