536 THE HORSE. 



Long Island Black Hawk was one of the greatest stock-horses 

 ever bred upon the island which furnished the first half of his 

 name, and one of the best representatives of the feashaw family. 

 He was fifteen and a half hands in height, finely moulded, a great 

 weight-puller, and a good traveller. He was hardly a match for 

 Lady Suffolk, who drew three hundred and fifty pounds, and beat 

 him in 2 m. 40 s. 



Kemble Jackson, another son of Andrew Jackson, was equally 

 distinguished. As a trotter, he surpassed Long Island Black 

 Hawk. He commenced his career on the Centreville Course in 

 December, 1850. The next year he beat the Nelson Colt in a 

 three-mile race, giving a strong proof of his great qualities. On 

 the 1st of June, 1853. in a similar race with O'Blenis, Boston 

 Grirl, Pet, lola, and Honest John, he achieved a national reputa- 

 tion. This race attracted almost as much attention as the great 

 race between Sir Henry and American Eclipse, in which the 

 honor of two sections of the country, the North and the South, 

 was considered at stake. The contest was mainly between the 

 popular favorites Kemble Jackson and O'Blenis. The latter was 

 by Abdallah, from whom he inherited all the fine characteristics 

 of the Messenger stock. Kemble Jackson was driven by Hiram 

 Woodruff, whose skill and judgment in driving were signally dis- 

 played in the management of his horse on this occasion. All the 

 horses came on the ground in good condition, and were well 

 started for the first trial. The popular judgment was immediately 

 confirmed by Kemble Jackson and O'Blenis drawing ahead of the 

 others, Kemble Jackson on the lead, which he maintained for 

 three miles, winning the first heat in 8 m. 8 s. In the second 

 heat, lola and Pet got off with the lead, but on the second quarter 

 Kemble Jackson headed them, and O'Blenis coming up, a duel 

 between them was maintained until the end of the second mile ; 

 Kemble Jackson, leading easily in the third mile, won the heat 

 and the race in 8 m. 4f s. All the horses did well, but Kemble 

 Jackson surpassed all expectation ; and though the time has been 

 frequently beaten, this is generally considered one of the best 

 three-mile races ever witnessed on Long Island. 



Lady Suffolk's day was hardly over before a successor appeared 

 who was more than her equal, whose career on the turf was 

 nearly as long, and marked by achievements exciting equal admi- 

 ration, and gaining her even greater celebrity. The new light 

 was Flora Temple. She was foaled in 1845, near Utica, New 

 York, and was by One-eyed Hunter, a son of Kentucky Hunter. 

 She was a little bay mare, fourteen and a half hands high, of 

 thorough-bred, muscular form, and peculiarly quick and nervous 

 gait. When four years old she was sold for thirteen dollars, and 

 again for sixty-eight dollars, and ultimately found her way to New 



