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the Epsom Gold Cup, running the distance of 

 two miles and a half with 125 pounds on him, and 

 beating Alchemist and Primrose. The excite- 

 ment on this side of the water among turfmen 

 was intense when this horse was running so suc- 

 cessfully abroad. He made for himself an undy- 

 ing name through his English accomplishments. 



Parole was by that same imported Leamington 

 which had sired Longfellow and others, and his 

 dam was Maiden, a daughter of our Lexington. 

 You may see how the blood of the blind hero of 

 Woodburn was still marching along in whatever 

 combination it was put. 



Following immediately after these, came a 

 horse of marked excellence called Luke Black- 

 burn. He was bred in Tennessee and was by 

 imported Bonnie Scotland out of another of 

 those remarkable daughters of Lexington called 

 Nevada. Luke Blackburn saw the light in 1877. 

 He raced for three years, and he beat every good 

 one of his time. In one season, that is, in 1880, 

 he started in twenty-four races and won twenty- 

 two of them. So game and determined a race- 

 horse was he that a full but condensed statement 

 of his accomplishments can be given here without 

 its becoming tiresome to the reader. 



