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races, and I have been struck with the parallel between 

 his racing and Dexter's trotting. Asteroid starts at a 

 sweeping rate, at the tap of the drum, his competitors 

 straining every nerve to keep up. They do so for a time, 

 and when they fall off, you wonder what has been the 

 cause. You see no change in the son of Lexington and 

 Nebula: he comes in winning "in a big gallop" as the 

 boys say, but that gallop has been enough to break the 

 heart of his adversaries, without actually being a measure 

 of his own powers. 



It is almost needless to say that I am gratified to find 

 the form of Dexter agreeing with that recommended in 

 chapter twenty-six, and also his great resemblance to a 

 first-class race horse. 



Recognized as being the only type that will answer for 

 continued rapid exertion at the natural fast pace of the 

 horse the gallop, it is but reasonable to conclude that 

 the perfect symmetry only found in the blood horse, or 

 those nearly allied to him, is an advantage that cannot be 

 overlooked in the trotter. 



