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secured by the brown mare, in 2m. 80s., 2in. 31|s. The 

 fifth and sixth were dead heats, 2m. 32., 2m. 31s. 



When they came home in the sixth heat, they both pre- 

 ferred charges of foul driving. As proof that Bryant had 

 fouled him, Isaac pointed to one of his wheels, in which one 

 spoke was broken out and five or six more damaged. Bryant, 

 however, maintained that Isaac was in fault, and showed a 

 bruised face. The judges were unable to decide the point 

 between them ; and so, sending out patrol judges, they started 

 them for another heat. This was won by the gray mare in 

 2m. 38s. On the 28th of September, the mares went again 

 in the same way, at the same course, and Suffolk won in 

 four heats. Lady Sutton won the first. The time was 2m. 

 32s., 2m. 33is., 2m. 34s., 2m. 36s. On the 8th of October, still 

 at the Centreville, Lady Suffolk went two-mile heats in har- 

 ness, against Lady Sutton and Pelham. They had three heats 

 of it, and the brown mare won. Pelham got the first heat, 

 Sutton second, in 5m. 16s. Lady Sutton won the second, 

 and Pelham was second, in 5m. 17s. In the third, Pelham 

 was distanced, and Lady Suffolk was second, in 5m. 20s. 



The next race was one of three-mile heats in harness, on 

 the 17th of October, between Lady Suffolk, Trustee, and 

 Pelham ; and, before giving it, I am induced to say a little 

 about that famous horse, the first twenty-miler. He was 

 got, as most of my readers have heard, by the thoroughbred 

 horse imported Trustee, out of the trotting-mare Fanny 

 Pullen. This mare was bred in Maine ; and it was long 

 supposed that she was a descendant of the Maine Messen- 

 ger ; but, from a letter which was published in " The Spirit," 

 from one who speaks by authority, it now appears that she 

 had no known Messenger-blood in her, but had the blood 

 closely of a thoroughbred imported horse, who is not other- 

 wise known much about. But I think, that, for the game 

 and lasting qualities of Trustee, we must look in a great 

 measure to his sire, the imported horse, who was of very 

 renowned blood. He was got by Catton, a game, strong 



