HUNDKED MILE MATCH. 189 



Winning twice. Mile heats, tliree in five, in three heats, in 

 2.47 ; 2.44i, of Betsey Baker, in harness, last heat not timed. 

 Mile heats, in four heats, in 2.45 ; 2.39; 2.42^; 2.47. 



Losing once. Mile heats, in first heat, distanced, 2.44, to 

 John Mafiit. 



On the whole. Lady Sufl'olk had the honors of the year, beat- 

 ing Americus twice to his once, and Moscow thrice in the same 

 races, and only losing to a pacer, the fastest of his time. 



Moscow showed himself a good horse, although, im/par con- 

 gressus, he could not make good the vaunt of his Canadian 

 friends, against such cracks as Americus and the Old Lady. 



Duchess did well, winning both her trots as recorded above, 

 and beating Americus and Moscow. 



Lady Moscow, whose name, by the way, is another exceed- 

 ingly stupid misnomer, said to be a weak invention to represent 

 Yamaska, from the valley of whicli Canadian river she is be- 

 lieved to have come, and doubly objectionable as seeming to 

 imply relationship to Moscow, also gave some evidence of what 

 she would be thereafter, although she is mentioned here, rather 

 to record her first entrance on the trotting turf, than in right of 

 her doings. Tliis year was disgraced by two more brutal trials 

 against time. 



First, Ariel, matched to trot fifty miles, within four hours, 

 after running away, upsetting her sulky and driver, and losing 

 5m. 51|s., won the match with 4m. IQ^s. to spare. 



]^ot content with this, her owner matched her to go 100 

 miles, against Fanny Murray and Stager, in sulkies carrying 

 catch weight ; when, having met with an accident, by which 

 she lost a mile and lamed herself, early in the race, she was yet 

 driven through the whole distance, whicli she accomplished in 

 9h. 51m., though beaten by Fanny Murray, who performed the 

 same distance in 9h. 41m. 26s. Stager gave out after going 

 sixty miles, in pretty good time. 



Such performances as these need no comment. It is coolly 

 added that, but for the accident, in spite of which the unfor- 

 tunate animal was pressed to the end, after it must have been 

 long evident that she could not possibly win, the result might 

 have been dififerent. 



