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It is just so with the runners. Look at English Eclipse, 

 who " pulled a ton/' as the saying has it, when he distanced 

 his fields. Look at Norfolk, a desperate hard puller, hut, 

 nevertheless, a thorough stayer. I mention* these instances 

 in order that you may not be led away by a theory that is 

 groundless. To say that a horse can't stay because he pulls, 

 is not true. To say that he might stay as well if he did 

 not pull so hard, and that he would be much more pleasant 

 to ride or drive, is the correct thing. 



To .return to Lady Suffolk. In the three-mile race between 

 her and Trustee and Pelham, there were three heats. 

 Trustee won the first of them in 7m. 45^s., and the mare 

 was second. Pelham was third, and then drawn. The mare 

 won the second and third heats in 7m. 52s., 7m. 57s. Lady 

 Suffolk's next trot was with Long-Island Black Hawk. 

 This latter famous horse was by Andrew Jackson, out of 

 Sallie Miller, a mare owned at Philadelphia. She was a 

 good one. In 1834 she made Ed. Forrest go in about 2m. 

 31s., over the Centreville. Afterward, in 1836, at the same 

 course, I held her by the bridle while Andrew Jackson had 

 the amorous intercourse with her from which Long-Island 

 Black Hawk sprang. The latter, as his name indicates, 

 was black. He had four white legs and a star, a horse of 

 the finest symmetry, standing fifteen hands two inches and 

 a half high, and a splendid goer. He was a great weight- 

 puller, and the first that went in 2m. 40s. to a wagon and 

 driver of three hundred and ninety pounds weight. It was 

 in his match with Jenny Lind, who belonged to Mr. Joseph 

 Goodwin. This race between Suffolk and Black Hawk was 

 at the Union Course, on the 24th of October. It was to 

 wagon and driver of 3501bs. ; and the mare won in three 

 heats. The time was 2m. 45s., 2m. 40s., 2m. 43s. 



On the 7th of November, the Lady went three-mile heats 

 in harness, against Trustee, on the Union, and beat him in 

 two heats of 8m. 13s., 8m. 15s. On the 12th, at the Centre- 

 ville, she went two-mile heats against the pacer Dan Miller. 



