Show THE HORSE OF THE CENTURY wonderful career of the great trotter dexter clr jonas Hawl dus of orange county obtained from a strolling gypsy band a brown browa mare hands with four white hite feet he used her says scribners magazine for a family sag nag and by See leys A american in mexican star got a black filly foaled coaled in 1848 which was named clara the lily filly became the property of his son jonathan hawkins and she grew into a mare of hands she had a stare star snip and three white f feet t and d was driven pretty hax hard d on the country roods roads by her young mas ter in 1857 by 31 amble tonian toman the hail had the paragon dexter the brown gelding with blaze and was george B D alley for and he subsequently became the property of sir A F fawcett dexter under the tutorship of hiram woodruff made bis first public appearance at fashion cour couise may Ilay 1 hemet he met and defeated during his short but brillia brilliant zt turf career such horses as gen butler george my Pa jr lady laak thorne and goldsmith maid and he be probably was in the enjoyment of more mare worldwide world wide farne fame than any horse foaled coaled on oil am american soll soil he brought budd doble into public publia notice and the sight eight of the white faced gelding coming with tremendous force down the homestretch home bome stretch inspired the loftiest loft iest dreams the people swung their hats bats and d shouted hurrah for dexter long live tho the horse of the century I 1 |