514 A SHORT HISTORY OF THE 



at the Eeacon Course, in 4 m. 59 s. and 5 ni. Sis. Owing to an 

 accident, she did no more work that 5'car. She opened the season 

 of 1841 by beating Confidence and ^Vashington, two-mile hents, at 

 the Centreville Course, but the former a few days later turned the 

 tables upon her. At Philadelphia, May 6th, she beat Dutchman, 

 two-mile heats, in harness, in 5 m. 12j s , 5 m. IIH s , and 5 m. 

 21 s., and two days afterwards beat him, three-uiile heats, under 

 saddle, in 7 m. 40 5 s. and 7 m. 56 s. Aaron Burr then beat her 

 three-mile heats at the Beacon Course, June 13th. On July 5th, at 

 the Beacon, she beat Eipton, under saddle, mile heats, in 2 m 35 s. 

 and 2 m. 27j s., and on the 22d of the same mouth, at the same 

 course, she beat Awful, two mile heats, in harness, in three heats, 

 in 5 m. 26} s., 5 m. 28 s., and 5 m. 21s. Five dnys after, at the 

 same course, she distanced Oneida Chief, the pacer, two-mile heats, 

 under saddle, in 5 m. 5 s., with very great ease. She finished her 

 work this year by suffering defeat from Americus in a five-mile race 

 to wagon. The next two years she was generally unsuccessful, 

 which was attributed universally to the obstinacy and incompetency 

 of her owner and driver, David Bryant. 



In 1844 the Lady was very successful, beating Americus, Ripton, 

 Washington, Columbus, Duchess, Pizarro, and losing but two races. 

 In 1845, she won four races, three from Americus and one from 

 Moscow, and lost four times : twice to Americus, once to Duchess, 

 and once to Moscow. In 1846 she only won two out of her five 

 races, but in 1847, when she was in her fourteenth year, she bore 

 away the palm fi'om all her competitors, winning nine times, and 

 against such horses as Moscow, Lady Sutton, Eipton, and the 

 pacers, James K. Polk and Roanoke, and lost but once. These 

 performances were at three, two, and one-mile heats, under saddle, 

 in harness, and to sulkies, doing three miles in 7 m. 56 s. and 

 8 m. 6] s., two miles in 5 m. 3 s., 5 m. 10 s., and 5 m. 12 s., one 

 mile in 2 m. 33} s. In 1848 she trotted only six races, having 

 met with an accident in the middle of the season, when she was 

 winning races hoof over hoof; but, in 1849, she came out fresh and 

 fine alter her accident, and trotted nineteen races, and came out con- 

 queror in twelve of them, beating Gray Eagle, Mac, and Lady Sutton 

 each twice; Pelham, five times; Trustee, the famous twenty-miler, 

 four times; Long Island Black Hawk, Gray Trouble, Ploughboy, 

 and others. In her race with Mac and Gray Trouble, at Boston, 

 June 14th, to saddle, she won the second heat in 2 m. 26 s., which 

 for a short time was at the head of the record. In 1850 she beat 

 Lady Moscow six times, at one, two, and three miles ; Jack Rossiter, 

 thrice ; Hector, once; and in harness, once her old adversary, James 

 K. Polk, to wagon. She was beaten four times by Lady Moscow, 

 at two and three miles, and twice, at two miles, by Jack Rossiter, 



