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"Wlien, on the same day on which Mr. Stevens' ch. f. Janet 

 won the Association's purse of four-mile heats — the first in Tm. 

 4:8s, the t^econd in a canter, no time kept. 



" The silver plate of the New York Trotting Club was 

 trotted for in harness, two-mile heats, at 11 o'clock, by Trouble, 

 Screws, Tom Thumb, and Lady Pluck. 



"Won by Trouble in 6.27—5.31. 



" At four o'clock in the afternoon, Betsey Baker, Buckskin, 

 Shakespeare and Rob Roy trotted for a sweepstakes of $100, 

 three-mile heats. 



"Betsey Baker won the purse, by taking the first and third 

 lieats. Shakespeare won the second heat. 



"Time, 8.21, 8.20, 8.19." 



Herewith closes the brief of all the American trotting, on 

 regular courses, of the year 1826. 



Of the following year, 1827, we have somewhat fuller ac- 

 counts, and those of horses whose names, as well as those of 

 their riders, are still household words among our sporting men, 

 and who were still performing and winning green laurels on the 

 Turf, within my own personal recollection. 



" A trotting match against time was decided yesterday — 

 April 23 — on the Trotting Course, Long Island. The conditions 

 of the bet were, to trot fifteen miles in harness, fifteen within 

 the hour ; which was performed by the Long Island horse 

 Whalebone, in fifty-six minutes, notwithstanding the heaviness 

 of the course, owing to the rain which fell the night preceding, 

 and in the forenoon of the day of the race. The 14th mile was 

 accomplished in 3m. 10s., and the last, the 15th, in 3m. 5s.— 

 and, what is very remarkable, the horse came in at the end of 

 the race in gallant style, and appearing not more distressed than 

 the common run of horses would in performing the same dis- 

 tance at the rate of eight miles the hour. The owner has offered 

 to trot him seventeen miles in an hour for a thousand dollars. 



" Amer. Farmer." 



Again, 



" A trotting match took place, October 3, on the Long Island 

 Course, between the celebrated horse Rattler, owned by Mr. 

 AVm. Jackson, and Screwdriver, the property of Mr. Brown, 

 for one thousand dollars a side, two-mile heats. 



