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both events could be witnessed without any trouble. The 

 ruuning-race came off first ; and, after it was over, the road to 

 the Centreville was as full of carriages and wagons as it 

 could be. There were many thousands of people present 

 when the horses were brought out on the course. Dutch- 

 man was the favorite. He was ridden by William Whelan, 

 and won it in two heats. Lady Slipper was a white mare, 

 about fourteen hands three inches high. George Spicer 

 rode her that day. She was afterwards taken to England, 

 but I do not know what was made of her there. 



The same year, in the fall, Dutchman was entered in 

 a sweepstakes with Lady Warrenton, Teamboat, and Nor- 

 man Leslie, three-mile heats, under saddle. It came olf 

 at Trenton, N. J., and was five hundred dollars each. 

 Lady Warrenton was a white mare from Baltimore, stand 

 ing about fifteen hands high ; and she was a good out. 

 Teamboat was a chestnut gelding, sixteen hands high, and 

 so called because he had been employed in one of the teams 

 that pull the barges along the levels. Norman Leslie was 

 a black gelding, fifteen hands and an inch high. Lady 

 Warrenton won this race ; and it was the first time that 

 Dutchman met with a defeat. In the following week, 

 he was matched with the Lady, three-mile heats, under 

 saddle, over the Hunting-park Course, Philadelphia. In 

 this race, George Spicer rode Dutchman, and beat the mare 

 in tv/o heats. It was a rainy day, and the course was 

 heavy. This made little difference to Dutchman, who was 

 a strong horse, able to go in heavy ground, and keep going 

 with the weights up. He was also a grand horse for all 

 sorts of weather; and, when once in fine condition, would 

 ^cand as much wear and tear, and keep going on, as long as 

 any horse I ever knew, and this when the races were all of 

 long heats. Soon after this race, Dutchman fell lame 

 behind, and was turned out. He ran out for sixteen or 

 eighteen months. When he was taken .up to be put in 

 work again, he came to me ; and this was the beginning of 



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