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the 13th of September. She went under saddle, he in har- 

 ness. He beat her in two heats of 7m. 44s., 7m. 53s. 



On the 1st of October, at the same course, she went 

 against Eoanoke the pacet, two-mile heats in harness. This 

 horse was a roan, about fifteen and a half hands high, com- 

 pactly made, with a long tail. He was known from one 

 end of the country to the other almost. At that time Isaac 

 Woodruff had him. In the race with Suffolk, he won the 

 first heat in 5m. 13s., but was distanced in the next in 5m. 

 12^s. On the 15th of that month, at the Union Course, 

 the Lady went two-mile heats under saddle, against James 

 K. Polk the pacer to wagon. The chestnut beat her in 

 two heats of 5m. 4is., 5m. 9s. On the 28th, the Lady of 

 Suffolk went two-mile heats in harness, at the same course, 

 against Lady Sutton. This mare was a brown, low but 

 sturdy, strong and game, a mare of very fine stamina and 

 endurance. At the time of this trot, James Whelpley had 

 her. Suffolk won the race in two heats, 5m. 10s., 5m. 

 12s. The Lady continued her doings very late that year; 

 for the last race she went was on the 28th of December, on 

 the Union Course. It was two-mile heats in harness, 

 against Bipton. The Lady won in two heats, 5ni. 18|s., 

 5m. 25|s., extraordinary time, it must be admitted, to 

 make after Christmas, and before New- Year's Day. It will 

 have been seen that the Lady was very successful this year : 

 for she won nine races out of eleven ; and, in the two wherein 

 she was beaten, it was by James K. Polk the pacer, and 

 not by any trotter. 



In the following year, 1848, she did not do as much trot- 

 ting, by reason of having met with an accident in the mid- 

 dle of the season. At the time when this befel her, she had 

 been winning races hoof over hoof, and, but for the hurt she 

 got, would very likely have made as successful a season of it 

 as any she had seen. Lady Suffolk began operations that 

 year at the Centreville Course on the 19th of May. She 

 went mile heats, three in five, in harness, with Lady Sutton 



