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by old Lexington, the celebrated running horse. He hitched 

 him up to a " buck-board/' and the horse got to kicking. Some 

 of my scholars, knowing of this, got Mr. Lowell to bring him to 

 Sharon, to hare him handled before the class, and when he led 

 the horse into town he looked like a young colt, and was one of 

 those high-strung, well-bred, fully developed, symmetrical horses 

 that would furnish a fine subject for a picture to adorn any art 

 gallery. 



After handling this horse a few minutes, I hitched him in a 

 buggy and drove him up and down the streets. I liked the horse 

 so well that I persuaded Mr. Lowell to let me take him and drive 

 him through the country. I drove him two or three months, and 

 gave him some very long drives, which appeared beneficial to' him 

 rather than otherwise, and would have severely tested the endur- 

 ance of many much younger horses. 



Flora Temple, when nineteen years old, made her fastest time 

 —2:19£— which' was the fastest mile ever trotted by any horse, 

 mare or gelding, young or old, up to the year 1856. 



Goldsmith Maid, at the age of nineteen, also made her best time 

 —2:14— which was considered wonderful, as she beat all former 

 records. In fact, the writer has seen horses working every day 

 on the streets, and performing the work of ordinary horses, at 

 the advanced age of thirty-three years. So, in buying a horse, be 

 careful in discarding him solely on account of his age. 



