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SC 13G/A, 2001-01-10
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


                          ----------------------------


                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                  SCHEDULE 13G
                                 Amendment No. 5

             INFORMATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO RULES 13d-1 AND 13d-2
                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934




                    Dispatch Management Services Corporation
                    ----------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)



                                  Common Stock
                                  ------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)



                                    254927106
                                    ---------
                                 (CUSIP Number)



                                December 31, 2000
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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)



Check the  appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule
is filed:

         |X|  Rule 13d-1(b)
         |_|  Rule 13d-1(c)
         |_|  Rule 13d-1(d)


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                                  SCHEDULE 13G

CUSIP No. 254927106                                            Page 2 of 6 Pages
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1)         NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
           S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

           Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. LLC
           13-3174112
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2)         CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP         (a)   |_|

                                                                    (b)   |_|
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3)         SEC USE ONLY

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4)         CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

           New York
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           NUMBER                    5)    SOLE VOTING POWER
           OF                              21,300
           SHARES                 ----------------------------------------------
           BENEFICIALLY              6)    SHARED VOTING POWER
           OWNED BY                        None
           EACH                   ----------------------------------------------
           REPORTING                 7)    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
           PERSON                          None
           WITH                   ----------------------------------------------
                                     8)    SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                                           839,860
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9)         AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

           839,860
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10)        CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES

                                                                    |-|
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11)        PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (9)

           6.7%
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12)        TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

           BD
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                                  Schedule 13G

Item 1(a).        Name of Issuer:

Dispatch Management Services Corporation

Item 1(b).        Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:

65 West 36th Street
New York, NY  10018

Item 2(a).        Name of Person Filing:

Gilder, Gagnon, Howe & Co. LLC

Item 2(b).        Address of Principal Business Office or, if None, Residence:

1775 Broadway, 26th Floor
New York, NY  10019

Item 2(c).        Citizenship:

New York

Item 2(d).        Title of Class of Securities:

Common Stock

Item 2(e).        CUSIP Number:

254927106

Item 3.           If this statement is filed pursuant toss.ss.240.13d-1(b), or
                  240.13d-2(b) or (c), check whether the person filing is a:

                  (a) [x]  Broker or Dealer Registered Under Section 15 of the
                           Act (15 U.S.C. 78o)

                  (b) |_|  Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15
                           U.S.C. 78c)

                  (c) |_|  Insurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of
                           the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c)

                  (d) |_|  Investment Company registered under section 8 of the
                           Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8)

                  (e) |_|  Investment Adviser in accordance
                           withss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)

                  (f) |_|  Employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance
                           withss.240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

                  (g) |_|  Parent Holding Company or control person in
                           accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)

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                  (h) |_|  Savings Association as defined inss.3(b) of the
                           Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)

                  (i) |_|  Church plan that is excluded from the definition of
                           an investment company under ss.3(c)(15) of the
                           Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3)

                  (j) |_|  Group, in accordance withss.240.13d-1(b)(ii)(J)

Item 4.           Ownership.

                  (a)      Amount beneficially owned:  839,860

                  (b)      Percent of class:  6.7%

                  (c)      Number of shares as to which such person has:

                           (i)      Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:
                                    21,300

                           (ii)     Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:
                                    None

                           (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the
                                    disposition of: None

                           (iv)     Shared power to dispose or to direct the
                                    disposition of: 839,860

                  The shares reported include 792,760 shares held in customer
                  accounts over which partners and/or employees of the Reporting
                  Person have discretionary authority to dispose of or direct
                  the disposition of the shares, 25,800 shares held in accounts
                  owned by the partners of the Reporting Person and their
                  families, and 21,300 shares held in the account of the
                  profit-sharing plan of the Reporting Person ("the
                  Profit-Sharing Plan").

Item 5.           Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

Not applicable

Item 6.           Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another
                  Person.

The owners of the  accounts  (including  the  Profit-Sharing  Plan) in which the
shares reported on this Schedule are held have the right to receive or the power
to direct the receipt of dividends  from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such
securities.

Item 7.           Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which
                  Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding
                  Company.

Not applicable

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Item 8.           Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.

Not applicable

Item 9.           Notice of Dissolution of Group.

Not applicable

Item 10.          Certification.

                  By signing  below I certify  that, to the best of my knowledge
and  belief,  the  securities  referred to above were  acquired in the  ordinary
course of business  and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the
effect of changing or influencing  the control of the issuer of such  securities
and were not acquired in connection  with or as a participant in any transaction
having such purposes or effect.


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                                    SIGNATURE


             After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best  knowledge and belief of
the  undersigned,  the  undersigned  certifies that the information set forth in
this Statement is true, complete and correct.


                                                    January 10, 2001
                                                    -------------------------
                                                        Date


                                                    /s/ Walter Weadock
                                                    --------------------------
                                                        Signature


                                                    Walter Weadock, Member
                                                    --------------------------
                                                        Name/Title


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