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mark that day at seven minutes twenty-seven seconds, 

 I am confident that I allow him quite time enough. The 

 truth is, that he was a most extraordinary horse. There 

 have been many trotters that could go as fast for a little 

 way ; but the beauty of Dutchman was, that he could go 

 fast and go all day. To beat the time he actually made 

 would be easy enough to a fast horse of good bottom ; but 

 to beat the mark I have set as that of which he was capa- 

 ble, and I know I am inside the truth, would not be so 

 easy. It is, however, never to be lost sight of, that the 

 tendency of things ever since Dutchman's day has been 

 towards increased speed. There has been a general set of 

 the current in that direction ; and horses that are compara- 

 tively at a stand-still as regards other horses of their own 

 day have, nevertheless, advanced in regard to time and the 

 dead. 



