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BOARD OP AGRICULTURE. 



[Jan., 



Table of Best Records. 



- 2.59 



- 2.58^ 



- 3.00 



- 2.40 



- 2.34 



- 2.32 



- 2.31i 



- 2.28 



- 2.26^ 



- 2.26 



- 2.25^ 



- 2.2^ 

 ■ 2.19| 



- 2.18i 



- 2.18 



- 2.171 



- 2.17 



- 2.161 



- 2.14 



- 2.13^ 



- 2.12| 



- 2.101 



- 2.10i- 



The following " Table; showing number of horses, with their rec- 

 ords,'' (page 240) shows at a glance the number of fast trot- 

 ters which have trotted with the several records since 1843, 

 when we first began to have a 2.30 class. In explanation of ■ 

 this table, I will say that from 1873 on, I have used the figures 

 given by others, only the arrangement and collation is mine. 

 For the figures from 1843 to 1871 inclusive, I am responsible. 

 The first list of 2.30 horses known to me, appeared in The 

 Turf, Field, and Farm, vol. XVI, p. 117 (February 21, 1873). 

 A writer over the signature of "Ajax" published a list of 323 

 names, with their best records, arranged in the order of the 

 records. This list must have cost him much labor, but being 

 the first of its kind, and from the intrinsic difficulties of the case, 

 it was very imperfect, so much so that I do not here use the 

 figures. But it was a beginning which "Ajax," and others later 



