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needs a quicker perception, than I possess, of the ridiculous, to 

 see any humor. 



The spirited sketch alluded to above, of poor Clarke's— 

 his best I think — is by no means free from this gross fault ; 

 though, in other points, the likeness is perfect and unmis- 

 takable. 



This defect, and also the very faulty seat of the rider, in the 

 original cut, have been at my suggestion cleverly corrected by 

 Messrs. Capewell and Kimmel, the excellent and intelligent en- 

 gravers, to whose talents in representing on steel some of the 

 very best of our American equine celebrities, I gladly confess 

 my indebtedness. All admirers of the famous old mare will 

 recognize her bloodlike head, her peculiar mode of carrying it 

 and champing on the bit, her long slashing stroke which led the 

 way to such oft -repeated glories, and the broad white flag, nev- 

 er displayed to ask for truce, or to give token of submission. 



The following summary of her performances, with her pedi- 

 gree, and an account of her winnings in purses, alone, not in- 

 cluding bets — unparalleled, it is believed, by those of any trot- 

 ting horse— are taken from " The Spirit of the Times," of June 

 2d, 1855. It was fitting that the person who, when she was a 

 common livery horse, first detected in her the germ of her fu- 

 ture greatness, should be the one to give the report of her hon- 

 ors to posterity. 



1 say the simple truth, when I record my own belief, that I, 

 at least, shall not look upon her like again. 

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