64 THE HORSE IN AMERICA 



starter after his contest with Leeompte at New 

 Orleans. Mr. Ten Broeck and Mr. A. J. Alex- 

 ander meeting in England, where Mr. Alexander 

 had gone in search of a stallion for Woodburn, a 

 bargain was struck and Lexington changed hands 

 for $15,000. There never was a horse in Ken- 

 tucky, or in the world for that matter, that was 

 held in such esteem as was Lexington. The feel- 

 ing for him was actually one of reverence. I re- 

 member being taken to see him when I was a 

 boy by my father. We felt and acted as though 

 we were visiting a shrine. When the sightless 

 veteran was brought from his box it was the most 

 natural thing in the world for us to remove our 

 hats. A few years before I had been taken to the 

 White House to see Mr. Lincoln. Upon my word 

 Lexington to me at the time seemed the greater 

 and more impressive of the two. 



This best four-mile record of Lexington lasted 

 for nineteen years, when one-quarter of a second 

 was clipped from it at Saratoga by Fellowcraft, 

 a colt by imported Australian out of Aerolite, a 

 daughter of Lexington. This only lasted two 

 years, when at Louisville it was beaten by Ten 



