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whole, having trotted two races of two-mile heats, both of 

 which she won ; three of three-mile heats, one of which she 

 won ; and three of mile heats, three in five, one of which 

 she won. She had not a saddle on her back in that season 

 in any public performance, nor did she go to wagon. 



In 1846, Suffolk did not trot a great number of races. 

 She began late in the year, and put them close together, all 

 on the Union Course. Her first race was in September, the 

 27th, when she went mile heats, three in five, in harness, 

 against Moscow and Americus, and won in three straight 

 heats. Americus was second in the first heat, but Mos- 

 cow beat him in the second and third. The time was 

 2m. 37|s., 2rn. 37s., 2m. 35s. Ten days afterwards, the 

 same horses went two-mile heats in harness ; and Americus 

 won it in two straight heats, Lady Suffolk being second in 

 both of them. The time was 5m. 13s., 5m. 11s. The next 

 week they went mile heats, three in five, in harness ; and 

 Suffolk won in five heats. Americus got the first in 2m. 

 34s. ; Suffolk took the second in 2m. 34^s., and the third in 

 precisely the same time. The fourth was a dead heat be- 

 tween Americus and Moscow in 2m. 35s. ; and the Lady 

 came along in the fifth, and won in 2m. 3S|s. 



In just a week from that dajr, that is, on the 22d of Oc- 

 tober, the Lady met James K. Polk the pacer, at three- 

 mile heats. He was to go in harness, with a driver to weigh 

 1401bs., which was five pounds under weight ; while she went 

 under saddle, with the weight of 1451bs., according to rule. 

 This pacer was ,a hard horse to beat in such a race. He 

 was a chestnut gelding, fifteen hands three inches high, 

 handsome, and a blood-like horse, with a long, sweeping tail. 

 He was also a very hard puller. Albert Conklin drove him, 

 and won in two straight heats. The time was good, 7m. 

 46s., 7m. 46|s. Time-bets were made upon the Lady ; and 

 her time taken in the first heat was 7m. 49s. She went a, 

 faster mile in the race than he did ; for her middle mile was 

 2m. 30s., while his was 2m. 31 ^s. This mile was the fastest 



