[DOC] [TLE] Tom Thumb (locomotive) - Wikipedia [PAR] Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to operate on a 
common-carrier railroad. Designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in 1830, it 
was built to convince ... in an impromptu race with a horse-drawn car, which the 
horse won after Tom Thumb suffered a .... Jump up to: Dudley, P.H. (February 1, 
1886). [DOC] [TLE] Sept. 18, 1830: Horse Beats Iron Horse, for the Time Being | WIRED [PAR] Sep 18, 2008 ... The locomotive Tom Thumb pulls ahead in a famous one-on-one race ... 1830: 
America's first native locomotive loses a smackdown race to a draft horse. ... 
planned to beat the competition by jumping to a superior technology. [DOC] [TLE] America's First Steam Locomotive, 1830 - EyeWitness to History [PAR] Eyewitness account of the 'Tom Thumb's' first trip. ... to test its first steam engine - 
an American-made locomotive engineered by Peter Cooper of New York. [DOC] [TLE] 4 Classic Battles Between Man (or Horse) and Machine | Mental Floss [PAR] Jan 14, 2011 ... The year was 1830 and the first American-built steam locomotive, nicknamed 
Tom Thumb, was being tested on a 13-mile run between... [DOC] [TLE] Print Article - Farm Collector [PAR] This locomotive, originally the Andrew Jackson, built in February 1836, was 
altered in ... Under these circumstances the feeling of the lookers-on became 
general that ... One year later, in 1830, Peter Cooper of Baltimore, Maryland, 
made the run ... He was getting the Tom Thumb ready for the 13-mile trip back to 
Baltimore. [DOC] [TLE] transportation milestones - Econedlink [PAR] In 1911, construction began in Cumberland, MD on one of the first major 
improved ... In fact, Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive ran on tracks ten years 
earlier. .... He offered to race the Tom Thumb against a horse in 1830. ..... Upon 
repair, the dirigible beat the speed record of the La France which had made the 
first fully... [DOC] [TLE] Page 3  Saline Observer, 24 August 1933  Michigan Newspaper ... [PAR] You are amused and delighted by the pantomime of some of these actors as they 
... He built a tiny locomotive with a boiler about the size of the one which stands ... 
A few days later occurred the famous race between the Tom Thumb and a ... 
built by Peter Cooper for the Baltimore & Ohio and given a trial run in 1830. [DOC] [TLE] Articles about Tom Thumb - tribunedigital-baltimoresun [PAR] But on a wintry Friday night, members of the Tom Thumb Square Dance Club ... 
joining hands, walking around and switching places, mostly without missing a 
beat. ... his building of the Tom Thumb, the nation's first steam locomotive, which 
rolled .... "A short time later, Mr. Cooper raced his locomotive with one of horse-
drawn... [DOC] [TLE] Events from 1830 to 1840 by alex wang on Prezi [PAR] Jun 3, 2016 ... In order for Cooper to prove that his locomotive was faster and more convenient, 
he raced ... Tom thumb beat the horse by a large margin later on in the race ... 
this fort which was one of the first permanents trading posts in Wyoming ... These 
colonists refused to speak their language, convert to their religion,... [DOC] [TLE] Maryland Spotlight - Discover Maryland's horse heritage [PAR] May 3, 2012 ... Traditions run gamut from racing to jousting to show jumping ... the most visible of 
these traditions, yet it's not the only one in the state. ... beat George Hume 
Steuart's English-bred horse in a three-mile race .... In August 1830, Peter 
Cooper's Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, raced a... [DOC] [TLE] The Starting Line San Diego Teachers' Union Leadership Faces ... [PAR] Sep 18, 2012 ... This is just one ugly example of how the City of San Diego misused the ... These 
are people who pay no income tax. ... on platforms and men twirled lit torches to a 
booming techno beat. ... On

Question: In 1830 one of these raced the locomotive Tom Thumb & beat it
Answer: horse