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better order for safety and for time we think we 

 may assert. The writer of this was not present 

 when Lexington and Lecompte met last spring, 

 and can therefore make no comparison, but 

 agrees with ' A Young Turfman ' that the ex- 

 treme hardness of the track might prevent a 

 horse from fully extending himself, which must 

 have been the case with Lexington yesterday. 



" He lost his fore plate and half the right hind 

 one, and Gil Patrick, at the draw-gates the last 

 mile, had no little difficulty in keeping him on 

 his course, Lexington making violent efforts to 

 swerve to the right, where it was soft and heavy. 



" With regard to the time, not a doubt can be 

 entertained, the official being slower than any 

 other. Outside, by many experienced timers, 

 it was made 7. 19 J. 



" The excitement attending the progress of this 

 remarkable race cannot be described. It was 

 intense throughout, and to those who had no 

 opportunity of taking note of time, Lexington's 

 deceptive, foxlike gait could not have given them 

 hopes of success. The joyousness and hilarity 

 everywhere visible, which followed the announce- 

 ment that Lexington was the victor, showed the 

 feeling of the majority of the vast assemblage. 



