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more surprised, one fine afternoon in that same summer of 

 1850 so oftej. already noticed, when, in a mile contest in that 

 stretch of road which lies between Burnham's and Elm 

 Park, the little bay mare beat him to what is called "a 

 stand-still," and deposited her owner in advance of his at 

 Stryker's Bay. This caused the little bay mare to be looked 

 at very closely by everybody on the stoop of the house at 

 Stryker's Bay; and, while the idlers and horse-sharps were 

 descanting on her points, the owners of the respective horses 

 made a match that they should go against each other on 

 the Heel-House Track on the following afternoon. It was a 

 mere road-match, this match between the Waite Pony and 

 the little bay mare, a match of fancy, not of profit ; but, 

 though of this nature, the reputation of the little mare had 

 been growing so rapidly of late that a large number of the 

 habitues of the road were present at the contest. 



The track was a half-mile track, the same that is still 

 attached to the above-named house ; and the race was for a 

 single mile in harness. At starting, the odds were all 

 against the mare: but they changed as soon as she got off; 

 and she won with the greatest ease, and with the power, as 

 was plain to every looker-on, to have reduced the time of 

 the performance by several seconds. As, however, the time 

 was considerably over three minutes, it did not increase the 

 reputation of the mare as much as it discounted her com- 

 petitor. A match was, therefore, soon after made between 

 her and a fine horse known as Vanderburg's gray stallion, 

 for $500 a side, mile heats, the stallion to go to a 2501b. 

 wagon, and the mare to go in harness. This match 

 came off on the Union Course, Long Island, and was easily 

 won in three heats by 'the mare in very handsome time. 



The next exploit of the little bay mare was the winning 

 of a stake, on Sept. 9 of that same year of grace, on 

 the same course, for which she was entered after arriving 

 on the ground. She was not in racing-trim. On the 

 previous day, she had been driven very hard ; and, on coming 



