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In the same month, at the Hunting Park Course, Phila- 

 delphia, Ladj Suffolk was beaten by Lady Yictory, two-mile 

 heats, the best three in five, in 5.28 — 5.31 — 5.32—5.42, the 

 Lady winning the third heat ; and on the following day beat her, 

 the same match and distance, in 5.38 — 5.35. — 5.40. On the 

 third day of the meeting, in a match against Lafayette, he to 

 draw two persons in a buggy, weigliing in all 3T3 lbs., she in a 

 sulky. Lady Suffolk was again beaten, mile heats, in 2.52— 

 2.50. 



The odds were two to one upon the mare, but it was evident 

 that she had been trashed off her legs, by the excessive work she 

 had undergone in the last two days ; she broke up often— a thijig 

 of which she was rarely guilty — was evidently oft' her foot, and 

 was easily beaten. 



This was too often the case with this noble mare. If she had 

 not been literally made of wrought iron, and had a courage as 

 fine and clear as tempered steel, she never could have endured 

 the incessant and unreasonable work, to which she was subjected 

 by an owner, who, being possessed of an extraordinary animal, 

 was just sensible of those qualities, without having the sense 

 how to apply them. 



How she should have retained her foot, her courage, and her 

 unequalled stamina, as she did so many years, as the queen of 

 the trotting turf— never stale, never sulky, and rarely, if ever, 

 beaten, but when she was utterly overmatched — was the admira- 

 tion of all who knew her, and made her the people's pet and 

 darling. 



It was on August 1st, however, on the Beacon Course, that 

 the great feat of the year was accomplished. It was a memor- 

 able day for several causes ; at noon, the famous steamshi23s the 

 Great Western and the British Queen took their departure to- 

 gether from the Battery, which was crowded with fitly thousand 

 spectators, while every new steamer and sailing craft that was 

 at liberty accompanied them in a triumphal procession to the 

 ISTarrows. In the afternoon, there was a highly interesting boat 

 match in the bay ; but at six in the evening was to come off, to 

 sportsmen, the great event of that exciting and eventful day 



On the 11th of July preceding, when Dutchman beat Awful 

 three miles in harness, a match was made on time, against the 



