234 THE TROTTING-HORSE OF AMERICA. 



Columbus went three-mile heats in harness, on the Union 

 Course. Americus won in two heats ; Suffolk was second 

 in both, and Columbus distanced in the last of them. The 

 time was 8m., 8m. 5s. The Lady was kept hard at it, as 

 usual ; and, on the 3d of June, trotted three-mile heats in 

 harness, over the Hunting-park Course, Philadelphia, with 

 Americus. She won in three heats, of which Americus got 

 the first. The time was 8m. 2s., 8m. 7Js., 8m. 17s. 



On the 8th of October, Lady Suffolk trotted mile heats, 

 three in five in harness, over the Beacon Course, with 

 Duchess. The latter was a brown mare about fifteen hands 

 high. She had a habit of switching her tail as she went ; 

 and, like Flora Temple and Lady Clifton, she was capital at 

 coming in on the home-stretch. If she was on good terms 

 with an opponent when she swung into the straight side, it 

 was very difficult to beat her out. William Whelan drove 

 her in this race. They had four heats of it, and Duchess 

 won ; Suffolk only getting the third. The time was 2m. 37s., 

 2m. 35^s., 2m. 35|s., 2m. 39s. Five days afterwards, Lady 

 Suffolk went against Moscow, mile heats, three in five, in 

 harness, on the same course. Moscow was a bay gelding, 

 with white legs and a bald face. He belonged to Gen. 

 Dunham, and was a big horse, sixteen hands high, raw- 

 boned and up-headed. He was a hard puller. In this race, 

 Hunt drove him. The Lady won in five heats, the third 

 and fourth of which were won by Moscow. The time was 

 2m. 34s., 2m. 29 Js., 2m. 30s., 2m. 34s., 2m. 36s. On the 

 third day afterwards, and still on the Beacon, they went 

 the same race again ; and now Moscow beat her in four heats, 

 of which she got the second. The time of these was 2m. 

 33s., 2m. 31is., 2m. 40s., 2m. 35s. 



The last trot of Lady Suffolk in that year was at the 

 Hunting-park Course, Philadelphia, where, on the 29th of 

 October, she went three-mile heats in harness against Ameri- 

 cus, and was defeated in two straight heats. The time was 

 8m. 5s., 7m. 59s. She had been successful this year, on the 



