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the three-quarters she came to a dead standstill and Ten 

 Broeck romped in a winner. The mare was led over to the 

 stable, and for several hours a veterinary worked with her 

 before he was able to say her life was saved. 



The great race run by Lexington at Lexington, Ken. 

 tucky, in 1853, should not be omitted while we are on the 

 subject. In the Phoenix Hotel stakes he met Vandal, 

 Garret Davis, Wild Irishman, Madonna, Fannie Fern and 

 others of similar class. He won the first heat easily. Be- 

 fore the next heat he ran off and ran one and three-quarter 

 miles, but, in spite of this mishap, he stepped in and won the 

 succeeding heat. The importance of this race will be 

 understood when it is known that every one of the other 

 horses engaged in the contest afterward was distinguished as 

 a race horse. 



During the same week Lexington met Midway and de- 

 feated her in two straight heats. Afterw^ard he was pur- 

 chased by Captain William Viley, Richard Ten Broeck and 

 Junius Ward. They sent him to New Orleans, where he 

 won the State Stakes from Le Compte, Highlander and 

 Rube. He was afterward beaten by Le Compte, because 

 he was pulled up at the end of three miles by the jockey 

 through a mistake. Le Compte went on and opened a big 

 gap. Lexington was unable to make it up later. This heat 

 was run in 7:26, the best that had ever been run up to this 

 time. 



In the following year T. W. Doswell, through John Minor 

 Botts, bet $20,000 with Richard Ten Broeck that his horse 

 Lexington could not beat 7:26, the time in which he had been 

 beaten by Le Compte. Mr. Ten Broeck won his wager, and 

 his horse covered the distance in 7:19^. Four horses 

 were started with him to regulate the pace, one in each 

 mile. Men with flags were stationed at each quarter pole 

 around the track to show the jockey just how fast he was 

 going and how to limit the pace. 



A reason why the merits of this horse have been dis- 

 cussed at such length is that he was equally successful in the 

 stud. All the great Leamingtons, with the exception of 

 Longfellow and Rhadamanthus, were out of Lexington 

 mares. Aristides, Enquirer, Hyder Ali, Nettie Norton and a 

 host of others assisted in perpetuating the fame of the great 



