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straight side at a tremendous flight of speed ; on making the turn Ripton broke, and 

 lost about fifty yards, and before the mare got out Hiram made up his lost ground, 

 lapt the mare coming down the 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 during each lieat. 



Same Day. — Sweepstakes of $50 each. Mile heats, in harness. 



Henry Jones' gr. g. Grey Eagle H. Jones 1 1 



Mi. Bennett's b. g. Game Chicken 3 2 



Time, 2:56—2:56. 



Thursday, May 12. — Purse $ . Mile heats, best 3 in 5, under the saddle. 



Hiram Woodruff's bl. g. Brandywine //. iVvodruJf 1 1 



Wm. Wheelan's gr. g. Fourth (f July dist 



N. Carroll's gr. m. Hanlz dist, 



Mr. Carll's b. m. Betsey Baker dist 



Time, 2:36. 

 Fourth of July was the favourite at 2 to 1 at the start. Brandywine took the lead 

 and distanced the field the first heat. 



Friday, May 13. — Match for $200, to which the proprietor will add a purse of $50. 

 Two-mile heats, under the saddle. 



Wm. Wheelan's ch. m. Brooklyn Maid Owner 1 1 



A. Conklin's b. g. Homer 2 2 



Time, 5.16—5:22. 



Brooklyn Maid won both heats with ease. 



Same Day. — Purse $ . Mile heats, best 3 in 5, in harness. 



C. Carll's Pocahontas 1 1 1 



J. M. McMann's John Anderson 2 2 2 



Time, 2:50i— 2:49— 2:50^. 



It is not a little singular, that within three weeks after the last mentioned perform- 

 ance, the same paper should have to report another trial between these horses, more 

 extraordinary than either of the previous ones, and which restores to Ripton his su- 

 premacy. 



TROTTING ON THE HUNTING PARK COURSE. 



On Tuesday last a splendid trot came off over the Hunting Park Course, two-mile 

 lieats, between 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. g. liipton Owner 12 1 



David Bryan's gr. m. Lady Suffolk 2 1 2 



Time, 5:07—5:15—5:17. 



The following table has been made with care, and we should despair of command- 

 ing the attention of the reader to the general subject, who will not consider it worthy 

 of insertion. 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. 



HEIGHT OF TROTTING HORSES. 



The annexed list gives the height of many celebrated horses, estimated only, but by 

 two most experienced men, one of whom had groomed or ridden almost every one 

 named, and the other is an old amateur, who has the quickest eye for a horse, and 

 who rode after most of those named, and has seen them all repeatedly. Of the 

 thirty in the list, they differed only about eight, and of these only by one inch, save 

 in a single case. In the ei«;ht cases we have given the estimate of the jockey who 

 had ridden or driven them, and have great faith in its accuracy. 



