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fho preceding f:ill. In June, 18G5, at the Union Course, Lon<r 

 Island, she trotted against Frank Vernon and Stonewall Jnckson, 

 of New York, and in the race -went in 2m. 243s. — 2in. 2-1^8. She 

 at once became famous, and with exceedingly good reason, Sho 

 was then matched against Dexter, and beat him on the Union 

 Course that same month, trotting the first heat in 2m 24s. This 

 has been set forth in the account of that horse in the body of the 

 book. Saying nothing of the three victories she won at Philadel- 

 phia in the fall of 18G4, Lady Thorn remained upon the turf six 

 years, or rather five years and a half; as the season of 187C waa 

 but half over when she was injured by the accident. She troc.'.ed 

 about sixty races, and won forty-one times. As they were all 

 races of heats, and some of them of a good many heats, the amount 

 of work she did may be estimated. To recapitulate all that she 

 defeated would be an endless task. Among tho.se who beat her 

 were Dexter, George Wilkes, American Girl, Mountain Boy and 

 Lucy, but she also beat them, as well as many others. Towards 

 the latter end of her career she made much improvement, and 

 when she was hurt she was beyond all question or cavil the best- 

 mare upon the turf. She was as good to wagon as in harness, 

 and could stay two- mile heats just as well as one. The fastest 

 opponent that Lady Thorn ever had in former years, next to 

 Dexter, was George Wilkes, for this was before the coming out of 

 Mountain Boy and American Girl, and the great improvement 

 made by Goldsmith Maid. In the fall of 18G5, Lady Thorn and 

 George Wilkes met, and she beat him. He was not then as good 

 as he had once been, nor as good as he became in the following 

 eprine, when they were matched for two other races, one in 

 harness and the other to wagons. 



G93rge Wilkes was, and is, ahorse of very great merit, but soma 

 peculiarities. He was bred by the late Judge Felter, of Orange 

 county, and got by Ilamblctonian out of a mare of Mambrino 

 blood, called Dolly Spankei. She was given to Judge Felter by hi.«» 

 son Harry, of this (Mty. with injunctions to breed her to Hamblr 



