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then 138 lbs. jockeyed him. Paul Pry was nine 

 years old, bred on Long Island, and got by 

 Alouut Holly, dam by Hanibletonian. 



In 1831, Chancellor, a grey gelding, ridden 

 by a small boy, performed 32 miles on the Hunt- 

 ing Park Course, Pa., in 1 hour, o8m. 31s. The 

 last mile, to save a bet, \vas trotted in 3m. 7s. 



In October of the same year, George Wood- 

 ruff drove Whalebone, on the same Course, the 

 same distance in 1 hour, 58m. Ss. He com- 

 menced the match in a light sulkey, which 

 broke Aowa on the I4th mile, and was replaced 

 by one much heavier. This Course is fifty feet 

 inore than a mile in the saddle track, and much 

 more than that in the harness track. 



On the nth of September, 1839, Mr. Mo- 

 Mann's bay mare. Empress, on the Beacon 

 Course, in a match against time, S600 a side, 

 performed in harness 33 miles in 1 hour, 58m. 

 55s. 



The Amei-icaii horse i?a«Zer was ridden by 

 Mr. Osbaldi.stone in England, in a match against 

 Driver, 34 miles in 2 hours, 18m. 56s. — Mr. Os- 

 baldistone rode 125 lbs. ; Rattler was 15J hands 

 high. 



In July, 1835, Black Joke was driven in a 

 match against time, on the Course at Providence, 

 R. I.. 50 miles in 3 hours, 57s. 



A grey roadster is reported to have performed 

 the same distance on tlie Hunting Park Course, 

 Pa., in 3 hours, 40m. It was a private match. 



A grey mare. Mischief, by Mount Holly, out 

 of a Messenger mare, 8 years old, in July, 1837, 

 performed about 84 J miles in 8 hours, 30m. in 

 harness, on the road ti^om Jersey City to Phila- 

 delphia. The owner would not allow^ a whip 

 to be used. The day was excessively -wann, 

 and the mare lost her match (to perform 90 miles 

 in 10 hours) through the stupidity of a groom 

 who dashed a pail of water over her with a 

 view of cooling her. 



Tom Thumb, before mentioned, performed 

 on 2d Febi-uaiy, 1829, on Sunbury Common, 

 England, 100 miles in 10 hours, 7m. in harness. 

 He was driven by \Villiam Haggerty (weighing 

 over 140 lbs.) in a match-cart weighing 108 lbs. 

 This performance, so extraordinarj-, demands 

 more than a passing notice, and ■we accordingly 

 abridge from an English paper the foUowiug 

 deacription : 



" Tom Thumb \vas brought from beyond the 

 Mis-souri, and is reported to have been an Indian 

 pony, caught wild and tamed. Others again 

 allowing him to have been thus domesticated, 

 think him to have been not the full-bred wild 

 horse of the ^Vestem prairies, but to have had 

 some cross of higher and purer blood. But too 

 little is known of his breeding, saving his Wes- 

 tern origin, to justify any satisfactory speculation. 

 "His bight was 14^ hands, and his appear- 

 ance, when standing still, rough and uncouth. 

 From his birth, he had never been shorn of a 

 hair. He was an animal of remarkable hardi- 

 hood, a hearty feeder, and though accustomed to 

 rough usage, was free from vice, playful and 

 good-tempered. He was eleven years old when 

 he performed his match, and had never had a 

 day's illness. At full speed his action was par- 

 ticularly beautiful — he threw his fore-legs well 

 out, and brought up his quarters in good style ; 

 he trotted square, though rather %vide behind, 

 and low. He was driven without a bearing 

 rein, which is going out of use in England, 

 and simply v^ith a snaffle-bit and martin- 

 gale. He pulled extremely hard — his head 

 beinii, in consequence, well up and close to his 

 " (I'-^O) 



neck, and his mouth wide open. He did his 

 work with great ease to himself, and at 11 miles 

 the hour, seemed to be only playing, while 

 horses accompanying labored hard. 



" The whole time allowed for refreshments da- 

 ring his great performance, amounted to but 37 

 minutes, including taking out and putting to 

 the cart, taking off and putting on the harness, 

 feeding, rubbing do\\-n and stalling. The day 

 before and the day after the match, he walked 

 fuU twenty miles. His jockey provided himself 

 with a whip, but made no use of it iu driving 

 him ; a slight kick on the hind-quarters was 

 quite sufficient to increase his speed when 

 necessary." 



In February, 1828, a pair of horses trotted 

 against time 100 miles on the Jamaica turnpike, 

 on Long Island, and won in 11 hours, 54m. 



CENTREVILLE, L. I. 



Tuesday, May 10, 1842 Purse $300. Two-mile 



heats, in harness. 



D. Bryan's gr. m. Lady Suffolk Owner 1 1 



H. Woodruff's br. g. Ripton 2 2 



Time, 5.10—5.15. 



Wonders will never cease — the grey mare 

 has proved the better horse, and no mistake. — 

 No longer ago than last Saturday, Ripton popt 

 it to the mare and Confidence, over the Beacon 

 Course, in the quick time of S.IO^ — 5.12^. 



On tlie present occasion, Ripton ^va3 the fa- 

 vorite at 100 to 70. At the start they went off 

 ^vell together, at the top of their rate, making 

 play from the score : on reaching the first turn, 

 Ripton broke, and tlie mare took the lead by 

 several lengths, going finely. Hiram made sev- 

 eral efforts to make up his loss, but all was of 

 no avail ; the mare kept snugly to her work, 

 and led throughout the heat, making the quick 

 time of 5-10. 



Second Heat. — They both cooled off well, 

 and came up ripe for mischief. They got off 

 well together at a flight of speed ; Ripton broke, 

 as usual, on the first turn, and lost several lengths, 

 the mnre taking the lead. Hiram got Ripton 

 snugly to his work again, and caught the mare 

 in the last quarter of the firpt mile, both coming 

 down the straight side at a tremendous flight of 

 speed ; on making tlie turn, Ripton broke, and 

 lost about fifty yards ; and before the mare got 

 out, Hiram made up his lost ground, lapt the 

 mare comins? do^^^l tlie quarter stretch, but was 

 unable to win the heat, for Hiram had taken the 

 kink out of his horse to make up the lost ground. 

 Ripton was very restless, and broke several 

 times dming each heat 



HUNTING PARK COURSE. 



On Tuesday last, a splendid trot came off over 

 the Hunting Park Course, two-mile heat.s, be- 

 tween Ripton and Lady Suffolk, in which they 

 made the best time on record at this distance, in 

 harness. Hiram Woodruff on Ripton won the 

 last heat by six inches only ! 



Hiram Woodruff's br. (r. Ripton Owner 12 1 



Da\'id Brjan'a gr. m. Lady Suffolk 2 1 2 



Tune, 5.07—5.15—5.17. 



The following table has been made with care. 

 It will be seen that while, in this list of about 

 thirty gi'eat performers, not one is over 16 hands, 

 only two are under 15. 



USUAL HIGHT OF TROTTING-HORSES. 



The annexed list gives the hight of many cel- 

 ebrated horses, estimated only, but by two most 



