164 THE TROTTING-HORSE OF AMERICA. 



etc. He was knocked down to me at $1,500. I bought 

 him in under instructions from his owners, Minturn & Co., 

 not to let him go for less than a price they named in con- 

 fidence. 



In July of the following year Dutchman was matched 

 against Awful, three-mile heats in harness, on the Beacon 

 Course. We staked $5,000 for Dutchman against $2,500 

 on the part of Awful. There was a very large attendance, 

 many people having corne on from Philadelphia, Baltimore, 

 Boston, and Providence. Dutchman was the favorite at 100 

 to 40. The strangers took the odds largely: otherwise 

 there would have been but little betting, for the New- York 

 public had a very high opinion of Dutchman. At the start 

 in the first heat, Awful took the lead, and kept a length 

 ahead for half a mile. At the end of the first mile, which 

 was done in 2.34, he was leading half a length. The 

 second mile was 2.35, and Dutchman had established a 

 good lead at the end of it. I pulled him all the way in the 

 third mile ; and he won the heat as he pleased, making that 

 mile in 3.09, the heat in 8.18. The second was a better 

 heat. The first mile 2.47, and the others 2.36 each, making 

 the heat in 7.59. Still, it was quite an easy thing for 

 Dutchman. On the 7th of May, 1840, Dutchman walked 

 over for a purse of $200, two-mile heats in harness, at 

 the Hunting-park Course, Philadelphia. This was while 

 he was in the hands of Mr. Hammil, and before he brought 

 him back to New York. 



I now propose to examine how far the career of Dutch- 

 man on the turf goes to support the principles I ventured 

 to lay down in the early part of this work, when speaking 

 of the treatment and usage I deemed most proper for trot- 

 ting-colts and young trotting-horses. It should be the aim 

 of the breeder and trainer to produce just such horses, 

 except in one particular, which is that of temper. Dutch- 

 man was a little too rough in the stable, and, if not closely 

 watched, was apt to take the jacket off a. man's back at a 



