. Little journeys to the homes of the great . he railroad folks to race from Rileys Tavern to Balti-more, a distance of nine miles. The race was between anoted gray horse, famed for speed and endurance, andthe teakettle. The road ran right alongside of the wagonroute. In truth, it took up a part of the roadway, whichwas one cause of opposition. The race occurred on Sep-tember Eighteenth, Eighteen Hundred Thirty. Thou-sands of dollars were bet, and a throng of people linedthe route from start to finish. The engine pulled butone coach, and had one passenger. The gray horse washitched to a buggy
. Little journeys to the homes of the great . he railroad folks to race from Rileys Tavern to Balti-more, a distance of nine miles. The race was between anoted gray horse, famed for speed and endurance, andthe teakettle. The road ran right alongside of the wagonroute. In truth, it took up a part of the roadway, whichwas one cause of opposition. The race occurred on Sep-tember Eighteenth, Eighteen Hundred Thirty. Thou-sands of dollars were bet, and a throng of people linedthe route from start to finish. The engine pulled butone coach, and had one passenger. The gray horse washitched to a buggy that carried one man besides thedriver S3 S3 The engine led for five miles, when the boiler spranga leak and stopped, the engineer in his anxiety gettingon too much pressure. The horse won, and this provedto many people a fact which they had suspected andforetold; namely, that the steam-engine for land-carriages was only a plaything. Farmers in that vicinitytook heart and began again to turn their attention toraising horses. 252 PETER COOPER. N the year Eighteen Hundred Thirty-one,when Peter Cooper was forty years old, hewas worth fifty thousand dollars; when hewas forty-five, he was worth a hundred thou-sand dollars; when he was fifty, he was worth morethan two hundred thousand dollars. He was one of therichest men of New York, and he was a man of he centered on money-making, he might havebecome the richest man in held political office that he might serve the people,not that he might serve a party or himself. In all delib-erative bodies, the actual work is done by a few. Adozen men or less run Congress. For forty years Peter Cooper served the City of NewYork and the State, and always to his own financialloss. He saw the last remains of the Indian Stockaderemoved from Manhattan Island. When he was electedalderman, the city was patrolled by night-watchmen,who made their rounds and cried the hour and All sWell! For five hours, from midnight until five ocl
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