62 THE HORSE. 



From the above it will be seen that the averaije time of the 2d heat was 2:36 and 

 two-thirds of a second per mile, and that of the four heats 2:40 and five-sixths of a 

 second. 



A trreat number of people were assembled to witness the match, and we were struck 

 withUie nnmbcr of gentlemen in attendance. Everyone seemed delighted, and as 

 they will no doubt be induced to turn out on any similar occasion, the match cannot 

 fail to e.xercise a salutary and beneficiiil influence upon our "Associations for the 

 Improvement of Road Horses." In closinn- our account, we must not omit to speak 

 of the admirable condition in which Woodruff and W'heelan brought their horses to 

 the post; thty jockeyed tht-m, too, " like a knife," displaying the most consummate 

 skill and judgment; a superior exhibition of horsemanship has not been seen here 

 since the day Purdy stripped to throw a leg over the saddle of old Eclipse. 



From the same paper we compile a report of the match against time which came 

 off in the following year, 1839. 



This match, for .'jtiiOOO a side, vs. time, was made on the 11th July, on the evening 

 of the day on which Dutchman beat Awful, three-mile heats, in harness, in a match 

 of !s.3{)06 vs. !j;2.5()0. The backers of time staked their money against Dutchman's 

 trottmg three miles in 7:49. He was allowed to perform the match in harness or 

 under the saddle — to make two trials if necessary, and to have two hours intermission 

 between them ; the match was appointed to come oft' on the 1st day of August, pro- 

 vided the weather and track were unexceptionable ; weight according to the rules of 

 the course, or 145 lbs. 



Fortunately the track was in pretty good order, though dusty; the weather all day 

 had been excessively warm, but as the match came off late in the afternoon, the air 

 was cooler and more bracing. After being walked for some time up and down in 

 front of the stand in his match cart, witii his hood and sheet on, he was taken ouc of 

 harness and groomed; at a quarter to seven o'clock, was led to the judges' stand; 

 and Hiram Woodruff, coming out of the weighing-room, threw his leg over the 

 saddle. A fine thorough-bred grey mare was also mounted at the same time by Isaac 

 Woodruff to keep him company, and at a steady racing pace. The .Judge and the 

 two official Timers now selected a third, who having taken his place in their stand, the 

 horses were called up. Dutchman was the favourite at odds. 



The race. — At precisely 10 minutes to 7 o'clock the signal was given, and Dutch- 

 man went off with a long, clean stroke, that kept the mare up to tlire« parts racing 

 speed; Dutchman went to the quarter mile post in 40 seconds, an<i did the 1st half 

 mile in 1:17^^; the mare was not allowed to psiss him, but was kept well up; in com- 

 ing down the quarter-stretch Dutchman pulled to the mare, doing the 1st mile in 2:34^. 

 At the stand Hirarn told her rider to '■'go along,^'' and as she locked him, old Dutch- 

 man, like a trump as he is, made a tremendous burst, doing the 1st quarter of the 2d 

 mile in 38 seconds, and the half mile in 1:15. Going down the backside Hiram bade 

 Isaac ''■let the mare out" and so immense was Dutchman's rate for a few hundred 

 yards, that it seemed as if the mare could not have passed had she fried. From the 

 half mile po-t to the stand there was no faltering, and but little filling off in the pace, 

 the mile being done in 2:28 — the best time on record. Dutchman was kept at his 

 work from the stand, and came to the quarter mile post on the 3d mile in 39 seconds, 

 and to the half mile post in 1:1G, which showed a falling off but of a second from the 

 time of Ihf previous 1st quarter and 1st half mile. Hiram feeling confident now that 

 ne had won the match, and all bets against time, came home at an easier pace, finish- 

 ing the tiiird and last mile in 2:30, having performed the last two miles in 4:.58, and 

 the heat in 7:32.1 — bfing sixteen and a half seconds inside of his time. 



Dutchman, in tliis match, has made the best time on record, at one, two, and three 

 miles. He was in superb condition, and never broke up from tiie start to the end, 

 we need hardly add, he was jockeyed most admirably. \Ve add, for convenience of 

 reference, a summary of this wonderful performance : — 



Thursday, Au<r. 1, 1^39 — ^latch, -$1000 a side, Dutchman vs. Time — Three miles 

 in 7:19, in harness or under the saddle; weight 14.5 lbs. 



Won by Messrs. 's b. g. Dutchman. . . .ridden by Hiram W'oodruff, as follows.' — 



First mile, 2:3U— Second, 2:28— Third, 2:30— Time of the three miles, 7:32*. 



