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on the 20th of November, she beat Green-Mountain Maid 

 and Rhode Island, and afterwards beat the latter to wagons. 

 She and Rhode Island then went on down the Ohio River to 

 Louisville, where she beat him again. There the little mare 

 embarked on one of the fine steamers which ran on the 

 Ohio below the falls and down the Mississippi to New 

 Orleans, where she and Green-Mountain Maid met early 

 in January, and had two races, one in harness, the other to 

 wagons. Neither of these races was very fast. Although 

 the mare finished in January at New Orleans, her races there 

 must be reckoned as part of her performances in 1863. In 

 that year she trotted twenty-one races, and, out of the whole 

 number, won seventeen. She also beat all the horses that 

 beat her, and beat them more times than they defeated her. 



On the return of the mare to New York, she was purchased 

 by D. L. Pettee, Esq., who was then, and continues to be, 

 one of the ablest and most highly respected of those distin- 

 guished gentlemen in the city and vicinity of New York 

 who have had a worthy pride in the possession of fast 

 horses. He at that time also owned Lady Brooks ; and these 

 mares he drove at Newport during the season of 1864, at 

 that celebrated seaside resort. When he returned home, he 

 suffered me to match Flora against the famous brown 

 gelding Mac, for 1,000, mile heats, three in five, in harness. 

 This Mac was very famous for his. many contests with 

 Tacony. They were very close together when in condition ; 

 but Mac had a little the best of the roan, in my judgment, 

 until he was injured by over-driving, and got " the thumps." 

 Mac was about fifteen two, and came originally from 

 Maine. He was of the Maine-Messenger blood. John 

 McArdle owned him. He had twice defeated Lady Suffolk, 

 and, when matched with Flora, was thought as good as any 

 thing out. But the mare beat him with great ease in three 

 heats. Time, 2.31|, 2.32, 2.33. That race was on the 5th 

 of October. 



On the 18th of the same month, Flora trotted a match for 



