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The Gray Mare Lady Suffolk. Her Pedigree. Place of Breeding. Sale 

 to David Bryan. Description of Lady Suffolk. Her Performances. 

 More than Fifteen Years on the Course. Trotted 138 Races, and won 88 

 Times. Suffolk and Sam Patch. Suffolk and Black Hawk. Suffolk 

 and the Virginia Mare. Suffolk and Rattler. Suffolk, Dutchman, and 

 Rattler. Suffolk and Awful. Suffolk, Napoleon, Cato, and Ion. 

 Suffolk, Dutchman, and Rattler again. Suffolk and Dutchman. 



A LMOST everybody in this country has heard more or 

 ^LJL. less of Lady Suffolk, the famous old gray mare, whose 

 name stood once at the head of the record, as having made 

 the fastest time. It will be twenty-eight years next month 

 since I rode her in the first race she ever trotted. And as I 

 know it will be interesting to the gentlemen who knew her 

 to recall some of her exploits, and useful to those of a later 

 date to be somewhat acquainted with the history of such a 

 celebrated trotter, I shall proceed to relate about all I know 

 respecting her. Lady Suffolk was bred in Suffolk County 

 on this island, and hence her name. Her dam was by Plato, a 

 son of imported Messenger ; and her sire, Engineer, was also 

 by Messenger : so she was closely inbred to the horse from 

 whom the best strains of trotting-blood originally proceeded. 

 The dam of Lady Suffolk was bred by Gen. Floyd, of 

 Smithtown, Long Island. His son sold her to Mr. Charles 

 Little, who parted with her to Mr. Blaydenburgh. While 

 she was owned by the latter gentleman she was put to 

 Engineer, a good running-horse by imported Messenger, 

 but without a clear pedigree on his dam's side. 



The filly foal produced by the Plato mare and Engineer 

 was dropped in 1833 ; and when, two years old she was sold 



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