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Wellesley Boy with a record of 2:26 reduced it 

 to 2:1914. 



Pocahontas for whom I gave more money than any 

 other horse ever purchased except Maud S. and Sunol 

 had a record of 2:36 when I bought her. I have 

 timed her since in 2:16%. 



Startle for whom I paid $20,000 when he was a 

 three-year-old had a record of 2 :36. He "trained on" 

 with only my road driving to trot publicly in 2:19% 

 without having been even one night out of my city 

 stable. He was the first horse to turn Fleetwood 

 track in 2:19. 



Maud Macey had a record of 2:27% when I bought 

 her. She was the first horse to trot in 2:17 on the 

 exercising track on my farrii. She has since trotted 

 in 2:16%. 



Manetta when I bought her had trotted in 2:42 

 for Mr. Alexander of Kentucky. John Murphy after- 

 wards drove her in 2:16^4 on my track. 



Lucy Cuyler had trotted for Col. West of Ken- 

 tucky in 2:29 when I bought her. Subsequently she 

 was timed in 2:151/2 to wagon on my track, half a 

 mile to a top wagon in 1:05, the fastest time ever 

 made in that way of going. 



I could give many instances of horses training 

 while in my possession, but I will content myself 

 with one more. 



In 1860 I bought from Mr. Johnson, the Baltimore 

 banker, the well known mare Peerless. At that time 

 she trotted a mile in 2:28 to wagon and was being 

 trained by the great driver, Hiram Woodruff. I took 



