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the luinter stamp. He was foaled in 1836 ; he was a fine showy 

 animal, with easy and striking action. 



On the Beacon Course, May 2, came off a pacing match, mile 

 heats, the best three in five, the horse,Unknown, in a sulky, against 

 the mare, Fairy Queen, in a wagon, which was won by the horse 

 in 2.23 ; time that had never then been equalled on record, and 

 which has since that time been excelled only by the famous 

 mare Pocahontas, who has performed it in 2.17^. 



Lady Suffolk subsequently beat Duchess and Washington, 

 over the Beacon Course, the best three in five, at mile heats, 

 Washington winning the first heat, in 2.38— 2,33| — 2.34 — 2.37. 

 The course was fetlock deep in mud. Suffolk did one half mile 

 in 1.15 ; Duchess had never made equally good time before. 



On the Centreville track came off, October 2, a remarkable 

 match between Fanny Jenks, Misfortune and Neptune, to go 

 ten miles in harness, with drivers of 145 lbs. weight, exclusive 

 of sulkies. It was won by the mare Fanny Jenks, who per- 

 formed greater feats afterward, and obtained a curious celebrity 

 by tlie figure she cut as " Pigeon," in the sporting trials and 

 alleged swindling case of the Alleynes, formerly of the Seventh 

 Hussars, who subsequently purchased the mare in New York, 

 carried her to England, and won large sums, as it was charged 

 against them, by fraudulent misrepresentations. The cases were 

 curious and interesting, the decisions being more than once 

 reversed or set aside, and the whole matter, I believe, recently 

 reopened, after it was believed to be entirely settled. 



The time was as follows ; — 



This must be admitted to be a most extraordinary perform- 

 ance, whether we look to the character of the horses, which had 

 no remarkable reputation, and are, in fact, designated by the 

 " Spirit of the Times," in its comments on this trot, merely com- 

 mon roadsters ; or to the fact, that only twenty -two years had 

 elapsed since it was heavy odds in favor of time, against any 

 horse in the United States accomplishing a single mile in three 

 niiiuites. Boston Blue astonished the sporting world by doing 



