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in harness. From that date recorded performances are plentiful, and 

 furnish us a safe guide. In 1829, Topgallant went three miles in 

 8:11, and this sustained speed at the rate of 2:43f is certainly better 

 than a mile in 2:40. In 1834, the black gelding, Edwin Forrest, 

 went a mile under the saddle in 2:3U; in 1839, Drover paced in 2 gs! 

 In 1844, Lady Suffolk trotted, under saddle, in 2 -261; in the same 

 year Unknown paced to wagon in 2^23. In the next decade Flora 

 Temple trotted in 2:19f, and in the next decade the marvelous pacing 

 mare Pocahontas went the mile, to harness, in 2:17^. The stars of 

 the following decade were Dexter, 2:17f, by Hambletonian, and Lady 

 Thorn, 2:18^, by Mambrino Chief. In the next period, Goldsmith 

 Maid, 2:14, by Alexander's Abdallah; Hopeful, 2:14f, by Godfrey 

 Patchen; Rarus, 2:13i, by Conklin's Abdallah, and Lula, 2:15, by 

 Alexander's Norman, represented the limits of trotting speed. St. 

 Julien, by Volunteer, trotted in 2:12^ in 1879,. but reached his limit, 

 2:lli, the following year. In 1884, Jay-Eye-See, by Dictator, full 

 brother to Dexter, astonished the world by trotting the mile in 2'10, 

 but the next year Maud S., by trotting in 2:08f , set a mark of speed 

 in harness not since approached. The pacer Johnston, by doing the 

 same task in 2:06i, demonstrated that the lateral gait is still the 

 fastest, and in the past year, 1889, the wonderful performances of the 

 three-year-old stars, Sunol, by Electioneer, and Axtell, by William 

 L., son of George Wilkes, show that progress does not lag. Sunol 

 trotted in 2:10^, and Axtell in 2:12. Besides these we have Guy, 

 trotting in 1889 in 2:10f, and Stamboul and Palo Alto each in 2:12^. 



But we have been dealing in the performances of phenomenal ani- 

 mals. I will now, by taking the average of the five fastest perform- 

 ances for each decade since 1820, show what may fairly be called the 

 extreme speed of the trotting-horse, and his gradual gain in speed 

 since the beginning of fast trotting. 



AVERAGE EXTREME SPEED. 



1820 to 1830 2:42 



1830 to 1840 ,.,,.., 2d5i 



1840 to 18o0 .*...' 2 :28i 



1850 to 1860 , !.*.!!.* 2:25 " 



1860 to 1870 ,,.... 2:18f 



1870 to 1880 ['..'.'.[ 2 :U 



1880 to 1889 .,.,..[.,. 2l0i 



