301 CONTENTS. 



XX. 



Eipton, Brandywine, and Don Juan. — Bipton anJ Quaker. — Eipton and 

 Spangle. — Klpton, Lady Suffolk, and Washington. — Klpton and Confi- 

 dence. — Klpton and Americus. — Bipton^B Performances in 1842 recapit- 

 ulated.- Conclusion enforced. — Time wanted for Maturity,- Eipton 

 required much Work 1" 



XXL 



Rlpton's Three Matches with Americus. — Ripton in Mud. — Kiptonin Snow. 



— Sleighing on the Harlem Boad, — Ripton and Confidence. — Owner's 

 Instructions. — An Old Horse to be kept Warm between Heats. — Match 

 with Bay Boston 186 



XXII. 



Bipton and Lady Button. — Lady Sutton and Lady Moscow. — Death of 

 Lady Moscow. — Her Burial-place. — Her Produce. — Horses she trotted 

 against. — Eipton and Lady Suffolk. — Bipton, Sorrel Ued, and Snake. 



— Bipton and Jersey. — Bipton's Last Bace 192 



XXIII. 



Ability to pull Weight considered. — Form best calculated for it. — Mere 

 Bulk useless. — Long Stridera seldom "Weight-pullers. — Kemble Jack- 

 son. — Description of him.^Kemble Jackson and Washington. — Kem- 

 ble Jackson and the Nelson Colt. — Kemble Jackson and Black Harry. — 

 Kemble Jackson, O'BIenis, Lady Brooks, and Pelham. — Kemble Jack- 

 son, Mountain Maid, and Flash. — The Kemble Jackson Check. — Kem- 

 ble Jackson, O'BIenis, Pet, lola, Boston GMrl, and Honest John. . . Id9 



XXIV. 



O^BIenls against the Field. — Immense Attendance at the Bace. — Expecta- 

 tions that Kemble would break. — His Great Victory. — His Early Death. 



— Weight-pulling Mares. — Lady Palmer. — Peerless.- — California Dam- 

 ael.— English Theory about Trotting- Weight 205 



XXV. 



The Gray Mare Lady Suffolk. — Her Pedigree. — Place of Breeding. — Sale 

 to David Bryan. — Description of Lady Suffolk. — Her Performances. — 

 More than Fifteen Tears on the Course. — Trotted 138 Races and won 88 

 Times. — Suffolk and Sam Patch. — Suffolk and Black Hawk. — Suffolk 

 and the Virginia Mare. — Suffolk and liattler. — Suffolk, Dutchman, and 

 Rattler. — Suffolk and Awful. — Suffolk, Napoleon, Cato, and Ion. — 

 Suffolk, Dutchman, and Rattler again. — Suffolk and Dutchman. . . 211 



XXVI. 



Begardlng Early Maturity. — Lady Suffolk and Apollo. — Lady Suffolk and 

 Dutchman. — Suffolk and Cato. — Suffolk, Lady Victory, and Lafayette. 

 — Suffolk, Henry Celeste, and Cato. — Suffolk and Don Juan. — Suffolk 



