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Lee, by Dictator, (11-5); Terre Haute, Indiana, September 28, 



1892, 2:04. 



In a career extending from 1838 1o ISni, Lady Suffolk won a total of 

 eiglity-ihree ruci's. Flora Temple IkuI ninety-six winning raees to 

 her credit, and her inrf career extended from 185:^ to 1861. The 

 career of Goidsmilh 3Iaid was largely nnnle up of exhibition races. 

 From 181)7 to 1877 she won one hundred and fourteen contests, ami 

 made three hundred and thirty-two heats In 2:30 ov better— a tri- 

 umph never approacheil by any other animal. Her earnings dur- 

 ing this lime were over ;^2.">0,()00. Her ]>ublic career closetl the year 

 she was twenty years old, but in that year her campaign comprised 

 twelve victories, in whicii she trotteil seventeen heals better than 

 2:20, including one in '2:14.V, " Tlie day she was twenty-one years 

 old," writes John Splan, •'liudd Di;ble drove lier for Governor Stan- 

 ford a mile in 2:20 — a performance I never expect to see any other 

 animal make under similar conditions." Mautl S. was nine years 

 old when she trotted in 2:08|. The distinction, "Queen of the'high 

 wheel sulky," is claimed for her, by her record of 2:08J at Cleve- 

 land, Ohio, July 30, 1885, the record of Siniol, at Stockton, California, 

 October 20, 1891, of the same mark, 2:08|, having been made over a 

 kite track. When Nancy Hanks trotted at Independence, Missouri, 

 August 31, 1892, in 2:051, the trotting and pacing records were placed 

 on an equality for that period. 



Queer. A term applied to a horse that is a kicker. To 

 say that he is "queer behind," means that he kicks and must 

 be looked out for; as in the term, "this horse is queer." 



Quidcling-. The act of partly chewing the hay and 

 allowing it to drop from the mouth. It is a habit generally 

 due to irregular teeth. In cases where, from irregular teeth, 

 the sides of the mouth become lacerated, quidding is an 

 unsoundness while it lasts. 



Quietness. A warranty of soundness does not imply 

 quietness on the part of the horse sold. 



Quintet, The. [Eng.] The five mighty reunions or 

 meets of the English turf, viz : Epsom, Doncaster, Goodwood, 

 Ascot and York, are known as " the quintet." 



Quit. To stop in a race. 



It is my idea that the more finely organized and better bred a horse is, 

 the more liable he is to quit when out of condition.— Life with the 

 Trotters, John Splan. 



Quitting-. The act of giving up a heat or race. It is 

 said of a horse that lacks courage that he is a "quitter;" the 

 term denoting not so much want of training and work, as lack 

 of real courage or nervous force. 



True quitting is a mental quality — cowardice, faint-heartedness.— 

 Training the Trotting Horse, Ch'arles Marvin. 



Some quitters are fair campaigners. This fact may tend to show that 

 quitting is a mental, and not a physical infirmity; a lack ot cour- 

 age and perseveran(te rather than of hardiness, which I believe to 

 be the general opinion of liorsemen.— Wallace's Monthly. 



Quittor, may be described as a number of abscesses, in 



most cases at the coronet, towards the quarters or heels, giving 



great pain and causing much lameness. It indicates a very 



serious condition of the feet, and is a legal unsoundness. 



