186 GOT, BOD, AND SADDLE. 



Dexter, his antagonist, being only two lengths behind 

 at the finish, making his supposed time for the mile, 

 2 min. 16^- sees. 



In conclusion I will state that I believe most thor- 

 oughly that the excellence of the American trotting- 

 horse over ours is entirely owing to his having a 

 preponderance or greater portion of Barb blood in 

 his veins than our home-bred English animal, and for 

 a proof that the American has this preponderance I 

 refer you to his origin. 



