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On tbe 6th of June, 1866, Lady Thorn and George Wilkes 

 trotted in harness on the Union Course. Her star had then risen 

 in the east bright and clear, and having transferred most of his 

 affections to the one-eyed mare, the spirits and confidence of the 

 " Bishop of Long Island" had been exalted by her performances 

 to an extraordinary pitch. But the stallion beat her, she being 

 then on, trom natural causes. John Crooks, once the owner and 

 trainer of the famous mare California Damsel, had had Wilkes 

 ever since the beginning of the preceding winter, - and got him 

 into good condition. On the 14th they were to go to wagons on 

 the same course. The mare was still believed to be off. Dan 

 Pflfer, sick with the chills and fever, and despondent, as everybody 

 is with that accursed complaint, did not want to drive her. The 

 '' Bishop of Long Island" was gloomy and taciturn to a fault. 

 But Mr. Relf was not the man to disappoint the public, and the 

 race went on. The day was disagreeable for the time of year — 

 damp, with a sea fog. The track was dead, and by no means fast. 

 The company was small, but select, and those who were present 

 had the satisfaction of seeing the best race that ever was made to 

 wagons, take it altogether. To my mind. Crooks understood 

 Wilkes as well as any man that ever had him, and the next, in all 

 probability, after the death of Horace Jones, and before William 

 Borst got the old horse to go in double harness with the son of 

 his old friend and opponent, Ethan Allen, was Alexander Patter- 

 son. The stallion was brought out in fine condition, the mare 

 was believed to be all off, and it was 100 to 80 on liiin. He won 

 in three heats, and was never headed in either of -them. The time 

 was 2m. 27s. ; 2m. 25s. ; 2m. 26|s. The stallion never broke but 

 once in the race, and he trotted the last half mile in the second 

 heat in Ira. 12s. The second heat equalled the best wagon time 

 that had then been made, and the aggregate time of the race was 

 two seconds and a-half less than the best three consecutive heats 

 before. They were in the race between Flora Temple and Ethan 

 Allen, at the Fashion Course. The delight of the friends of the 



