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mare, she was defeated easily by the horse in Y.44 — 7.52. She 

 had previously won in T.404, over the Hunting Park Course, 

 Philadelphia, always a slower track than the Beacon, and in 

 bad trotting order at the time. She was evidently out of con- 

 dition, and dead beat, even in the first heat, and was also said 

 to be very ill driven by Bryan, who, justly or unjustly, bears 

 all the blame of the mare's defeats. 



In September, however, she somewhat retrieved her laurels, 

 beating Oneida Chief, saddle against sulky, in 2.29 — 2.30 — 

 2.28i ; and Confidence, a few days afterwards, in 2.38 — 2.39, 

 and 2.41. 



On the 2oth of the same month, Americus beat Dutchman, 

 three-mile heats, in sulkies, the best three in five, Eipton lame 

 and paying forfeit, in 8.04—8.11—8.26, and 9.40. 



The trotting at Cambridge was not worthy of record, in Sep- 

 tember ; but in October good time was made there by the after- 

 ward famous stallion Black Hawk. 



At the Kendall Course, Baltimore, Oneida Chief beat Lady 

 Suffolk, three miles under the saddle, in 7.48 ; and again beat the 

 mare and Dutchman, the same distance, in 7.59, 8.15, and 8.01. 



A remarkable pacing match came ofi^, over the Beacon 

 Course, late in the season, in which Sir "Walter Scott, against 

 time, being backed to do eighteen miles in the hour, beat time, 

 with 22 seconds to spare, not having halted or broken his pace. 

 After the match he was freely backed to do 19 miles within the 

 hour, without takers. 



All this year, and all the last, Lady Sufiblk went unsteadily 

 and uncertainly ; was often out of condition, and appeared to 

 tire without reason. She and her driver did not seem to under- 

 stand one another ; and, as I have said before, rightfully or 

 wrongfully, on him was laid the blame of her shortcomings. 



On the whole, the honors of tliis year were to Kipton, who 

 made some capital trotting, and succeeded in establishing his 

 superiority to the far-famed Americus. 



The year 1844 opened early in April, with the trotting of 

 the New Orleans Association, but it produced no event worthy 

 of commemoration ; indeed, to the southward it does not appear 

 that the genius of either man or horse inclines seriously to this 

 pace. 



