CHAPTER XIV 



WHEN boston's BEST SONS MET 



Like many others of the great mares of the 

 turf, Fashion, although given good opportunities, 

 utterly failed to distinguish herself as a produc- 

 ing animal, and she is now remembered only as 

 the mare that could beat Boston. 



Boston, on the contrary, left a heritage of blood 

 which is still a compelling and conquering line 

 upon the American turf. After he was retired to 

 the stud he begot sons and daughters that ran 

 the greatest races of their day, as he ran the 

 greatest of his day. Remarkable as Sir Archy 

 was as a sire, Boston, his grandson, was perhaps 

 more remarkable. The honor was given to him 

 of having two of his sons face each other in 

 a series of contests which are among the most 

 splendid parts of the history of the turf of this 

 land. Those were the races which were run be- 

 tween Lexington and Lecompte, over the famous 

 Metairie Course at New Orleans. Quite a rac- 

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