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ETHAN ALLEN “CONDITIONS” FOR RACING—BY RACING

his article focuses on Dexter and the beginnings of the American Standardbred, but one must consider how great a horse Ethan Allen truly was in order to fully appreciate what Dexter was pitted against. In this print portraying an exciting “dead heat,” Ethan Allen goes with running mate

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