72 TKAmnia the trotting horse. 



momentum. After a desperate struggle around the 

 upper turn the old mare gave up the contest, thor- 

 oughly discouraged and beaten. 



" The stallion came away from her with tremendous 

 power, he trotted down the home-stretch alone, in ad- 

 vance of all his competitors, pulling hard for his 

 trainer to let him go up to his greatest flight of speed, 

 finishing the mile, in the early twilight, in 2:17^, and 

 winning the most remarkable race, taking in considera- 

 tion his obstacles and opposing combinations, ever re- 

 corded in the history of the trotting-turf." 



