384 THE TROTTING-HORSE OF AMERICA. 



pretending that there was a race between the stallion and 

 the little horse was now too hroad even for Eoff ; so, witli 

 the amazing coolness which is one of his characteristics, 

 he told the people, before the word was given, that he was 

 not trotting against Dexter. I think this was rather 

 unnecessary, considering that the people of North-western 

 Ohio are commonly accounted as smart as their neigh- 

 bors. This affair at Toledo was on the 28th of September. 

 They went on to Kalamazoo, and trotted for a premium 

 of $2,000, with an extra $500 if Flora Temple's time on 

 that course was beaten. The first heat was slow, 2m. 27s. ; 

 but the second and third were fast, 2m. 21|s., 2m. 21|s. 

 This did not beat Flora's time ; but, as the course was not as 

 good as when she trotted, it was deemed to be a performance 

 of sufficient merit to receive the extra $500. On the 12th 

 of October, they trotted at Wheeling, West Virginia. It 

 was the old ten-times-told tale. Dexter won as he pleased, 

 and the fastest heat was 2m. 26 Js. They now went on to 

 Pittsburg, and appeared with a pacer called Magoozler. The 

 pacer beat Dexter the first heat in 2m. 22|s. ; but the little 

 horse outlasted him, and won the second, third, and fourth 

 heats in 2m. 21|s., 2m. 23|s., 2m. 32s. It was on the 21st 

 of October. After this the horses were brought back to the 

 eastward of the Mountains. 



