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Suffolk and Lady Moscow. Suffolk, Mac, Gray Eagle, and Gray Trouble. 

 Suffolk and Pelkam. Suffolk, Pelham, and Jack Rossiter. Lady Suf- 

 folk, Lady Sutton,'and Pelham. Suffolk, Trustee, and Pelham. Breeding 

 of Trustee. Description of Trustee Suffolk and Long-Island Black 

 Hawk. Description of Black Hawk. Death of Trustee. 



~VYT~E now come to 1849, in which year, as I remarked 

 V V in the last chapter, the gray mare came out fresh 

 and fine after her let-up by reason of the accident at Sara- 

 toga, and trotted twenty races. This arduous season began 

 at the Union Course on the 21st of May. Lady Suffolk and 

 Lady Moscow went mile heats, three in five, in harness ; and 

 the bay inare won in four heats. Suffolk took the first, but 

 lost the other three. The time was exactly the same in 

 three of these heats, 2rn. 34s. The second heat was 2m. 

 30s. The Lady now went down East, and trotted three 

 races in Providence, B. I. The first was on the 5th 

 of June, mile heats, three in five, under saddle. She 

 went against Mac, Gray Eagle, and Gray Trouble, all under 

 saddle. Mac was a very famous horse, and very fast. He 

 was a brown gelding, fifteen and a half hands high. When 

 he first came to my notice, he was owned by Mr. Robert 

 "Walton of Boston. He sold him to Harry Jones of New 

 York, who in turn disposed of him to Mr. John McArdle of 

 Albany. Gray Eagle was a gray gelding, fifteen hands high, 

 and one of the most beautiful little horses ever seen. He 

 was well broken, and a splendid driver, looking magnificent 

 when going. Gray Trouble was a handsome gray gelding, 

 fifteen hands three inches high, of elevated style, and a long 



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