1G4 THE TKOTTINo nonSE OF AMEBIC A. 



etc. He was knocked down to me at Slj^OO. I bought 

 him in under instructions from his owners, Minturn & Co., 

 not to let him go for less than a price they named in con- 

 fidence. 



In July of the following year Dutchman was matched 

 against Awful, three-mile heats in harness, on the Beacon 

 Course. We staked $5,000 for Dutchman against $2,500 

 OD the part of Awful. There was a very large attendance, 

 many people having come on from Philadelpliia, Baltimore, 

 Boston, and Providence. Dutchman was the favorite at 100 

 to 40. The strangers took the odds largely : otherwise 

 there would have been but little betting, for the New- York 

 public had a very high opinion of Dutchman. At the start 

 in the first heat. Awful took the lead, and kept a length 

 ahead for half a mile. At the end of the first mile, which 

 was done in 2.34, he was leading half a length. The 

 second mile was 2.35, and Dutchman had established a 

 good lead at the end of it. I pulled him all the way in the 

 third mile ; and he won the heat as he pleased, making that 

 mile in 3.09, the heat in 8.18. The second was a better 

 heat. The first mile 2.47, and the others 2.36 each, making 

 the heat in 7.59. Still, it was quite an easy thing for 

 Dutchman. On the 7th of Ma}^, 1840, Dutchman walked 

 over for a purse of $200, two-mile heats in harness, at 

 the Hunting-park Course, Philadelphia. This was while 

 he was in the hands of Mr. Hammil, and before he brought 

 him back to New York. 



I now propose to examine how far the career of Dutch- 

 man on the turf goes to support the principles I ventured 

 to lay down in the early part of this work, when speaking 

 of the treatment and usage I deemed most proper for trot- 

 ting-colts and young trotting-horses. It should be the aim 

 of the breeder and trainer to produce just such horses, 

 except in one particular, which is that of temper. Dutch- 

 man was a little too rough in the stable, and, if not closely 

 ivatched, was apt to take the jacket ofi" a man's back at a 



