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had a heavy mark drawn around it ; but before refer- 

 ring to it, he handed me the ambrotype with the re- 

 mark, "that horse was the cause of my quarrel with 

 the late Lemuel Jenkins." As I examined it I could 

 see it was the picture of the horse he had been de- 

 scribing, and the sparkle in the old man's eye showed 

 that the sight of it still pleased him- Handing me the 

 newspaper, he said he would continue his remarks 

 when I had read the marked article. The paper was 

 a portion of a copy of the "Buffalo Express" of 

 August 15, 1867. The following was the article, 

 marked : — 



THE DEXTER TIME RACE. 



Two Seventeen And A Quarter. 



Naturally, the all-absorbing interest of the occa- 

 sion centered in the race which Dexter was to trot 

 against his best time, and his appearance on the track 

 was the signal for prolonged applause, which grew 

 louder as Doble, with a smile, leaped into the sulky 

 preparatory to the warming-up process. Fawcett 

 was standing on the seat of a barouche near the 

 judges' stand, watch in hand, and smiling signifi- 

 cantly, as he viewed the movements of the driver, 

 who went back and forth several times, and at length 

 swung around for a full mile, first giving the judges 

 to understand that the heat was merely preparatory. 

 It was evident that if the horse could beat 2:19, to- 

 day was the time for the trial. Every movement 

 showed perfect condition. Meanwhile, in a carriage 

 on the right stood a gentleman who few in the vast 

 crowd recognized, but who kept his eye upon the 

 horse, and as he passed, shook his head, as if to say, 



