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"Lee Axworthy wore an open bridle, plain snaffle and 

 check bit; he went with his head checked just about even 

 with his shoulders. He wore close fitting quarter boots, 

 no toe weights; his front shoes weighed six ounces and were 

 plain with crease in the toe. His hind shoes were 4 ounces 

 in weight each and were swedged. His front toes were 3^/^ 

 inches and his hind toes were 3^ inches." 



The two-minute miles trotted by Lee Axworthy indicates 

 in their fractional time his marvelous speed. For instance 

 in his first assault on the stallion record he trotted the last 

 half in fifty-nine and a half seconds. His Syracuse mile, 

 as already told by Mr. W hite was trotted at the even rate 

 of thirty seconds to every quarter, a superb piece of rating 

 both on the part of the driver as well as the horse. The 

 record mile of 1 :58l4 ^t Lexington was notable for the 

 extreme flight of speed for the first half, which was covered 

 in 581/2 seconds yet the final quarter was done in 30'^4- 

 Great as he proved himself to be in assaults against Father 

 Time those who saw all of his performances will probably 

 agree that he shone with equal splendor at racing. He 

 showed his worth in the M. and M., which he won and it 

 stood out amazingly in his contest with Peter Volo. Though 

 he was beaten the first heat in 2:02 he was fire and sword in 

 the second heat and when he won it in 2:0314 every spectator 

 knew the race was as good as over. Sickness, never ac- 

 counted for, took him out of the fighting arena shortly after 

 his North Randall victory over Peter Volo and no doubt 

 deprived him of piling up a great money-winning score on 

 the Grand Circuit. 



The writer has in mind that he was somewhat inclined 

 to '"wing" with his right foot but he does not recall having 

 noticed this peculiarity of gait when he trotted his two- 

 minute miles. His ability to get away was marvelous and 

 it did not appear that any extra effort on the part of his 

 driver was necessary to get him to leave the wire almost 

 at the speed of a thoroughbred. He was a most beautiful 

 horse and he had all the air of a champion and had about 

 him, in his whole demeanor, that intangible thing which is best 

 known as class. While his record in a race is but 2:031/4 



