. The horse in America; a practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristics. on of his time, and the most popu-lar performer on the trotting tracks, even eclips-ing the famous Flora Temple in his ability to ex-cite the enthusiasm of sportsmen by the even-ness of his work, the smoothness of his gait, hisendurance and courage, and that intelligent docil-ity which made him seem to know in every emerg-ency exactly what he was called on to do. In hisgreat race in 1867, at the Fashion Course on LongIsland, when, with a ru
. The horse in America; a practical treatise on the various types common in the United States, with something of their history and varying characteristics. on of his time, and the most popu-lar performer on the trotting tracks, even eclips-ing the famous Flora Temple in his ability to ex-cite the enthusiasm of sportsmen by the even-ness of his work, the smoothness of his gait, hisendurance and courage, and that intelligent docil-ity which made him seem to know in every emerg-ency exactly what he was called on to do. In hisgreat race in 1867, at the Fashion Course on LongIsland, when, with a running mate, he met thefleet Dexter, who had taken from Flora Templeher long-maintained fastest record, we are toldthat forty thousand people had assembled to wit-ness the contest, and the betting was 2 to 1 in fa-vor of Dexter. In Wallaces Monthly of tenyears later, there was a description of the racethat I venture to reproduce: When the horses appeared upon the track towarm up for the race, Dexter, driven by the ac-complished reinsman, Budd Doble, was greetedwith a shout of applause. Soon the team ap-peared, and behind sat the great master of trot-. THE MORGAN HORSE 95 ting tactics, Dan Mace. His face, which has oftenbeen a mask to thousands, had no mask over it onthis occasion. It spoke only that intense earnest-ness that indicates the near approach of a suprememoment. The team was hitched to a light skele-ton wagon; Ethan wore breeching, and besidehim was a great, strong race-horse, fit to run for amans life. His traces were long enough to fullyextend himself, but they were so much shorterthan Ethans that he had to take the weight. Dex-ter drew the inside, and on the first trial they gotthe send-off, without either one having sixinches advantage. When they got the word theflight of speed was absolutely terrific, so far be-yond anything I had witnessed in a trotting horsethat I felt the hair raising on my head. The run-ning horse was next to me, and notwithstandingmy elevatio
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