DEXTER was undoubtedly the greatest trotting 

 horse the world ever saw up to the time of his 

 retirement. He was foaled in 1858, and was first 

 trained for racing as a five-year-old in 1863. In Novem- 

 ber, 1864, when he was six years old, and after he had 

 been trained, and raced the whole season, by Mr. Hiram 

 Woodruff, the greatest trainer and driver of his day, he 

 trotted a trial mile driven by Mr. Woodruff, and his time 

 was 2.2314^, which was the fastest mile he had up to 

 that time ever trotted, and in speaking of this trial 

 Mr. Woodruff says : " Mr. Shepard F. Knapp and Mr. 

 Alley were present and they timed him. I knew all 

 the way round that Dexter was doing a great thing. 

 I had hardly ever then, if ever, except in the cases of 

 Flora Temple and the gray mare Peerless, that 

 belonged to Mr. Bonner, seen such a stroke kept up 

 from end to end. When I turned and came back I 

 lifted up my hand and said to the gentlemen, ' Oh, what 

 a horse !* ' What do you think you made,' said they. 

 ' Not worse than 2.24,' I answered. ' It was just 2.235^,' 

 they said, and I was satisfied. This was speed enough 

 for a six-year-old horse in his first season of trotting." 

 I mention this incident, not for the purpose of dis- 

 paraging the merits of Dexter but for the purpose of 

 calling attention to the mighty strides that have been 

 made since that time, both in breeding the harness race 

 horse and the appliances for his speed development. 



Lord Derby was foaled May 26, 1895, sired by Mam- 

 brino King, dam Claribel by Almont, Jr. He is a dark 

 bay gelding with some white markings on his feet, 

 15^ hands high, and will weigh about 1,000 pounds. 

 In conformation. Lord Derby resembles a thorough- 



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