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ing world generally, there is no one 'with soul 

 so dead ' as to withhold the expression of their 

 admiration of the gallant gray, and their heartiest 

 wishes for his speedy recovery. 



" Soon after Gray Eagle was stopped, Cato 

 pulled Wagner out of his stride, and galloped 

 him slowly round. The intelligence of the High 

 Mettled Racer was clearly indicated by Wagner's 

 subsequent action; from the head of the stretch 

 home he invariably went at a racing pace, and 

 appeared as if he did not know what was required 

 of him, frequently bursting off in spite of his 

 rider. On the fourth mile, as he passed his own 

 stable, the rubbers and riders standing on its roof 

 gave him a hearty cheer, and the gallant horse 

 broke off, and in spite of Cato's utmost exertions, 

 ran at the very top of his speed for nearly five 

 hundred yards, as if plied with steel and whale- 

 bone the whole way ! We never saw a more mag- 

 nificent exhibition of unflinching game. Even 

 the friends of Gray Eagle forgot their distress 

 for a moment, in doing justice by a cheer to the 

 gallant and victorious champion of Louisiana. 



Recapitulation : — 



" Saturday, October 5. Jockey Club Purse, 

 ^1500, conditions as before, four-mile heats. 



