XVIII. 



Other Performances of Dutchman. Application of facts to Principles. 

 Dutchman's steady Improvement. Endurance of Trotters and Run 

 ning-Horses compared. 



I FIND, on referring to some old documents, that I have 

 omitted three races in the career of Dutchman ; and 

 these I now propose to add to his history. It would not 

 much matter if I let it go as it was ; for I am not pretending 

 to write a complete register of the races in which the 

 horses I refer to were engaged, hut merely give my recol- 

 lections of the events prominent in my memory, and, for 

 that reason, most likely to be interesting and useful to the 

 general reader. But the memory once aroused, the chain 

 becomes more complete, link by link ; and, as I peruse the 

 result of my labors on the printed page, it often occurs to 

 me, that something has escaped me which I can supply. 

 Thus it came into my head, that, besides the races between 

 Dutchman and Battler of which I have spoken, there was 

 another ; and going over the piles of papers and odd matters 

 in my possession, respecting the events of many bygone 

 years, I find that Dutchman and Rattler trotted three-mile 

 heats under saddle on the Beacon Course, New Jersey, in 

 October, 1838. It was for a purse of $300, free for all. 

 Battler was distanced in the first heat in 8m. Ols. 

 Dutchman was the favorite at the start at 2 to 1, his con- 

 dition being superior to that of Battler. Besides that, the 

 course was heavy, which suited Dutchman better than it 

 did Battler. Before the trot came off, Dutchman was put 

 up at auction with his traps a sulky, blankets, harness, 



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