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Celeste .and Napoleon, two-mile heats in harness. Celeste 

 was the gray mare heretofore mentioned as in my stable. A 

 race of three heats resulted ; in which Napoleon won the first, 

 and Lady Suffolk the second and third. But Napoleon was 

 distanced in the third heat ; so my mare was second in the 

 race. The time was 5m. 26s., 5m. 33s., 5m. 32s. 



On the 11th of June, Lady Suffolk trotted a mile against 

 time, on the Stevens Eunning Course, Iloboken. The 

 match grew out of a remark made by a gentleman in con- 

 versation, that Bonaparte was the only horse capable of 

 trotting a mile over that course in less that 2m. 40s. So 

 Lady Suffolk was backed to beat that time. The track was 

 sandy and very deep, but it was not at all holding ; and the 

 gray mare went away at a slashing gait, and did the mile in 

 2m. 32s. Much amazement was caused ; but I cannot see 

 that there had been any good reason for the belief that the 

 course was so very slow for a trotter going under saddle. If 

 she had had wheels behind her, or if the ground had been 

 heavy and holding as well as deep, it would have been dif- 

 ferent. The Lady now enjoj^ed her ease until the 30th of 

 June, when she trotted four-mile heats under saddle, against 

 Bonaparte, on the Centreville Course. This Bonaparte was 

 a chestnut gelding, sixteen hands high, and well bred. He 

 had been worked on Mr. Stevens's running-track at Hoboken, 

 and was thought to be very fast, as well as stout. His time 

 over that course was such that they thought no other horse 

 could equal it, until Lady Sufiblk knocked it all to pieces. 

 On the trotting-course, Lady Suffolk beat him easily enough, 

 — four-mile heats. In the first of them I rode him, and the 

 time was 11m. 15s. In the second heat, William Whelan 

 rode him ; and he was again beaten handily in 11m. oSs. 



Lady Suffolk was not engaged again until the 21st SejH 

 tember, when she trotted with Aaron Burr, two-mile heats, on 

 the Beacon Course. Aaron Burr was a small but handsome 

 and well-bred blood bay horse. He was in my stable. In 

 this race he won the first heat ; but the Lady took the second 



