THE HORSE, 



BEST PACING IN AMERICA ON RECORD. 



Naive. 



Drover. ... 

 Top Sawyer 

 Oneida Chief. 

 Volcano 

 Billy 



Oneida Chief 

 Oneida Chief. 

 Oneida Chief. 

 Bonny Boy 

 Stranger 



MISCELLANEOUS EXAMPLES OF EXTRAORDINARY PERFORM- 

 ANCES OF AMERICAN TROTTERS. 



On the 21st of October, 1841, a match came off on the Centreville Course, L. I., 

 for $5500, five-mile heats, between Jlmericus, a bay gelding, and Lady Suffolk, sc 

 often named in the preceding tables. Americus won in two heats, and in the follow 

 ing time, believed to be the best on record : 



FIRST HEAT. 



Time of first mile 2.54 



" " second" 2.50 



" " third " 2.46 



" " fourth " 2.4 



" " fifth " 2.44 



Time of first heat . . . 13.58 



SECOND HEAT. 



Time of first mile .2.51 



" " second " 2.50 



" " third " 2.46 



" " fourth " 2.47 



" " fifth " 2.44J 



Time of second heat 13. 58^ 



Topgallant, by Hambletonian, trotted in harness 12 miles in 38 minutes. See 

 Turf Register, vol. 1. p. 124. 



Ten miles have been repeatedly trotted in America within two or three seconds of 

 thirty minutes. 



A roan mare called Yankee. Sal trotted, as has been stated without contradiction, in 

 a match against time, on the Course at Providence, R. I., which was at the time 

 heavy and deep, fifteen miles and a half in 48m., 43s. a rate of speed so pro- 

 digious under the circumstances, that we have often suspected there may have been an 

 error as to the time. 



Lady Kate, a bay mare, 15 hands high, trotted on the Canton Course near Balti- 

 more 16 miles in 56m. 13s., and the reporter adds "she could have done seventeen 

 with ease." 



In October, 1831, Jerry performed 17 miles on the Centreville Course, L. I., in 58 

 minutes under the saddle. 



In September, 1839, Tom Thumb, an American horse, was driven in England 16| 

 miles in 56m. 45s. We shall have more to say of this phenomenon, when we come 

 to his performance of 100 miles. 



In 1836, the grey gelding Mount Holly was backed at $1000 to $500, to trot twenty 

 miles witnin the hour. The attempt was made on the 10th of October, on the Hunt- 

 ing Park Course, Pa., but failed. He performed 17 miles in 53m. 18s., without the 

 least distress. He was miserably jockeyed for the first five miles, doing no one of 

 them in less than five minutes. 



Pelham, a large bay gelding, in a match to go 16 miles within the hour, performed 

 that distance without any training in 58m. 28s. He went in harness seven miles in 

 26m. 29b., ,vhen, the sulkey being badly constructed, he was taken out and saddled, 

 and mounted by Wallace (riding 1601bs. without his saddle) and won his match. 



Paul Pry, a bay gelding, was backed to perform 17f miles within the hour, unde 

 the saddle. On the 9th of November, 1833, on the Union Course, L. I., he won th 

 match, performing 18 miles in 58m. 52s. Hiram Woodruff, weighing then 138lbs., 

 ockeyed hin . Paul Pry was nine years old, bred on Lorg Island, and get bj 

 Holly dam by Hambletonian. 



