In the meantime there lived in the city of St.John a coachman named Larry Stivers.

If ever any individual sacrificed his entire heart and soul to the management, training and nature of horses, it was the self same Larry.

Though possessed of limited means, no privation was too great in order to gratify such demands.

A race was finally agreed upon between Captain H---- and this remarkable individual, which in the horse records of New Brunswick has no precedent, the case being unparalleled at home or abroad.

One fine morning in March, 1826, the magnificent team of horses, driven by the captain, made its appearance in the market square, St.John.After the lapse of a few moments a second team arrived and was drawn up aside the former.