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to a friend and was ; not keeping time of the horses 

 himself as they went around. As we came by the 

 stand, some bystander, who had made a mistake in 

 timing, told him that the time of the mile was 2 138, 

 which was a losing average. He therefore called out 

 to me as I passed him, to go along, and go along I did. 

 Dutchman struck a great pace on the back stretch, 

 and had established such a fine stroke that the run- 

 ning mare was no longer able to live with him. My 

 brother, Isaac, got alarmed and sung out to me that I 

 was going too fast. I replied that I had been told to 

 go along. It was not my conviction that the horse 

 was going too fast even then, for if ever there was one 

 that I could feel of, and that felt all over strong and 

 capable of maintaining the rate, Dutchman did then. 

 Nevertheless, I took a pull for Isaac, and allowed him 

 to come up and keep company for the balance of the 

 mile. It was performed in 2 128 very handily. 



"The third mile we kept the same relative po- 

 sitions, Dutchman being under a good pull all the 

 way, and able to have left the running mare had he 

 been called upon to do so. The rate was now very 

 even, and it was maintained until we were within 

 about 200 yards of the stand, when I was notified to 

 check up and come home at a more moderate gait. I 

 therefore crossed the score at a jog-trot, and Dutch- 

 man was at a walk within fifteen yards of it. The last 

 mile was 2:30, the whole being 7:32^. Great as this 

 performance was thought at the time, long as it has 

 since stood unequalled, and great and deserved as has 

 been, and is, the fame of those who have endeavored 

 to surpass it, I declare that it was not by any means 

 all that Dutchman could have done that day. I am 



