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The fastest running time on record, for a single 

 mile, was made at Cincinnati, by Legal Tender in 1 

 min. 44 sec. The best time ever made in England 

 is 1.39, made by Gladiator. It is said that Bay 

 Middleton ran the same mile in 1.60, but there is no 

 record of such time. 



Brown Dick made the best time for three mile 

 heats, in 5.28. 



Pocahontas paced a full mile in 2.17 1-2, which 

 is the best time on record. 



The greatest performance in double harness, on 

 record, a 2. 12 gait to road wagon. Lady Palmer 

 and Flatbush Mare, driven by their owner, Mr. 

 Bonner, taken out of his stable untrained, to a road 

 wagon, in public. May 10th, 1862, one mile in 2.26 ; 

 May 13th, two miles in 5.01 1-2, the second quarter 

 of the second mile in 83 seconds, being a 2.12 gait 

 to a road wagon. 



Since the writing of this book. Flora Temple's 

 time has been beaten. Dexter in his great match 

 against time on the fashion course, October 10th, 

 1865, trotted a mile under the saddle in the unparal- 

 leled time of 2.18 1-5. 



