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and tliird after a close contest. The time was 5m. 22s., 5m. 

 21s., 5m. 35s. He had trotted up to her so well in this race 

 that I was still of opinion that he could beat her ; and in 

 consequence they were matched for $2,000. But the little 

 horse went amiss, and paid forfeit. Still the Lady was kept 

 busy. On the 24th of September, she was trotted two-mile 

 heats under saddle, against Dutchman, on the Beacon 

 Course, and beat him in 4m. 59s., 5m. 3^s. A match was 

 forthwith made for one thousand dollars a side, half-forfeit, 

 that she could beat any horse that could be produced the 

 next day, mile heats under saddle. The Lady was on hand 

 on the morrow, but the other side paid forfeit. The time 

 soon came when she had to pay. 



On the 29th of that month, being engaged to trot with 

 Dutchman and Washington on the Beacon Course, she was 

 found to be unable to start. It was announced that she 

 was lame ; but certain suspicious people would not believe it, 

 and got up a clamor. In order to satisfy them, the mare 

 was led out ; and lame, indeed, she was. She could hardly 

 put one of her fore-feet to the ground, and was literally on 

 three legs. Very few believed that she would ever come 

 right ; and I no more expected to see her trot again that 

 year than I expected to see the grass grown again in the 

 winter. Nevertheless, after a rest of a couple of months, 

 she appeared as sound as a new dollar, to trot on the Beacon, 

 a match of two-mile heats under saddle, against Don Juan. 

 The race was set for the last day of November, and he 

 paid her a forfeit of $500. The work she did that year 

 was not as great as she had done in 1838 and 1839, but 

 it was still a great deal ; and luckily she went into winter 

 quarters, giving every promise of another fine campaign 

 next season. 



