02 THE HORSE. 



From th& above it will be seen that the average time of the 2d heat was 2:36 anc 

 two-thirds of a second per mile, and that of the four heats 2:40 and five-sixths of a 

 second. 



A great number of people were assembled to witness the match, and we were struck 

 tvith the number of gentlemen in attendance. Every one seemed delighted, and as 

 they will no doubt be induced to turn out on any similar occasion, the match cannot 

 fail to exercise a salutary and beneficial influence upon our "Associations for the 

 Improvement of Road Horses." In closing our account, we must not omit to speak 

 of the admirable condition in which Woodruff and Wheelan brought their horses to 

 the post; they jockeyed them, too, "like a knife," displaying the most consummate 

 skill and judgment ; a superior exhibition of horsemanship has not been seen here 

 since the day PURDY stripped to throw a leg over the saddle of old Eclipse. 



From the same paper we compile a report of the match against time which came 

 off in the following year, 1839. 



This match, for $1000 a side, vs. time, was made on the llth July, on the evening 

 of the day on which Dutchman beat Awful, three-mile heats, in harness, in a match 

 of $5000 vs. $2500. The backers of time staked their money against Dutchman's 

 trotting three miles in 7:49. He was allowed to perform the match in harness OT 

 under the saddle to make two trials if necessary, and to have two hours intermission 

 between them ; the match was appointed to come off on the 1st day of August, pro- 

 vided the weather and track were unexceptionable ; weight according to the rules of 

 the course, or 145 Ibs. 



Fortunately the track was in pretty good order, though dusty ; the weather all day 

 had been excessively warm, but as the match came off late in the afternoon, the ail 

 was cooler and more bracing. After being walked for some time up and down in 

 front of the stand in his match cart, with his hood and sheet on, he was taken out ol 

 harness and groomed; at a quarter to seven o'clock, was led to the judges' stand, 

 and HIRAM WOODRUFF, coming out of the weighing-room, threw his leg over the 

 saddle. A fine thorough-bred grey mare was also mounted at the same time by Isaac 

 Woodruff to keep him company, and at a steady racing pace. The Judge and the 

 two official Timers now selected a third, who having taken his place in their stand, the 

 horses were called up. Dutchman was the favourite at odds. 



The race. At precisely 10 minutes to 7 o'clock the signal was given, and Dutch- 

 man went off with a long, clean stroke, that kept the mare up to three parts racing 

 speed ; Dutchman went to the quarter mile post in 40 seconds, and did the 1st half 

 mile in 1:17; the mare was not allowed to pass him, but was kept well up; in com. 

 ing down the quarter-stretch Dutchman pulled to the mare, doing the 1st mile in 2:34 

 At the stand Hiram told her rider to "go along' 1 and as she locked him, old Dutch- 

 man, like a trump as he is, made a tremendous burst, doing the 1st quarter of the 2d 

 mile in 38 seconds, and the half mile in 1:15. Going down the backside Hiram bade 

 Isaac "let the mare out," and so immense was Dutchman's rate for a few hundred 

 yards, that it seemed as if the mare could not have passed had she tried. From the 

 half mile post to the stand there was no faltering, and but little falling off in the pace, 

 the mile being done in 2:28 the best time on record. Dutchman was kept at his 

 work from the stand, and came to the quarter mile post on the 3d mile in 39 seconds, 

 and to the half mile post in 1:16, which showed a falling off but of a second from the 

 time of the previous 1st quarter and 1st half mile. Hiram feeling confident now that 

 ne had won the match, and all bets against time, came home at an easier pace, finish- 

 ing the third and last mile in 2:30, having performed the last two miles in 4:58, and 

 the heat in 7:32| being sixteen and a half seconds inside of his time. 



Dutchman, in this match, has made the best time on record, at one, two, and three 

 miles. He was in superb condition, and never broke up from the start to the end, 

 we need hardly add, he was jockeyed most admirably. We add, for convenience of 

 -eference, a summary of this wonderful performance : 



THURSDAY, Aug. 1, 1839 Match, $1000 a side, Dutchman vs. Time Three mile, 

 in 7:^9, in harness or under the saddle; weight 145 Ibs. 



Won by Messrs. 's b. g. Dutchman ridden by Hiram Woodruff, as follows > 



First mile, 2:34^ Second, 2:28 Third, 2:30 Time of the three miles, 7:32*. 



