i6o THE BLUE RIB HON OF THE TURF. 



ridden by EngLi'id's greatest jockey, by r length. The 

 win was a popular one, as Iroquois was seen to have 

 the race in hand. The excited shouts of 100,000 

 persons rent the air ; the cheers resounding again 

 and again as Archer brought his horse into the 

 enclosure : all present seemed highly gratified at the 

 result of the race, and the defeat of those birds of evil- 

 omen which had croaked a few short hours before, as 

 if the disgrace of the gallant American steed was a 

 certainty. 



Some backers of the colt never faltered in their 

 loyalty, the more Iroquois was decried, and his chance 

 made light of, all the readier they seemed to back their 

 opinion with their money. When the horse was seen 

 stripped for the race, all men who could judge saw in 

 a miimcnt that he was as tit as hands could render 

 him, and many of those Avho had hedged their money 

 at a loss because of the evil reports which had been so 

 industriously circulated, would have been glad enough 

 to have again baci^ed him could they have the oppor- 

 tunity ; but, alas ! it was too late ; they were wedged in 

 the dense mass of people who filled the stand, and had 

 no alternative but to patiently wait and see Iroquois 

 credit Brother Jonathan with his first St, Leger. 

 During all that took place the quiet confidence of 

 Jacob Pincus never faltered. Some persons were so 

 bold as to suggest that he miglit have been bought by 

 'the enemy,' but Jacob went on with his training dudes, 

 heeding not the idle rumours ; and who will say that 

 his reward was not a great one, as he proudly led the 

 steed into the paddock after the supreme excitement 

 of witnessing the race had been endured ? 



