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Jced, most of the people thought that it was a real cflbrt and fail- 

 ure. After being scraped and cooled out, Dexter was again liar* 

 nessed, and brought on the course at four o'clock. With him there 

 came Ben Mace and the thoroughbred mure Charlotte F, 

 who had aided Ethan Allen at Morristown. She was under sad- 

 dle, Mace riding ; and it was his office to lay at Dexter's quarters, 

 to keep up his emulation and determination to conquer. A little 

 jog or two, and then the trotter in harness, and the runner under 

 saddle, went up the stretch, and came along for the word. As 

 Dexter was seen to be going very square and well, it was given. 

 The pace was fast. He trotted the first quarter in 33^s., made the 

 half-mile in Im. 07s., and came home in 2m. 17ls., in good whid, 

 and with a stroke of commanding power. This performance 

 capped the clhnax of Ids fame, so far as public trotting in races is 

 concerned. The sale to Mr. Bonner was made known, and also 

 the condition that Dexter was not to be delivered until after he 

 had fulfilled an existing engagement at Chicago. The price was 

 thirty-three thousand dollars ; and considering the income he had 

 earned, and might have continued to earn, by trotting in public, 

 Dexter was one of the cheapest horses that ever was sold. lie 

 was not only a means of wealth, but of distinction, to Mr. Fawcett. 

 Although the time Dexter made at Buffalo, 2m. 1 7|s., capped 

 the climax r)f his fame, it was not the full measure of his capacity. 

 He had steadily improved up to that date, and there is no rea- 

 son to believe that he then attained the greatest excellence of 

 wliich he was capable. He Aa.s improved since he came into the 

 possession of Mr. Bonner ; and facts warrant the belief, that he 

 will some day, when he is at the pitch of condition, and other 

 things are favorable, trot a mile in harness several seconds faster 

 than 2m. 1 7|s. In estimating his present powers, it is material to 

 consider the fact that the Buffalo Course Avas slow when Dexter 

 made his flist time there. During that week many fast horses 

 trotted over it, and only one of theii made a heat as fast as 2m. 

 30s. It has since been drained, and otherwise improved, and is 



