I4^hen Boston met Fashion 269 



" We should not have been surprised to have seen 

 both swell over the loins, nor to have found them 

 greatly distressed. We examined them carefully 

 after the heat, and state with great pleasure that 

 though they ' blowed strong ' they recovered in a 

 few minutes, and came to the post again com- 

 paratively fresh. 



" After the heat was over, the crowd rushed into 

 the enclosed space, en masse; an endeavor was 

 made to clear a portion of the track of the multi- 

 tude who had taken possession of it, and after 

 great exertions a line was formed, through which 

 the horses came up for the second heat. 



" Second heat. Fashion led off with a moderate 

 stroke, and carried on the running down the back- 

 stretch with a lead of about three lengths. After 

 making the ascent of the hill, Boston challenged, 

 closed the gap, and lapped her. A tremendous 

 shout arose on all hands at this rally, and as it 

 subsided on the part of Boston's friends it was 

 again more tumultuously caught up by the friends 

 of the mare, as she outfooted him before reaching 

 the head of the quarter-stretch. She came through 

 (in 1.59) three or four lengths ahead, and kept up 

 her rate down the entire straight stretch on the 

 rear of the course. 



