The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-08

~ =. 7-is'S-s''S self, character
| lied as immortal by the ablest turf writ
ers Of this country; so was Lexington.
! son Of Boston. Lexington was a rich bay
| horse. nearly sixteen hands high. foaled
in 1850. the property If Or. Warfield OF
| Lexington, Ky, who bred him and his
| dam also Sired by Boston, dam Alice
| Carneal. by imported Sarpedon, grand
dam Rowena. by Sumpter, great grand
| dam Lady Gray, by Robin Gray. tracing
| thence through many generations 10 the
| imported mare. Old Diamond Called
| Duchess}. by Jack of Diamonds. Both
| Old Diamond and Jack Of Diamonds were
| gotten by the Cullen Arabian, and brought
| to Virginia before the Revolutionary war
| by Colonel Spotswood. Alice Carneal,
| the dam Of Lexington, did not start in
! public till she was five years old. Her
turf career continued for three years,
| during which she started in eight races.
! winning two, one of which was a race OF
| four heats. two miles each. She was
mare Of exceedingly high nervous tenn
! permanent, which united her 70 a great
extent for the race course. though In
| private trials at home DIR. Warfeld con-
| sidered her the best horse he had ever
| bred. At eight years old she was retired
| 10 the breeding ranks. and in addition to
| Lexington produced Miss Trustee, by i'm
| ported Trustee; Fance and Grey Alice,
| by Chorlster: Didle, subsequently called
! Maid of Orleans who won some thirty
| out of forty races. Among others of Alice
| Carneals produce was Rescue, by Ber-
| thune. Rescue produced by imported
| Australian the fine race horses Abd-el-
| Koree and Abd-el Kader. The latter was
| owned and kept for stud purposes during
a number Of years at Bullfcld, in'Hanover
| county. Va. by the late Major Thomas
| w. boswell, whose property he died.
| Lexington made his first appearance on
| the turf at the Lexington. Ky. spring
/ meeting in 1853, under the name of barley.
I'm a stake race. mile heats, which he
won. Three days later at the same place
| he won a twO-mile heat race, when he
| was purchase by the celebrated turfman,
| Mr.. Richard Ten Brock, who had de-
| tected the latent powers Of the colt In
| his maiden race. and was convinced that
| In him he had secured wonderful race
/ horse.
| After being transferred TO the stable OF
his new owner his name was changed TO
| Lexington. SO confident was Mr.. Ten
| Brock Of his extraordinary capacity as
| a race horse that he did not hesitate to
match him in his three-yearold form
against the famous four-year-old Sally
| Waters, by Imported Glencoe out OF
| Maria Black. by Filiho da Puta, then
| considered invincible over a distance OF
| ground. The party owning the hily put
| up S. 900 to Mr. Ten Broeck's $500 for
| race Of three mile heats. The contest was
| decided over the Mefairie course at New
| Orleans. Lexington won the hrst heat
with ease in 7.2i l-2, distancing the 1ly
| in the same time In the second heat His
| next engagement was in the three-year old
| stakes Mt New Orleans January Z. 1854,
| two-miie heats. in which he paid for
| felt. as ne was entered in the Great
State Post Stake" for all ages, TO be
run over the Metairie course April l, 1854.
| In this stake, ridden by Henry Meichon,
| he represented Kentucky, while Le-
compte. By Boston, out Of Reel, ridden
| by Abe appeared as the champion Of
| Mississippi. Highlander. by imported
| Glencoe, out OF Castanet, represented
! Alabama and Arrow, by Boston, out or
| fe4nneftau. with fitzpatrick up, carried
! the Louisiana colors. The course was
| heavy. but all kinds Of tracks were alike
| TO Lexington, who won the race In two
heats. time sos "a and S:04 Lecompte
being second in both While Arrow was
| distanced in the first heat and High
lander in the second. He next met his
great rival, Lecompte, seven days after
| ward, when they came together on the
same couse for the Club Purse" OF 5000
four-mile heats. Judge Hunters Reube'
| by imported Trustee out Of Minstrel. also
starting 1t was now that Lexington en-
counter ed his ole soitary defeat DUNG
| his turf career FOR Lecompte. who car
ried three pounds over weight. beat him
i'm two heats, time 7:26 and 1888 81, the
| time OF the first heat being the tastes
then on record Reube being distanced in
the second heat Mr.. Ten Brock was SO
| satisfied Of LeXngtOns ability 10 beat
the time made by Lecompte that he
offered TO match either against that
| horse or his record of 7:26. After some
| negotiation match was made for $4,000
Lexington to beat the fastest time at
| four miles being 1926. over the Metairie
course ut New Orleans. Major Thomas
". Boswell of Virginia, backing time.
| The contest came off on Monday. April
?, 1859, Lexington carrying l05 pounds, or
three pounds over weight, with fitzpatrick
| In the saddle The track had been spe-
cially prepared for the effort, and the
great son Of Boston and Alice Carneal
was given the advantage Of a running
start The first mile was run In l:4I II,
the second in l:52 Ia, the third in 1:5l IL
and the fourth In 1i3 3d. total, 7:l9 81.
This record remained unequaied and un-
approached for nineteen years. I'll beaten
I'm August, 1874, at Saratoga, n. y, by
FellOwcraft, his own grandson. Three
weeks afterward, on April a. 1870, Lex
ington again encountered his old rival,
Iccompte. again, for the Club Purse" OF
81 900, with an inside purse OF $500 each,
four mile heats over the same classic
course. and now Lexington obtained
decisive victory, winning the first heat
in 7:23 81 after which Lecompte was
drawn. This was LeXingtOn's last race
on the turf. his future brilliant honors
having 10 be gained on the stud, as sub
sequent developments show
Soon after his last race with Lecompte,
Lexington broke down and was with
drawn from the turf by Mr.. Ten Brock
and placed in the stud He made the sea-
son of 1855 at Mr.. w. F. Harper's, in
Woodford county. Ky. limited to thirty
mares NJ one Hundred dollars each, pay
able before the mare was served The
season of 1886 was made at the came place
and on the same terms. During tho month
of June. 1856, the late r. \. Alexander
went 10 Europe IN company with Mr..
Nelson Dudley. Of Fayette county. Ky,
TO purchase a stallion. While there they
secured Scythian and then bought Lex
ington of Mr.. Ten Brock. who was then
i'm England, the stipulated price being
SIS. 900. Of which one-half was paid at the
time, the balance being due II the stall
lion was alive on Mr.. A1eXanders arrival
in America, when Lexington was trans
ferred to the far famed WOODBURY. Stud
Farm, at Spring Station. Woodford
county. Ky. where he remained to the
time OF his death on July !. 1910. Great as
was the career of the mighty bay son OF
Boston and Alice Carnial on the turf II
was surpassed In brillancy by his sue
cess in the stud. The sum paid for him
by Mr. Alexander was considered an ex-
orbitant one at the time. but that gen
tieman declared that ne would sooner
or later obtain a larger sum Of one Of his
colts than was raid for Lexington him