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precocious as a youngster. This was unusual 

 with the sons and daughters of Lexington, who, 

 as a rule, wanted age to sustain their remarkable 

 powers. It is altogether probable that he in- 

 herited his early developed qualities from his 

 grandsire Albion, whose offspring were gener- 

 ally smart young things and captured most of 

 the two-year-old events which fell in their way. 

 He had the form of the Albions from the girth 

 back, being unusually round of body, with hoop- 

 like ribs, perhaps slightly light in the flank when 

 in racing form, excellent back and loin, and 

 smooth, well-turned quarters, as finished as an 

 artist's model. His legs were perfect, and he 

 inherited these from both sides. From the girth 

 forward he was the picture of Colonel William 

 R. Johnson's beau ideal of a horse, Sir Archy. 

 His fore feet stood back almost under the girth 

 — so far back that he seemed, to lean over — but 

 his fore legs were strong, his arms broad, with long, 

 smooth muscles bracing them like plates of steel 

 laid one upon another, with that accuracy that 

 nature alone is the author of. The withers were 

 slightly higher than the apex of the loin and 

 croup, and his neck rose beautifully, arched like 

 that of Sir Archy, and the whole contour of his 



