The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-12-18

gentle way "Yes, sir, you have fast horse, but myself and friends have fifty thousand dollars to say that Boston is better"s Big horse. big man. No higher combination on this sporting earth of ours Peace!
 Sons of Boston.
 Leaving behind us Boston of glorious memories. we find along the long line of brilliant turf celebrities but one race horse between him and the present time a gap of sixty years-which so far out olassed others of his day as to be hailed champion by undivided popular acclaim. And he has carried on the princely line of Domed. He was, without rivalry or detraction, the mightiest son of Boston he ran such races as his great sire had run-faster races. He was the great son of Boston. just as Boston was the great son of Timoleon, the great son of Sir Archie, and he, the kingly son of Diomed who came in direct line from the loins of that great little horse that charged the legions at the Battle of the Boyne and came to be known in the thoroughbred world as the Byerly Turk
 The name of this great horse which succeeded to the fame of Boston was
 
 dam was Alice Carneal a daughter of imported Savpedon. His only rival worthy of the name was his half brother, Lecompte. which was sired by Boston. and had for his queenly mother the truly great mare. Reel. the best daughter of imported Glencoe. And this was an era of great race horses. Reel was one of the best race mares this earth ever pro- duced. She was just such a four mile
 THfV4ar ayf .aaIr a mile and a half phenomenon. And you boys all know what that means. Salvador couldn't take Firenzis meas ure when she was in shape. Such a mare as Reel, at the court of such a horse as Boston, was portentious; a race horse of resources was to be born. And so he was-Lecompte
 Lexington and Lecompte.
 These mighty equine gladiators. sons of immortal Boston, first looked into each others eyes on the first day of April, 1854, at New Orleans. It was grand interstate occasion. known in racing annals as the Great Post State Stakes From the land of the blue grass came Lexington, son of Boston and Alice Carneal living the proud colors of Ken lucky; Alabama sent Highlander, called the best son of imported Glencoe; Mis- sissipp relied on the prowess of Arrow, another son of Boston. and Louisiana's 8 oolors were carried by the idol of the Creole heart-Lecompte son of Boston and queeniy Reel.
 Lexington won this race in straight -four miles)heats, Lecompte was second, Highlander distanced in second heat, and Arrow was behind the red flag in the first heat.
 The intensity of feeling in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana was apparent to all observers. Their idol had been thrown down from it's lofty pedestal but rot in disgrace, for he had made a brave hght-almost a fierce fight, for suprem- acy with his bay brother. It was the great stake race which brought on such intense feelings of rivalry that a match between the two klngy brothers resulted, one week later on April s, at four mile heats, and Lecompte was the Victor in the worlds record time, 7Z6. which was the occasion, long historic, of M. Danton calling across Royal street to M Pla- luin. "C'est Magnifique." Louisiana was avenged. But it was the only defeat Lexington ever met with during his life Then came the challenge from the loyal Kentucldans. and the match against time for s2O,O00, that Lexington could lower Lecompte's 7:26. Lexington accomplished the arduous task in 7:19s4, l which stood as a worlds record twenty one years.
 The Crescent City" was proud of Lexington's achievement, but the friends of Lecompte were very far from his superiority over their chestnut colt from up Red river way. and on the 24th of April the Louisiana Jockey club offered a purse which brought the Titans together in their last Heath struggle New Orleans was the most brilliant racing city in the world. md its people and throngs of gay vis- tors were now to see the mightiest l