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against the pacer Oneida Chief, who beat her in 7m. 44s. 

 and 7m. 52s. The mare was a little off, and Bryant was 

 badly blamed again ; but I am unable to see the justice of 

 it. In September they went again mile heats, three in five ; 

 she under saddle, and the Chief in harness. As usual, I 

 drove the horse. The mare won -that day in three straight 

 heats ; and it is a singular circumstance that the pacer pulled 

 a shoe off in each heat. The time was 2m. 29s., 2m. 30s., 

 2m. 2Si-s. Suffolk then beat Confidence in harness in 2m. 

 38s., 2m. 39s., and 2m. 41s. At the Kendall Course, Balti- 

 more, Oneida Chief beat her three miles under saddle, in 

 7na. 48s. ; and he beat her and Dutchman, three mile heats 

 in harness, in three heats. The pacer won the first in 7m. 

 59s., Lady Suffolk got the second in 8m. 15s., and the Chief 

 the third in Sin. Is. It will be seen by the foregoing, that 

 the mare was not successful at long distances that year ; and, 

 if we should look no further, we might be led to conclude, 

 that, though she had gained in speed, she had weakened in 

 bottom. In 1844, Lady Suffolk began with long heats, and 

 was successful. 



On the 20th of May, at the Beacon Course, she beat 

 Americus, Ripton, Washington, and Pizarro, two-mile heats 

 in harness, in three heats, 5m. 17s., 5in. 19s., 5m. 18s. At 

 Centre ville, on the 6th of June, she won again at three-mile 

 heats in harness, beating Columbus in 7m. 51s. and 8m. 2s. 

 Then she went three-mile heats on the Beacon against 

 Americus and Columbus. Americus won in 8m. 53|s., 8ni. 

 Is. ; and Columbus was distanced. The inare beat Duchess 

 and Washington', over the Beacon Course, in the mud, in 

 four heats. Washington won the first in 2m. 38s. Lady 

 Suffolk won the other three in 2m. 33|s., 2m. 34s., 2m. 37s. 

 In October, Lady Suffolk went mile heats, three in five, 

 against J. C. Calhoun and Fairy Queen, two pacers. They 

 had five heats of it. Calhoun won the first and second in 

 2m. 29s., 2m. 31s. The trotting-mare took the other three 

 in 2rn. 28s., 2m. 29s., 2m. 30s. That concluded her per- 



