The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-02-23

pounds, Nina los. Precisely at tho
appointed hour the horses were led by
the stand, each looking beautiful. Red
1 Eye, as he strobe along. was cheered
| by his friends, while Nina. the grace
| ful, fleet, enduring Nina, received the
| Warnest applause. Lawson, too, was
not without admirers" Betting was
| at It's highest pitch, Red Eye being
favorite. After one or two inefrec-
( tuaI Efforts to start the word was given
and the three bounded forth almost
at the top of their speed, but they had
not gone for when Lawson took the
front position and kept 1t, the speed
being great, Red Eye some three
| lengths in his rear and Nina yet be-
hind him, and thus they go over the
first mile In 1853. In tho second mile
the gait is not decreased. nor positions
changed. the three passing the stand
In 1881. The third mile is now en-
tered, and on bound the trio with cleo
tric velocity. now they are on the
| back stretch; Red Eye cases UP and
with n tremendous brush passes Law
/ son; the stretch il reached, the three
In close company, Red Eye leads by
the stand in 1855, but now comes the
| final trial. The fourth mile is crowd
ed from the start, and though the
horse shows In front his effort To shake
| OH his hatf-sister, proves OF no avail.
| To his skirts she clings with undying
| tenacIty, aud the two come into the
stretch with every nerve strung, the
| mare continually brushing TO lap and
pass her competitor, and he with equal
game doing his best TO maintain his
position to the end. which he did by
half length. making this mile in
1:54h, and the heat in T:4s. Shout at
ter shout announced his victory The
| masses seemed maddened with delight
at the glorious performance: such
time over such II track had not been
anticipated"
! In the second heat Red Eye was laid
by and the battle fought out between
Nina and Lawson, Red Eye trailing all
the way Nina won In 7:i61s.
In the third heat Red Eye getting
| some thirty feet advantage In going
OFF, assumes the lead, takes the track
and with swift, steady stride fairly
flies along. Nina and Lawson lying
close to him throughout the mile which
Is run in l:56h. The second milo is
rather faster than the first, which Is
run in 1:55A, and the third mile is
commenced without relaxation OF
speed, which proves too severe for
Lawson, who drops off. But the horse
and the mare are yet so near that
blanket would cover them. and thus
they cross the score for the third time
In 1:56h. The fourth mile is now be-
gun, the horse and mare are at the
top OF their speed. and though the lady
can reach his skirts she can get no
further See them as they swing into
the quarter stretch. and hear the re-
Spouse OF tho multitude that the old
horse has her. He has drawn clear of
her, hut that is all. Once more she
rallies and reaches his withers, but
the die Is cast. the goal is won. Red
Eye has passed the score length
ahead, making the twelfth mile in 2:o2
and the heat In 7;49.
The editor adds I'VE venture the
prediction that Red Eye has proved
himself better race-horse than his
renowned sire. and that he now stands
n head5and shoulders above every other
animal known to the turf. II we except
his half-sisrer. Nina, who made tho
twelve miles In Mt least ten seconds
less time than he did, although she
was beaten, owing to the simple fact
that he laid by In the second heat,
while she ran nearly every foot of tho
ground from the beginning to the end,
as both Of her competitors ran at her
in turn and kept her to tite mark"
1t Is hard to believe that the horses
OF to-day can accomplish such feats as
these. Note that there Is only three
seconds difference between the last
four miles and the first four. Red Eye
ran twelve races after this, winning
ten, and was then In 1854 sold by Or.
Crouch to Mr.. John D. Alexander, clerk
OF the court of Amherst county, va.
He was retired from the turf and put
in the stud, where his career was not
a brilliant. one, due largely, no doubt,
to the character of the mares In thar
county, where the bluegrass did not
Flourish Some Of his descendants were
Mademoiselle, out Of Queen Victoria;
Minnie Radcliffe Shelar, Mamie Bell,
Passion, Red Eyes. Talma, Waccamaw
and others. He sired no horse of great
renown. and this is the strongest argu-
that his pedigree was not right. When
in the stud he is said to have weighed
1850 pounds. He was certainly very
large horse, OF almost perfect parts.
Mr.. Alexander sold him to some ono
whose name DR.. Crouch could not re-
member, but who took him to ST. Louis.
where lie died of collie in the street
while being exercised III 1869.
DR.. Crouch tells mo that Mr.. Ten
brock took Lexington to tho Union
course, Long Island to beat Red Eye,
but that he paid forfeit. Mr. Bruce
says Lexington was not III tho North
at this time and that therefore he
paid forfeit. hut DR.. Crouch says he
saw him and was in tho stable with
him; that he ran away with his Jockey
the afternoon before and got we'll
this was the alleged cause of his With
drawal don't blame the doctor for
thinking that even Mr.. TenbroaGk, with
Lexington, was afraid of the great Red
Eye, Whatever others may think, I
believe that on the turf he was right
at tho top.