THE HORSE IN AMERICA 



Edwin Forrest, black gelding 1838 2 . 36^ 



Dutchman, bay gelding 1839 2 . 32 



Lady Suffolk, gray mare 1845 2.29J 



Pelham (converted pacer), bay gelding 1849 2.28 



Highland Maid (converted pacer), bay mare. 1853 2 . 27 



Flora Temple, bay mare 1856 2 . 24 J 



Flora Temple, bay mare ,. . 1859 2. 19J 



Dexter, brown gelding 1867 2.17} 



Goldsmith Maid, bay mare 1871 2. 17 



Goldsmith Maid, bay mare 1874 2 . 14 



Rarus, bay gelding 1878 2. 13} 



St. Julien, bay gelding 1879 2. 12f 



Maud S., chestnut mare 1880 2. lOf 



Maud S., chestnut mare 1881 2.10} 



Jay-eye-See, black gelding 1884 2 . 10 



Maud S., chestnut mare 1884 2 . 09} 



Maud S., chestnut mare 1885 2.08f 



Sunol, bay mare 1891 2 . 08} 



Nancy Hanks, brown mare 1892 2 . 04 



Alix, bay mare 1894 2.03J 



The Abbot, bay gelding 1900 2.03} 



Cresceus, chestnut horse 1901 2 . 02} 



Lou Dillon, chestnut mare 1903 1 . 58J 



This table shows that three minutes was re- 

 duced in forty-one years to two minutes and 

 twenty seconds that is in that time forty sec- 

 onds were lopped off the record. It took forty- 

 four years to take off the next twenty seconds. In 



