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LADY SUFFOLK. 



Lady Suffolk was a gray mare, bred in Suffolk County, 

 Long Island, N. Y., by Leonard W. Lawrence of Smithstown. 

 She was foaled in 1833 ; her sire was Engineer, 2d, a thorough- 

 bred son of Engineer by Imported Messenger, and her dam was 

 Dusky Jane by Don Quixote, a son of Imported Messenger. 

 She was, consequently, a strongly in-bred Messenger mare. 

 She was sold at weaning time to E. F. Blaydenburgh for $60. 

 She was again sold when four years old to David Bryant for 

 $112.50. When young she was an iron gray in color, but in 

 her old age she became almost white. She was about fifteen 

 hands one inch in height ; she was well and strongly built, 

 long in body, back a little roached, powerful, long quarters, 

 hocks let down low, short cannon bones, pastern joints fine, 

 shoulders good, slim but muscular neck, a rather large, long, bony 

 head, and big ears. Her feet were small and crimpy — called 

 mulish feet — but were sound and as tough as iron. 



Her first appearance on the turf was on a very cold day in 

 February in 1838, at Babylon, N. Y., where she trotted for and 

 won a purse of $11 in three heats, the fastest heat of which was 

 three minutes. 



In her next race, June 20th of the same year, at Beacon 

 course, she was beaten by both Black Hawk and Apollo in poor 

 time, but, two days afterwards, at the same place, she won a 

 race of two-mile heats under the saddle, beating Lady Victory, 

 Black Hawk, Cato, and Sarah Puff in two heats in 5.15 and 

 5.17. After which she was beaten by Battler, Awful, and 

 Napoleon, all of these races two-mile heats, and October 17th 

 she beat Polly Smallfry and Madam Boyal, two-mile heats, in 

 5.18 and 5.26. 



Battler then beat her three-mile heats, and Dutchman beat 

 her two races, two-mile and mile heats respectively. In 1839 

 she trotted twelve races, eight of which were two-mile heats 

 and one of four-mile heats, winning- six and losing six. 



In 1840 she commenced the season by trotting two-mile 

 heats under the saddle at the Huntington Park course, June 



