The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
LADY SUFFOLK'S START.
4 QUEEN or THE FOOTING RING
mn WIS SOLD ron SDO.
Her Supposed owner Sorry Afterwari That
lie Didn't AK sIiO->he Was bred o.
Farm snd Her speed Was FIRST remarked

William Henry shelton tells this story o. tho
"rr VI " ''"'.'"f l''-
The queen ol the trotting ring in the la's
thirticS and elrlv fortieS was a raw-buucd gre
,,,,. r,,,, h,,, .t.,t -, ., ,a m
""''' '"'' '-'N' "'''' ""'"i' " NV "''V "
n'F "!"'"'''' on 'I'"lu eS.l'h course on Long
Island. no End of fables were In ,irCt.d..un.
II .crrt,d IA ~, ,r.it, v,.I .st'LIi.rcd tbot .ha
-
had Oc'h bought RON a farmer Tor $780, ara
srccail- ,.,f. n, Tine vat,h u sing
mar chain ,f ,,r.,,,.,,,,c. th,, lcd nv f,thc,
To- believe until hi, dl ing day that he actually
bred the flrqnu. Iady SuOolk.
The ,,rio, of rr ,at,e,' .,orv vos ut,.
'''.' ny ."''" N'"'E "as h'"e
pe'ore my uinc but ! can relate It's frlnCli al
events as | have often heard him tell them.
We lived in the B,tIc village oe AIRED in A.
lcgtny county about ten miles southwest
OF llUgIcil>Niic My Grandfather WAS among
w '"" y " '''' '''"' ""'"E N".'H
ana dIIhouEl well along IN wears az IL" time
the story begin, ue ,Iill had the family tCLdncs,
t,-, ,,o5 -,
mth"s"fInG %! 1875 h" got \ rather IkeIyfea-
bit white mare ia a trade which he used for his
ov, d,,,i,, ,,r N ,o, r,,,t.s .,d tl., ,,r,aa
y" n y. '' Wv Wv" - =
out on the tarm Tor breeding PURPOSES In
return for some real or faucied Obligation he
urouisad I'M t-p,io Fhcn and NV ,otho, IN.
iion''N'u NY 'h''e t'oen ana my 'HtAcf IN"
hrst Two foals from the Goa-bit mare, In tho
following May she foaled n mare colt Of a light
gray color art,r its fri ,,,t mi .h,d This
became the rroT erty OF my uncle and the next
!OaL. also a mare OF similar color. was given to
- ~ W. S'"l nr' Q. ~ te
pasture together IN summer and lay at the straw
stack in winter. In those DAYS tho colts on q
farm ,,u,,,,I- -, .,iId rrtu ,l,oa ra.,
"llh roIEH InH,s ana b"irs IN Their 'tiiI' -
.,i,ft 'Lu uHe nee t,eh' VIC mao neen
tt'''F 'H ~. 80 'A - wv ,'-.l Niss
wwouid bco ,iir,l,r ~" =" r,v tnr H.. Ar ~, ~ m
r0 ~, yEa 'I,,,1JI s oIrrcssddyy her E n, o Lnr w ~ sso"dmdi..
a"t''t VI" "a" Hi'I"N ulVh'" "' % s'HuIs
% c o., ,-,ToH = WV -" - ""'
$50 r,u.r ""',. d,~,,,,a ,,,a,,
~ NV" t''S n'nre U",pIolei unuNuai
,H,t sbn cnr a .Gouw Lor Ic.. ~ arvrb;,g ~
,n"' SUI .n'u INV n'r n'"t 'o anNtm,R ~
y w"s bart !, hi 'Tlar %T Tore a,"i ,f'' Ir s"Ir ei,S ST The ltra ne
ger W." Lyis'u WIN .~'l-Init ul'un re mud
orUr,ah vcii.'"- ara p,9r,n-grGH,te h2ries
takInt The dr,t from my father
IN Wu''t I,,s' ~ nLaIe wa, ornken 70
Ini'"rr'S Sllii yfi '9 With " IS ,S SiI niles from re an Nifr Cd
over IN Sleuh"' county. The village OF Al
mono l. ABOUT midway between tie Two places.
" Wa n hrlRht winter morning. with a Well
irudien track over the snow. ~ my father
drove into the village Henry. Harmon, the
; nIl1ed Inc e'2 %,,% Tp S ;dher to his B ,S door To to I'D d;
neiSnh4rhon.' gossip, The cutter In which
ny 'a!hGr va, solted wa a c%rockery crate,
RSSsySnt.c, ii y W'h ZOE %p,l SH' o Hi S straw s"' 4 UT pIanR s %sls
had been laid across the framework OF poles
and u rude dashboard rising from the front
Of tie runnrr~ Tended of the Tying snowballs.
While this country rs stood before tho
stOr" two Gentlemen from IlUira, seated In
Il handsome cutter behind a spanking pair
Of ipv-. dashed through the village street Of
Alfred iito IL" wind with "A musical jingle Of
hoil- which rlUidiv Soft"ued into the distance
A. The team pod or. II was y turnout TO as
tori-G ~" EHtci- aud a pace Intended to turn
them gree. with envy. The little gray mare
4 Il started ucTVpusly into tho DIT when tho
team ccW rH--, but nv father had ouipiei
Lcr vlt. "a VOID Her mobile .ars, however
were ipirjlrr forvsrd FOR an Instant and then
CON ing La.r .p "A sill upright set ia a wav
,htt u1o. Nisrrnlvt Harmon ,huckle with elee
'Str tyrus v,Ir mares smart but reckon
,bo,p H., r... h. "a ,ctIe tnn surv for hsr lIl
i,t t.,u 0r ,,.a,., sItt,r.r rIntiruej Uenrv
-, $50 ,Yr', ,,erbg,I ~,
'",o,., - ,nt. ,,ib,r 90 n. ,r. Oh.
gray wnr, her lcWad mad sH unv into tTs vhits
80. """"
"..ih,,a ,o,hir, % 10 soa, 4, ,ror, h,,.
a ~ !, "tbs ,,'',ip - w rO ,ro,, Il I,ann. ~
,s In co. c,,,. mis- fror, ,hs
,uo,. b., 49, 90 ~ +, ,air InctS
~ ~, n, 'It rr VA AZ ,h u ,ha t'Irnn1ree
.,r nv N xnr ,r.,ying ot a %a,e 70 smaad
III I,r" tn-..d H. ia,ed h,N,itaIn yoh,o .ahnu,
~ i.e.,n ,ht;oUnT ,h. W. ~, 800
~ w auua ~" 'Enc"', I've A. ~ nm'ioo
HrrI lu,' ~ iouL ~ ns 1911 iiic