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heels in the accident referred to, rendered her appre'ie/asive, 

 wild, and flighty ; and it was found necessary to take her 

 out of training, and put her on the road. In that position 

 she remained till the following summer (1852), when her 

 owner, finding that she had regained her confidence and 

 steadiness again by beating with great ease the bay mare 

 Philadelphia Sal round the Red-House Track for a stake 

 of $200, made a match against Young Dutchman, for $250 

 a side, mile heats, best three in five, in harness, to come 

 off on the Union Course, on Kov. 10. Though this 

 match excited considerable interest, there was nothing about 

 it to particularize. The mare won in three heats, placing 

 herself indisputably "well up " among the first-class horses 

 by recording the time at 2.40, 2.39, and 2.36. She was then 

 taken out of training, and put in winter quarters at Jamaica, 

 L.I. ; and, as we have given her an opportunity to express 

 herself in thought once or twice before, we may be allowed 

 to imagine, that, when she left the course at the close of the 

 last contest, she might have meant to say, in her low neigh 

 of triumph, "Little as I am, I am now mistress of the 

 trotting-course, and let no one henceforth value me at less 

 than $2,000!" 



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