CONTENTS. xi 



XII. 



Early Reminiscences. My First Race. My Second. Lady Kate against 

 Time. Paul Pry against Time. The Riders of Thirty Years ago. 

 Requisites of a Good Rider. Drilling Horses. Lady Sefton. . . 121 



XIII. 



Messenger's Son, Topgallant. His Wonderful Endurance. My Uncle, 

 George Woodruff. Topgallant's Race when Twenty-two Years Old. 

 His Race when Twenty-four Years Old. Three-mile Heats. His Race 

 of Three-mile Heats the next Week . . . .128 



XIV. 



The Indian Horse Lylee. Runjeet Singh's Passion for Horses The Bat- 

 tles fought for Lylee. Description of him. Lady Blanche. Awful. 

 His Race with Screwdriver. Blanche, Snowdrop, and Beppo. Death 

 of Blanche. Ajax and Oneida Chief. Their Road-Race to Sleighs. 

 Brown Rattler 135 



XV. 



The Trotter Dutchman. Description of him. Pedigree doubtful. Dutch- 

 man and Locomotive. Dutchman and Yankee Doodle. Dutchman, 

 Fanny Pullen, and Confidence. Dutchman and Lady Slipper. Dutch- 

 man, Lady Warrenton, Teamboat, and Norman Leslie. Dutchman and 

 Greenwich Maid. Dutchman and Washington. Dutchman, Lady Suf- 

 folk, and Rattler. Description of Lady Suffolk and Rattler. . . 142 



XVI. 



Dutchman and Lady Suffolk. Dutchman, Lady Suffolk, Mount Holly, and 

 Harry Bluff. Dutchman and Awful. Dutchman against Time, Three 

 Miles. The Race and Incidents 149 



XVII. 



Dutchman and Washington. Dutchman, Washington, and the Ice Pony. 

 Washington's best Mark. Dutchman and Rifle. Dutchman, Ameri- 

 cus, and Lady Suffolk. A Great Race in a Great Storm. Dutchman, 

 Oneida Chief, and Lady Suffolk. Dutchman's Last Race. His Death. 156 



XVIII. 



Other Performances of Dutchman. Appli cation of Facts to Principles. 

 Dutchman's Steady Improvement. Endurance of Trotters and Run- 

 ning-Horses compared 163 



XIX. 



The Story of Ripton. Description of him. Ripton and Mount Holly. 

 Ripton and Kate Kearney. Peter Whelan and George Youngs. Rip- 

 ton and Don Juan. Necessity of Work and Practice. Ripton, Dutch- 

 man, Confidence, and Spangle. Ripton, Duchess, and Quaker. Ripton 

 and Revenge. Ripton and Lady Suffolk. A Fast, Close Race. . . 171 



