MEMOIR 



OF LADY SUFFOLK, 



WITH A SUMMARY OF HER PERFORMANCES. 



JjAdy Suffolk was bred in Suffolk County, Long Island, and 

 was foaled in 1833. At two years old she was purchased by 

 Mr. David Bryan ; and, in February, 1838, she made her first 

 public appearance near Babylon, where she trotted for, and 

 won, eleven dollars, after three heats, the fastest of which 

 was 3.01. The weather was very cold, and Hiram Wood- 

 ruff had the honor of riding her in this her first public per- 

 formance. 



Lady Suffolk was got by Engineer, a thoroughbred son of 

 Engineer by Imj). Messenger, her dam by Plato, another son 

 of Imp. Messenger, grand dam by Rainbow, out of a common 

 mare. The dam of Lady Suffolk was owned and bred by Gen. 

 John Floyd, of Smithtown, Long Island, and sold by his son to 

 Charles Little, Esq., of Smithtown, from whom she passed into 

 the hands of Richard Blaydenburg, Esq., who bred Lady Suf- 

 folk. 



Lady Suffolk was about fifteen hands and a half high ; of a 

 beautiful gray, with a large sweeping tail ; small head, well set 

 on to a fine arched neck, with a good deal of the Arab about 

 it ; large shoulders and quarters, not too heavy, but showing 

 immense strength and power o^ endurance ; long in the body, 

 legs fine and wonderfully good. 



