146 THE HORSE. 



—2d mile on the 1st heat, 2m. 43s.— 1st mile on the 2d heat, 

 2m. 43s.— 2d mile on the 2d heat, 2m. 46s., making 5m. 298. 

 eacli heat. 



Top did not break once during this performance. 



On the 7th of September, 1830, a match was trotted between 

 Topgallant and a gra^^ horse from Boston, called Buster, mile 

 heats, for $100 aside. This money Top won without diffi- 

 culty, doing each heat in 2m. 39s. He would have per- 

 formed his 2d heat some seconds sooner, but his rider held 

 him in. 



On the 22d and 23d of Oct., 1830, Top contended for the 

 purses offered by the Association, but was unsuccessful on both 

 days. Bull Calf taking tlie first, and Whalebone the second. 



Thursday, May 19, 1831, Topgallant, Bull Calf, Tyro, and 

 Sally Miller, entered for the Association purse of $200, two-mile 

 heats, and in this trial Toj) succeeded in winning the 2d and 3d 

 heats, Sally Miller having taken the first. 



Time, 1st heat, 5m. 21s. — 2d heat, 5m. 21s. — 3d heat, 

 6m. 16s. 



Thursday, June 2, 1831, a match race was trotted between 

 Topgallant and Whalebone, four-mile heats, in which Top took 

 the lead from the score, and kept it during the 1st and 2d heats, 

 being only once lapped by his opponent. 



Time, 1st heat, 12m. 5s.— 2d heat, 12m. 2s. 



In consequence of Whalebone's breaking up continually, 

 Top was not pushed, and, of course, the time was not so good as 

 had been expected. 



On the 20th Oct. 1831, Top trotted against Sally Miller, Bull 

 Calf, and the Clark's Colt, two- mile heats, for a premium of 

 $200, which was taken by Sally Miller. 



Time, 1st heat, 5m. 26s. — 2d heat, 5m. 23s. 



On the 21st, the day following, Top entered with seven 

 horses, to trot three-mile heats, for a premium of $300. On 

 this occasion. Top took the second heat, distancing Columbus in 

 8m. 19s. and worked the winning horse very closely in the 

 third and fourth heats, both of which he lost by only a few 

 feet. 



On the 29th of October, at the Central Course, Baltimore, he 

 won a purse of $250, three-mile heats — winning the first and 



