TKOTTEES OF THE OLDEN TIME. 821 



weight St. Lawrence. I will read from the same volume 

 of the Turf Register an account of the horses at the Hunt- 

 ing Park Course, at Philadelphia, where many a hard con- 

 test for fame was made by the trotters of the olden time, 

 and a correspondent of the English Sporting Magazine sent 

 this account of the notabilities of that day, appended to 

 reports of the trotting thereon : 



"Top GALLANT, by Hambletonian, trotted in harness 

 twelve miles in thirty-eight minutes, and three miles, 

 saddle, in eight minutes thirty-one seconds. He is now 

 nineteen years old, and can trot his mile with one hundred 

 and fifty pounds in 2 :45. 



"BETSEY BAKER, by Mambrino, beat Top Gallant, saddle, 

 one hundred and fifty pounds, in 8:16, and when sound, 

 could do her twenty miles within the hour. 



"TROUBLE, by Hambletonian good bottom did two 

 miles in harnes in 5:25. 



"SCREWDRIVER; dam Bull, by Mound Holly, beat Betsey 

 Baker the last heat by a neck. Time, first heat, 8 :02 ; 

 second, 8:10. 



" SIR PETER, by Hambletonian, in 1828, three miles in 

 harness in 8:16. 



"WHALEBONE, by Hambletonian, three miles in harness 

 in 8:18. These two, Sir Peter and Whalebone, can be 

 matched either against Rattler or Tom Thumb, now in 

 England, for any amount. Rattler is from an English im- 

 ported horse out of a Canadian mare, and Tom Thumb is 

 a Naragansett, an excellent breed of trotters, but their or- 

 igin is unknown. 



" SHAKSPEARE, by Hambletonian, three miles, saddle, in 

 8:16." 



A pretty good "show" of trotters for A. D., 1829. 

 Three miles in 8 :02, I think, is equiralent to 7 :35 now-a- 

 days. One more quotation from the Turf Register of 1833 : 

 ''Paul Pry. This fine trotter, whose performance of 



