308 THE TROTT1NG-HORSE OF AMERICA. 



These were, in fact, more than half right j for, upon its being 

 measured, it was found necessary to get four feet from the 

 pole to make it a mile ; while our Island tracks all measure 

 a little more than a mile three feet from the pole. There- 

 fore the Kalamazoo Course, at that time, was not as long as 

 the Union or Eclipse Course. Still it was but a trine short. 

 Every track, however, ought to be full measure ; and it is a 

 greatly-mistaken policy to have any course short, be it ever 

 so little. 



