PAUL pry's time match. I55 



It is remarkable, indeed, that the clief d'oeuvre of this year was 

 a trot in Enghind, although made by an American horse, 

 " Rattler," which had been purchased by that well-known sports- 

 man, George Osbaldeston. 



This was a match against a celebrated English horse of the 

 day, " Driver," to trot thirty-four miles under the saddle, Os- 

 baldeston riding Rattler, himself, 11 stone, or 154 pounds, against 

 9 stone, 126 pounds— a monstrous advantage in such a perform- 

 ance. The distance was made in 2h. ISm. 56s., Rattler coming 

 out easily the winner. 



Unfortunately, no weight is recorded of the time-match of 

 Whalebone just recorded, which renders it impossible to judge 

 of the comparative performances of the animals. 



Osbaldeston's time is a fraction over 4m. to every mile, and 

 when the weight he carried is taken into consideration, it cannot 

 be regarded other than a creditable performance, even when we 

 think of Trustee's and Lady Fulton's twenty miles respectively 

 in 59m. 35|s. and 59m. 55s., the rather that it was done over a 

 common road, by unprofessional riders, and under the disad- 

 vantage of being compelled to turn back in case of a break, 

 according to the English rule. 



In this year also Sally Miller made the best time which had 

 as yet been accomplished under the saddle, 2.37 — 2.37| — and 

 on another occasion distanced Columbus, her great competitor, 

 in 2.39, leaving her, for the time being, the victress of the age, 

 and supposed to be invincible on the Turf 



In 1833, the spring passed without any trots of especial mo- 

 ment, but on the eighth day of November, Mr. Wni. McLeod's 

 gr, g. Paul Pry, 9 years old, was backed to do 17f miles within 

 the hour, over the Long Island Trotting Course, and not only 

 won his match with the greatest ease, but went eighteen times 

 round, being in all 18 miles and 36 yards, in 58m. 52s. He is 

 said to have done it without the least difficulty or fatigue ; and 

 it is to be remembered that up to tliat day, the nearest aj^proach 

 to his time was Jerry's 17 miles in 58m. under the saddle, and 

 Bellfounder's — the English trotting stallion — 17^ miles within 

 the hour. 



The following is the time, taken up in going each mile. 



