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edge, she is almost deer-like in appearance, and when scoring for a start and 

 alive to the emergencies of the race, with her great flashing eye and dilated 

 nostrils, she is a perfect picture of animation and living beauty. Her gait 

 is long, bold and sweeping, and she is, in the hands of a driver acquainted 

 with her peculiarities, a perfect piece of machinery. She seldom makes an 

 out-and-out break, but frequently makes a skij}, and has been accused of 

 losing nothing in either case. Aside from the distinction of having trotted 

 the fastest mile on record, she also enjoys the honor of making the fastest 

 three consecutive heats ever won in a race, which renders any comments 

 upon her staying qualities unnecessary. 



She continued on the turf until past twenty years old, and after 

 completing that age she closed her public career with the year 1877 

 by trotting during that year forty-one heats in 2:30 or better, and 

 makino- a time record of 2:144-. Her record stands at the close of 

 her career at 2:14, with 332 heats in 2:30 or better. Her record and 

 her career are the marvel of the age. 



MAJOR EDSALL. 



This stallion was foaled in 1859. He has been owned in Ulster 

 county, New York. He trotted two heats in 2:30 or better, and made 

 a record of 2:29. He is now nineteen years old, and has no produce 

 to add to the renow-n or swell the list of credits that follow the name 

 of his sire. Has dam was a Star mare. Was this the reason? 



wood's hambletoxian. 



This stallion is a roan, and was foaled in 1858; his dam said to have 

 been a Morgan mare. He is owned at Knoxville, Tioga county. Pa.,, 

 by Messrs. W. C & J. Wood. He has to his credit Billy Ray, record 

 of 2:23f, and 3 heats; Blue Mare, 2:23, and 14 heats; Kilburn Jim> 

 2:23, and 12 heats; Nancy Hackett, 2:27f, and 2 heats. 



PACING ABDALLAH. 



This is an elegant and blood-like horse, dark bay in color, with fine 

 head, neck, body and limbs, and showing more of the real, highly 

 finished blood horse than either of the other two distinguished sons 

 of Alexander's Abdallah. He was foaled in 1861, and, as he was a 

 natural pacer and never trotted in his Hfe, it was thought by the Ken- 

 tuckians that he would never answer for the purpose of breeding 

 roadsters. Hence he was used as a teaser for a jack until 1873, when 

 twelve years old. Nevertheless, attracted by his high finish and 

 blood-like form, he occasionally received a pretty good mare, more 



