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by N'orfolk, a half-brother, who was shortly after- 

 w^ard transported to the Pacific slope ; however, this 

 defeat was to be attributed to (as I have been in- 

 formed by a most reliable person) being out of con- 

 dition. He is also a son of Lexington, and therefoi'e 

 claims relationship to Boston and Imp. Glencoe, 

 ancestors to whom he truly does no discredit. I 

 have seen Kentucky run several times, but always 

 w^as he so immensely superior to his antagonists, that 

 the race was quite one-sided. At Saratoga, I believe, 

 on one occasion, his jockey pricked him, but I much 

 doubt if such was necessary. 



Lexington I have frequently mentioned ; I much 

 reoTct that I for^'et his o'enealoojical tree. As a sire 

 and race-horse, his superior in the Western hemisphere 

 was never produced. One performance was his run- 

 ning at the Great State Race onMetaire course, New 

 Orleans, a four-mile-heat race, in which one of the 

 heats w^as made in Y minutes 19f seconds — a perform- 

 an(*e his owner might well be proud of — for I can 

 iind no record of its being excelled ; and it must be 

 remembered that American time is always correctly 

 taken by reliable persons, and publislied at the end 

 of each heat or race. Lexington still lives, and is 

 the sire of numerous progeny, many of whom I know, 



