APPENDIX. 



DEXTER IN 1867-68. 



IF the author of the foregoing work had lived another year, he 

 would unquestionably have continued the sketch of Dexter down 

 to the period of that horse's retirement from the public trotting- 

 turf, when he was purchased by Mr. Bonner, in the summer of 

 1867. To supplement that sketch, by a few brief observations 

 upon the most excellent of Dexter's performances in that year, 

 now devolves upon the editor. The horse was wintered at Balti- 

 more, and did well. In the spring of 1867, a challenge was pub- 

 lished in " The Spirit of the Times," from Mr. C. P. Relf, the 

 owner of the celebrated mare Lady Thorn, offering to trot her 

 mile heats, three in five, and two-mile heats in harness, and the 

 same races to wagons, against any horse in the world. The chal- 

 lenge was accepted for Dexter, and the matches were made to trot 

 on the Fashion Course. 



Before these matches came off, Dexter trotted for a purse at 

 Middletown, Orange County, on the 16th of May, against Gold- 

 smith Maid. He beat her very easily ; and this early appearance 

 convinced those who saw him trot that he retained all his speed. 



The matches between Dexter and Lady Thorn were for two 

 thousand dollars each. The first of them, mile heats, three in five, 

 in harness, came off at the Fashion Course on the 28th of May. 



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