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chestnut gelding Trustee, by imported Trustee, who first 

 trotted twenty miles within an hour in harness. She was 

 herself a chestnut, standing fifteen hands high, and was 

 raised in the State of Maine. Confidence was a handsome 

 bay gelding, fifteen hands high. Of his pedigree nothing 

 definite was known. He was afterwards purchased for Mr 

 Osbaldeston, the " Old Squire " of English sporting hist-^ry, 

 and taken over to that country. Mr. Osbaideston drove 

 Confidence there many years, and trotted him some races. 

 That gentleman had some of the best racers, hunters, and 

 steeple-chasers in England; but, when he wanted first-class 

 trotters, he took good care to send to America for them. 



The sweepstakes race was $1,000 each, two-mile heats, 

 in harness, over the Centreville Course. Joel Conkling 

 drove Dutchman ; Harry Jones, Fanny Pullen ; James M. 

 Hamirdll of Philadelphia, Confidence. The latter was a 

 Philadelphia horse then, being owned by Daniel Daniels 

 of that city. Daniels was called " Deaf Dan " at that time ; 

 and he is the man to whom Dr. Weldon alluded in his 

 famous letter vindicating the probity of turfmen, and insist- 

 ing upon the veracity of trainers. The betting ran very 

 high on the race. The Eastern men backed Fanny Pullen 

 with great spirit. The Philadelphians put up strongly on 

 Confidence. The New-Yorkers stuck to Dutchman, and a 

 very large amount of money changed hands. Dutchman 

 won it in two heats, and Fanny was second, the time being 

 5.17^ and 5.18^. The first heat was the fastest two miles 

 that had been made in harness. Dutchman was in for 

 business now. Only a little time elapsed before he was 

 matched to go four-mile heats under saddle against Lady 

 Slipper. 



It was over the Centreville Course ; and the da}' was that for 

 the great match between the North and the Soutli, m which 

 Jolin Bascomb ran against Postboy, four-mile heats, over 

 the Union Course. The two races attracted immense num- 

 bers of people, for the courses were so near together that 



