202 THE HORSE. 



themselves done before, but they beat every thing they met 

 except one another, and stood deservedly, first and second of 

 another good year. 



Jack Rossiter also well regained whatever he had lost of 

 credit in the last year, contending gallantly with the mares who 

 were evidently his superiors, and running well with his equals. 



He won, on the whole, ten times, beating Lady Suffolk 

 twice ; Lady Moscow, once ; St. Lawrence, twice ; Pelham 

 twice ; Grey Eagle twice, and Telegraph once. 



He made the best two-mile time of the year at Saratoga, 

 where he distanced Lady Moscow in 5.04^. 



He was beaten twelve times ; four times by St. Lawrence, 

 three times by Lady Suffolk, three by Lady Moscow, and once 

 by Pelham. 



Still he gained rather than lost credit, for he was beaten by 

 none but known good ones, and had his turn at each of them, 

 and the best of Pelham. 



St. Lawrence, Lady Washington, Lady Bevins, Mendham 

 Maid, Honest John, James K. Polk, Fanny and Confidence, all 

 made good and creditable trotting, and were all six times or 

 more victors. 



There were two ten-mile trots this season. Hard Times 

 against Leopold, in 250 lb. wagons, won by the former in 

 32.25i. 



And Lady Agnes against Buckskin in sulkies, won by the 

 former, in 33.17. 



Another hundred-mile trot came off this year, on the part of 

 Mr. John F. Purdy, a gentleman of fortune, to drive his little 

 road-mare Kate, himself, that distance within ten hours. 



My opinion of the character of these matches has been given, 

 and I cannot recall it ; still it is right to say, that, having the 

 pleasure to know Mr. Purdy well, and to know him to be both 

 a judge of a horse's pace and a thoroughly kind-hearted man, I 

 know that the mare ran no danger of being distressed beyond 

 what is necessary to the accomplishment of such a taakjwith 

 what is called perfect ease. 



Tliat she received every aid that attention, tenderness and 

 experience could bestow, was inevitable ; and that she would 

 have been pulled up and withdrawn the instant she showed a 



