LADY SUFFOLK AKD LADY MOSCOW, 201 



names, part of their performances under one name, part under 

 the other. Can anj one conceive such rubbish? 



This very year in wliich I write, a very good second-rate 

 horse, who had the hick some years since to be named after my 

 humble self, "Frank Forester," when he first came out, in 1850, 

 at Baltimore, has this year become ashamed of his paternity, and 

 assumed the more patrician and sonorous denomination of " Ike 

 Cook." Of Ike, the godfather of the horse, I have not the 

 honor to be cognizant, nor do I doubt his superior claims, other- 

 wise, to my own ; but, unless on the old theory of the rose by any 

 other name, I confess that it appears to me the " Frank " has an 

 honester sound than " Ike," and that the " Forester " has more 

 to do with field sports than the " Cook." 



But to leave badinage, the practice is an abominable one ; 

 and if not meant to be dishonest, it largely facilitates dishonesty — 

 as in the case, where Fanny Jenks was ominously rechristened 

 " Pigeon," not without a cause — and at all events produces em- 

 barrassment and misunderstanding. 



Lady Sutton did not appear this year, being withdrawn from 

 the turf after a brief but brilliant career. 



The struggle for supremacy lay between the two mares. 

 Lady Sutfolk and Lady Moscow, and a gallant and protracted 

 struggle it was, varied by an occasional outside dash at -T: ck 

 Rossiter, who had his own particular contest with Pelluuu and 

 St. Lawrence, the latter of whom gave him enough to do. 



Lady Sufi:blk, for to her, as of right, I give the precedence, 

 was eleven times a winner, beating Lady Moscow six times, at 

 one, two and three miles ; Jack Rossiter, thrice ; Hector, once, 

 and once her old adversary, James K. Polk, in harness, against 

 his wagon. She was beaten, in her turn, four times by Lady 

 Moscow, at two and three miles ; and twice, at two miles, bj 

 Jack Rossiter, coming o& victorious from both, in each match 

 of three events. 



Lady Moscow, also, won eleven times, beating Sutfolk four 

 times, -Jack Rossiter thrice, Pelham once, Zachary Taylor and 

 Captain Walker, once each, and receiving forfeit from the latter 

 and from Captain Davis, at Ballimore. She lost seven times ; 

 six times to Lady Suffolk, and once to Jack Rossiter. 



Neither of these mares made quite the time that they had 



