2:20
It was then that the old man began to drive , and moving like well-balanced machinery , the old pacer caught again the spirit of his youth , as the old time speed came back , and leaving Trumps behind he even butted his bull-dog nose into the seat of Lizzette 's sulky , and clung determinedly there , right up to the wire , beaten only by a length . Lizzette had won the heat . The judge hung out : _ 3rd Heat : _ _ Lizzette , 1st _ ; _ Ben Butler , 2nd _ ; _ Trumps distanced . _ _ Time _ , 2:20 . Lizzette had won , but the crowd had begun to see . `` The old pacer -- the old pacer ! '' -- they yelled .