140 THE HORSE. 



"At starting, Screwdriver had the pole. 



" The horses went off in good style head and head for some 

 distance, when Rattler made a break, and in pulling up to regain 

 his trot, lost between fifty and sixty yards. By the good man- 

 agement of his rider, he gained gradually on his opponent, and 

 finally won the heat by about a head. 



" Tlie second heat, the horses again went off head and head. 

 Rattler made another break, which left him considerably in the 

 rear ; but having movafoot than his opponent, soon regained his 

 lost ground, passed him, and won the race in fine style. Rattler 

 was ridden by Mr. M. Clintock ; Screwdriver, by Mr. White 

 Howard. 



"This match was certainly the greatest treat that amateurs 

 have probably witnessed on this or any other turf in the annals 

 of trotting. 



"Time of the first heat, 5m. 24s. Second heat, 5m. 26s. 



" New Yorh Paper P ■ 



I cannot discover any records of the regular meetings or the 

 contests for the purses of this year, the absence of any authentic 

 work devoted exclusively to sporting up to a period of two years 

 later, rendering it almost impossible to get at facts worthy of 

 record as authentic. 



From this date, however, trotting may be regarded as a tho- 

 roughly authentic and legitimate sport, as in the next year a 

 second Association and trotting course was established in the 

 second city of the Union, and from that day the progress of the 

 sport has still been, without a check, onward and upward. 



HUNTING PAKE ASSOCIATION, PHILADELPHIA. 



" The meeting for this Association was held at the Indian 

 Queen Tavern, South 4th street, Philadelphia, February 8, 1828. 

 The object of the Association was such as ought to induce sim- 

 ilar ones at all the country towns. They would promote a fond- 

 ness for fine horses, would increase their number, and greatly 

 augment the value of the capital which must always exist in the 

 article of horses. The purpose of the Association is clearly ex- 

 plained in the first article, as follows. 



"Article 1. For the encouragement of the breed of fine 



