ULA was bred in 1863, by Col. Crockett, then 

 residing in Kentucky, but now living in Rock 

 Island, 111. She was got by Alexander's Nor- 

 man out of Kate Crockett by imported Hooten. 

 Lula was taken by her owner to Illinois when she was 

 quite young, and was for some time used as a saddle mare 

 by him in his trips across the country buying cattle; but 

 she began to show promise of speed, and Colonel Crockett 

 placed her, in the spring of 1870, when she was seven 

 years old, in the hands of Sherman Perry, one of the ablest 

 trainers in the West. Her improvement in his hands was 

 very rapid, and during that season she first appeared upon 

 the turf. Her maiden race was at the Scott County Agricul- 

 tural Association, at Davenport, Iowa, where, September 

 8th, 1870, she was beaten by Sleepy John, for a purse of 

 $1000, after winning the first and fourth heats, in 2:35 

 2:59, Albatross being third. She also trotted that season 

 at Iowa City, Keokuk, and at Canton, 111, at the last- 

 ineutioned place winning the first heat in 2:27}, but losing 

 the race to the chestnut stallion Logan. In 1871, she was 

 let up, but in 1872, having been purchased by Mr. Joseph 

 Harker, of New York City, who changed her name to Lula. 

 she made a season's campaign in the 2:27 class. It was an 

 unsuccessful year for her, as she started in five races and won 

 none, while at Utica, she took the first heat in 2:24f, and 

 then behaved so badly that she was distanced in the second. 

 Her bursts of speed were wonderful, but she was too nervous 

 to be reliable. In August, 1873, she trotted in the Free-for- 

 all Race at Springfield, and only got fourth place, and she 

 was then turned over into Green's hands, who has since had 

 charge of her. He won a fine race with her at Prospect 

 Park, September 23d, beating four good ones, the best time 

 being 2:24}. In 1874 she won at Cleveland, in the 2:24 

 class, lowering her record to 2:20 }, and two weeks later, at 

 Rochester, placed herself in the very front rank of trotters 

 by taking a third heat in 2:16f. At Springfield, August 

 18th, she acted badly, and was distanced in the first heat. 

 At Hartford, ten days later, she was fourth and last in the 

 Free-for-all Purse, won by Goldsmith Maid; and at Mystic 

 Park, September 1st. she was beaten by Bodine in the 2:24 

 race, but captured the second heat in 2:18}, the fastest of 

 the race, and secured second money. She commenced the 

 season of 1875 at Cleveland, July 30th, where she was 

 second to Goldsmith Maid in the Free-for-all Purse, Ameri- 

 can Girl being third. At Buffalo, August 9th, she van- 

 quished her only competitor, Nettie, in three straight heats, 

 in 2:222:1822:15. This performance, although a 

 great one, hardly prepared the public for what was to 

 follow. At Rochester, August 14th, Goldsmith Maid, 

 American Girl. Nettie, and Lula appeared in the Free-for- 

 all Race, and, as a matter of course, the Maid was a hot 



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favorite, few deeming it possible that the flighty, nervous 

 Lula could dethrone the peerless Queen of the Turf. " In 

 the first heat American Girl made the trotting, as far 

 as the three-quarter pole, at a rate of speed which, if 

 kept up to the finish, would have carried her to the wire 

 in 2:14, but here she gave it up, and the Maid went to 

 the front, winning the heat in 2:15}. On the second 

 heat, the Maid led the way until she reached the home- 

 stretch, when Lula began to close the great gap of five 

 lengths which had separated her from the leader at the 

 half mile, and, overhauling the Maid at the distance-stand, 

 it was a neck-and-neck struggle to the wire, Lula winning 

 by little more than a head, in 2.16}. The third heat was 

 a still more signal triumph for Lula. Making a bad break 

 around the first turn, and again on the backstretch, she 

 was fully seven lengths behind when the Maid reached the 

 half, in 1:07}, but, squaring herself, she seemed to fly rather 

 than to trot, so agile, and graceful, and swift was her move- 

 ment, and, passing the Maid at the distance-stand, she won 

 the heat by two lengths in 2:15}, having actually made the 

 last half mile of this, the third heat, in 1:06. On the con- 

 cluding heat, Lula had a little the best of the send-off, and 

 kept a lead of about two lengths, making the first quarter 

 in 34s., the second in 33}s., and the third in 32|s., going 

 at a rate of speed on the last turn that would have carried 

 her to the wire in 2:11, without gaining a perceptible inch 

 on the resolute old mare; but just as she was turning into 

 the homestretch, Lula made a bad break, and the Maid was 

 again in the lead. Settling quickly to her work, however, 

 another desperate contest ensued down the homestretch, and 

 gamely the great old mare fought every inch of the way. 

 There was no quitting, no flagging, no giving up ; but, at 

 the finish of the fastest fourth heat, and of the second fastest 

 race ever trotted in the world, Goldsmith Maid, in her nine- 

 teenth year, was beaten under the wire only a head in 2:17." 

 At Utica, August 21, she was beaten by the Maid in 

 three straight heats, American Girl being second. At 

 Cincinnati, October 9th, she trotted against time, to beat 

 2:18, but lost ; and five days later, at Rochester, she at- 

 tempted to beat Goldsmith Maid's record of 2:14, and again 

 lost; her time actually being 2:16} 2:14| 2:16. The 

 day was windy, and not favorable for fast time, and although 

 not appearing as a record, this performance is really more 

 wonderful than her race at Rochester. In 1876 she was 

 notoriously amiss, as were all the horses in Green's stable, 

 and did nothing worthy of note. This year (1877) she has 

 appeared once in the Free-for-all Purse, at Flcetwood Park, 

 June 1, won by Nettie; but the impression among many 

 shrewd horsemen is that before the close of the present year, 

 she will reduce her present record, and crown herself the 

 Queen of the Turf, 



