The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-09-26
Champion Races.

on the Buckeye Course, has the fol
lowing spirited description of two not
ed Lexingtons and their antagonists:
Hitherto the Lexington strain has
been invincible on our continent. For
instance, the sons of Lexington have
not only uniformly proved themselves
winners, North and South, but the sires
of winners. Lexington, the peerless
racer of his day, was the best sen of Bos-
ton, who, in turn, was not only the most
successful winner of his time, but prov
ed himself the most distinguished get
of that splendid race horse Timoleon.
He again descended from Sir Archy,
Justly styled the "Godolphin Arabian of
America" not only because of his IA
nous races, bnt because be became the
progenitor of nearly all the grand rae
ing families in America. His sire came
across the ocean-impOrted "Diomed,"
the winner of the first Derby, in 1880
the finest racer in Sir Charles BnEbury's
stable, in England. "Diomed" won the
proud distinction of being the best son
of the famous "Florizel," and he of the
more famous "King Herod," whose lin
cage can be distinctly traced back to
the finest importations from the Levant.
This unbroken line of horse pedigrees.
more carefully preserved than the Image
of aristocratic families in continental
Europe, and supported by an uninter-
rupted succession of world-renowned
winners, trinmphantly vindicates the
fact that ''blood" in horses, as in man
kind, twill tell"
To sustain the grand reputation of
the royal family above sketched, Lee
Paul and Lancaster, the two sons of
Lexington, are entered for the great
three-mile race of to-day. True to their
illustrious origin they are first-class
race e-horses. They are so closely match
ed IN speed and game that victory will
hover over them both, and finally alight
upon the crest Of that gallant steed
which is brought to the score in the
most perfect condition, and ridden
throughout the race with the most mas
terly Judgment and electric skill. Lee
Paul is the smallest of them all but,
most unquestionably, is the most supe-
rior race-horse of his size, that ever
eclipsed time on q race-course. Our
citizens will recognize him by the marks
of his grand-sire, old Boston, a bald
face, and of his sire Lexington, four
white stockings. No jockey ever be-
strobe d gamer horse. Yet, he comes to
the score as quietly as cold blood but
when the drum taps for the start, he
dashes away with the astounding yelOc-
ity of quarter horse. What is most
remarkable, like Flying Childers, of
Enslis renown, he forces the rate of
ha Cf an1 nlnnnInn
ward and onward for one, two, three
miles without pause, or the slightest in
dication of weariness, he fairly wrings
from his delighted spectators one simnl-
taneous outburst of admiration. We
are quite sure our citizens will cheer
fully accord to him his proud sOWbriguet
of GLORIOUS little Lee Paul"
Last, ard in our opinion, the most
splendid member of the royal family of
blind old Lexington, is Alexander's
Lancaster. He is the highest formed
race-horse in America. A blood bay,
with black points, and ranges in pro-
portion, he stands full sixteen hands
high. His head is as clean as Minso's;
his crest as superb as Gray Eagles; his
chest as deep, with arms displaying as
great wealth of muscle as Glencoe's;
his saddle-place as compact as Austria
lian's his quarters as powerful as Ken
tucky's; his legs broad and HAT, hooks
well let down, with hamstrings and
tendons as beautifully developed as i'm
ported Whips; his disposition as kind
iy tracrable as his grandsire's on the
dams side, old Hedgeford and courage
as invincible as his sire's in his palmiest
days, grand old Lexington. Thus Ian
caster stands out, in our Judgment, par
ercellence in combination OF size, and
power, and beauty and temperament,
the model race-horse in America. Gill
patrick, the veteran rider, claims he is
the only horse he would be afraid of
when mounted on the famous Kentucky
for u four-mile encounter. For his
carriage and performances are fully
equal to the perfection of his symmetry.
When the signal starts him into action
he bounds forward with the inimitable
grace of a gazelle, his head oscillating
! in unison with the motion of his body (;
never laboring, never seeming distress
ed, but with his nice Ideal of perpetu-
al notion" he swings along with pro-
digious stride, and gently steals ahead
of such magnificent racers as Leo Panl,
and comes home the winner OF the last
est two-mile heat ever run, In three
minutes, thirty-fve and quarter sec
onds, Another peculiar charm sur
rounds this splendid race-horse. He
is the last and the most distinguished
of the get of that Incompatible old
mare, Blue Bonnet, famous alike as n
winner and brood hare, under the
nom de plume of the old blue Hen"
With no apology for the confusion of
the figure, we regret that there will
never be another addition to her royal
brood; weighed down with the labors
of ftwenty-eight years, we'll may she
roam at ease over the luxurant fields OF
beautiful Wcodlawn, proud of such IL
lustrious sons as Lightning, and Ihun.
der, and Loadstone, but prouder still OF
the last and noblest of them all-the
Jewel of her family-the superb Lancas-
ter.
Surely here are entries to transport
an English sportsman with delight, or
to fill an Arabian's dream of q perfect
horse. These sons and grand-sons OF
Lexington proudly walk among the IN
Vulnerable race-horses of this continent
as the figures of Achilles and Agamem-
non overtopped the bands of Grecian
heroes. One would think the attempt
to wrest from them the palm of victory
would be as vain task as a single
handed venture to conquer a gronp OF
Iinvincible gladiators. But two horses,
Iboth of different lineage, are on the
grounds, eager for the contest, with q
reasonable show of success-Extra and
Revolver Both claim as proud pedi-
grees and as wonderful performances as
the string of Lexingtons we have
described. Revolver is not only the he
TO of q full mile run, with full weights
up, in the unequaled time of one min
ute, forty -four and a quarter seconds,
beating Gilroy, the famous brother OF
the still more famous Kentucky, but he
derives his origin from the splendid
Virginia-bred horse, Revenue, himself q
successful winner, and the sire of Plan
ct, Fanny Washington and Others, who
made the entire circuit of the Southern
lrace-courses without losing single neat
or race. Revolver should have endur-