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Sulphur Reck, Ieb. 22d, 1So6, To the owners of UseAs, alias ToN BENTON

 MEssRsi--I take your banter to run next October. 1 will run my ehesnut colt INDE- pENDENcE, 6y Tom Fletcher, at $500 or 5000 entrance. You have the privilege to choose which amount you please, by giving me notice within sixty days from this date. see in your banter 1t requires three horses or more to make the race, but 1 hope there will be no excuse if the third does not come In, as prefer trying You single handed, and Wll make the amount large enough for you, and then you will have no chance of saying you were double teamed, also discover il your banter, that the owner of Tom tletoh- CT, immediately after the second heat of the last sfaeepstake race that was rgn by Uncas. Tom, and Sir William, bantered to run Tom twenty minutes after against the winning horse, for S500, which was Uncas. The req son, you stated, of not taking the banter, " as, you had sent your horse to the stable-which, say, is not the faet, your horse being on the ground when 1 made 1t. A better reason you ought to have given, but as You did not, will do 1t fer you, which was tlrs-you knew You could not win it. l did the same evening, and all the next day, banter to run Tom any time within ten days, the two mile heats and carry you leo pounds, to catch against lIncas for as much. money as you were willing to bet, and you would not take lie up. If you agree that two horses shall make the race, if the third. horse does not come in, you will please report the race to the President of the Little Rock Jockey Club.

 Yours truly,

 TH0Ss T' ,pIrsTST