TIB hinman's time. 225 



by Lady Eranklin, a very excellent, honest mare, and a winner 

 this season, of six purses. ' 



A great many other horses did excellent work this year 

 although not quite first-rate, although a few years ago it would 

 have been considered not only first-rate, but prodigious. 



The mare Tib Hinman must not be forgotten! She is set 

 down in the Kegister as twice a winner. The first time beatino- 

 the Belle of Ogdensburgh, and three others, 2.22 ; 2.27 • 2.27^ 

 to which the Eegister very properly appends a (?) query.' It 

 might have added admiration stops ad libitum, and no one 

 would have objected. 



The trot was on the ice for $500, the best three in five, won 

 by Tib Hinman, in three heats. In tlie heat done at 2.22 no 

 one of the five horses was distanced ! This, of course, alone, 

 settles the question. The second heat, 2.27, three were dis- 

 tanced; and the third, in 2.25, no horse distanced. 



It is amazing that no note should be appended to this moii- 

 gtrous myth, in the Eegister, although the utter fallacy of the 

 statement was exposed in the Spirit of the Times. Like a sub- 

 sequent allegation of wonderful ice-speed, in this present season, 

 at Chicago, it rested on mere guesswork. 



The track was straight, and the timing was done by sio-nal 

 and calculation. '^ 



The following real time, which Tib made afterward, shows 

 pretty conclusively what sort of timing was used on the ice. 



Cambridge Park, May 22, mile heats, best three in five, to wagons. Know-Nothing beat Tib 

 Hmman, 2.41;2.43i;2.42i;2.49. 6 "c"". 



Chicago, 111., Aug. 21, mile heats, best three in five, in harness. 



Chatauque Chief, . . . . .22111 



Ecindeer, ..... 

 Tib Hinman, 



112 8 2 



8 3 3 2 8 



Black Ralph, 4 4 4 4 4 



Time, 2.41; 2.43^; 2.43; 2.44; 2,45. 



Same course, August 25, she was again beat by Chatauque 

 Chief, and Fanny Wood, two-mile heats in harness, in 5.29; 

 5.27. ]S"one of which certainly looks very like 2.22 ; 2.27 ; 2.25. 

 But such nonsense requires no confutation. 



There were a number of the abominable long* races and 

 time matches this year. 

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