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heats against Rattler, went the distance in 7.45^, 

 7.50, 8.02 and 8.24, Dutchman won the first and 

 fourth heat, Rattler won the second heat, while 

 the third was a dead heat. Here we see the first 

 heat was trotted at the rate of 2.35, which was 

 surely very fast going, considering the distance, 

 the vehicles used and the shoeing. But such 

 journeys are now considered too far. 



Lady SuflFolk, an inbred Messenger, was 

 spoken of for a while as the Queen of Trotters, 

 and she was a remarkably good one both in 

 breeding and in performance. She was sired by 

 Engineer II, by Engineer, a son of imported Mes- 

 senger; her dam was by Don Quixote, son of 

 Messenger. So it will be seen that she was closely 

 inbred to Messenger and had as much of the Thor- 

 oughbred blood as any trotting horse of remark- 

 able performance. She was a gray, and was foal- 

 ed in 1833 on Long Island. She began trotting 

 when she was five years old, and had a remark- 

 ably successful career. She trotted 138 races, 

 winning eighty-eight times and receiving forfeit 

 three times. When she was twelve years old, at 

 Beacon Course, Hoboken, she trotted the second 



