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the head of the trotting turf, Awful, if any thing, rather dech'n- 

 jng, than advancing, on his former renown, and Lady Suffolk 

 steadily increasing in favor, and rising toward the high position 

 whicli she afterward so long and so nobly occupied, as the fleet- 

 est, stoutest, and most honest piece of horseflesh, that ever went 

 on four shoes, until she at last departed from the scene of her 

 triumphs. 



At this period of her career, however, she was, it cannot be 

 denied, somewhat uncertain, and was in all likelihood — as ap- 

 pears to have been the ])revalent opinion — ill-managed by her 

 owner, and not often at the top of her condition, when called 

 upon to work. 



This, indeed, is evident from the irregularity of her time in 

 this present year — she who, when in her prime some years later, 

 could be counted upon with certainty, almost to a second. 



Slie opened the ball, this season, on the Beacon Course in the 

 first Spring meeting, two-mile heats in wagons, in 5m. 21s., the 

 horse drawn, the second heat. 



A few days later, at the same meeting, she' went two-mile 

 heats, against Dutchman, under the saddle, the horse winning 

 the two heats in 5.16—5.09. 



This was, at that day, the fastest two miles that had been 

 done ; and lias only in fact, since that, been beaten by Edwin 

 Forrest, Lad}* Suffolk, and our present favorite. Flora Temple . 



Although the gray mare was beaten, she made fine going, 

 forced the horse up to his time, and, in fact, gained credit by the 

 performance. 



On the Centreville Course, during the same spring, Dutch- 

 man made in harness, two-mile heats in 5.11 — 5.16, the best two 

 heats yet made in harness ; and, since that time, beaten only by 

 Lady Suftolk, Ripton, and Flora Temple. 



The Lady beat Cato on the Centreville, in 5.39, the horse 

 drawn the second heat ; and Dutchman, in a three-mile match, 

 distanced Awful, the first heat, in 7.41. This was the fastest 

 three miles in harness then done, and only beat, since then, by 

 Lady Suffolk. 



In July, on the Beacon Course, Dutchman again beat Awful, 

 three-mile heats in harness, in 8.18 — 7. 59, and one-mile heats, 

 the best three in five, in 2.35—2.32—2.35. 



