IV hen Boston met Fashion 263 



the Times, in a very interesting communication 

 upon the subject of the ancestry, etc., of Boston 

 and Fashion, alludes to a somewhat singular 

 coincidence that Fashion, "the nonpareil of the 

 North," should be the produce of a Virginia- 

 bred mare, as the first Northern champion. 

 Eclipse, was the get of a Virginia-bred horse. 



He adds that " although in starting, in three 

 trainings, seven times, and winning six races, one 

 at four and two at three mile heats, she has 

 proven herself superior in the race to all but 

 one competitor, Tyler (but was beaten by him 

 in four heats, when she w^as clearly out of con- 

 dition), yet she has been beaten twice, the first 

 heat by John Blount, that had triumphed over 

 her only victor in a match. She has acquired 

 more celebrity than Boston or Eclipse at her 

 age, and has already won nearly as many races 

 as the latter. 



" When the Camden and Union courses are 

 compared, as applicable for speed, her last per- 

 formance fully equals, if it does not surpass. 

 Eclipse's vaunted achievement, — two consecu- 

 tive heats, either of them the best on the course, 

 in 7.42 and 7.48, the latter one second better 

 than any second heat that had been run by either 



