EREORS IN TI^nXG. 205 



made, and did such a table accompany the only record remain- 

 ing of it, the whole story wonld be set aside as false, on the in- 

 ternal evidence of disagreement with itself. 



The year 1851 was marked by the appearance of a new 

 horse on the trotting turf, destined afterward to wear the green- 

 est, and all but the highest of its laurels, the Maine cham- 

 pion Tacony ; and by the decline of an old favorite, Lady Mos- 

 cow, who, from this year, fell into the second rank, never again 

 to rise to her former glories. 



Even on the indomitable courage and steel-springed frame ot 

 Lady Siiffolk, time was beginning to make its inroads ; and 

 even her admirers were forced to admit that, although still the 

 Queen of the track, she was no longer quite what she had used 

 to be. And what wonder, when one considers that she had al- 

 ready seen her eighteenth birthday ; and that for thirteen years 

 she had been almost constantly in training and at work, ready 

 for all comers, at all distances, and the victress in almost every 

 city of the Union, where trotting is an institution, over the 

 best that dared encounter her. 



This year she won seven times, beating Jack Eossiter twice ; 

 St. Lawrence twice ; O'Blenis twice ; Cowdriver, Lady Pelham, 

 and Lady Jane, once each. 



But the time was no longer Lady Suffolk's ; such as she 

 used to make in her palmy days of old, as she never got below 

 2.34, for a single mile, although she beat Lady Jane and St. 

 Lawrence two-mile heats, at 5.08 — 5.13. 



On the other hand she was beaten five times; thrice by Lady 

 Jane; once by Jack Rossiter; once by O'Blenis, and once by 

 the pacer Eoanoke. IS'ot one of these animals, except, per- 

 haps. Lady Jane, could have come near her in her best time. 



Lady Jane trotted a good and honest mare, this season, win- 

 ning four times ; thrice of Lady Suffolk ; once of St. Lawrence 

 and O'Blenis. She was beaten twice only, by the Lady, and 

 the horse with the Celtic title. 



Jack Rossiter, also, held his own, well and improvingly. He 

 was a winner nine times against all the best horses of the year, 

 Lady Suffolk, Lady Moscow, Pelham, once each ; St. Lawrence 

 four times ; Grey Vermont twice ; Zach. Taylor, War Eagle, 

 and Tacony. 



