The New York herald., 1921-07-31

and thereafter for fifteen years she was
the busiest and most successful trotter
in the country. as well as the fastest
one. She raced every season. sometimes
from February until December. meeting
and beating nearly all the celebrated
horses of her time. She started In 13S
races of heats, many OF them at two.
three and four miles, winning eighty
eight times, besides receiving three for
| feits In matches.
When she was twelve years old she
trotted the second heat Of a five-heat
race in 2:291s, which was the first time
1850 had been made or beaten In har-
ness. This was on October IS, 1845.
Under saddle and over the same course
on July IL. 1843. she DEBATED the great
PAGER Oneida Chief in 2:26H, :27 and
:27, the fastest time on record at
that way Of going.
David Bryan's Death.
| After a series of races in 1850 Mr..
Bryan took the gray mare to New
Orleans, and while there he became Ill
and died. His body was embalmed and
sent home by water but when the ship
arrived in New York 1t was learned that
1t had become necessary to bury the re-
mains at sea. G. S. Ellis, manager OF
the Metaire course In New Orleans, took
charge Of Lady Suffolk, and on the death
OF her owner, brought her homo to Mrs
Bryan after having raced her from
Mobile to New York. The fame of the
mare at this time was past all belief
AS showing how much of a public idol
she had become, even In the Far West,
the following item from the Spirit of the
Times Of July IL, 1851, Is worth repro
| ducing:
LADY sUFFoLK's DEPARTURE
FROM ST. LOUIS-When 1t was known
that The Lady" was to start for the
East on the fine packet PENNSYLVANIA
Captain w. Fuller, thousands gathered
on the wharf to take last look at the
best piece Of horsefesh known. Cap
tain Fuller ran his boat up the river
about mile and returned under full
headway. The Lady. with Charley Ellis or
her back, standing between the capstan
and the jackstaff and when opposite the
city the national flag on the jackstaff
was lowered within about two yards OF
Ellis's head. streaming out as II proud OF
Its position. A friend in speaking OF
1T says words can hardly describe the
scene and the enthusiasm that was dis.
played. Even the housetops were
crowded. on account Of the high water
The wharf could not hold the people"
Drew Crowds After Death.
At the sale of the effects of her for
mer owner Lady Suffolk was purchased
by Shaw. &c White, lessees of the Unior
Course. on Long Island. She was ther
IN her twentieth year. however ant
| her race was run, although II Is O.
| record In Porter's Spirit of the Times
OF November %, 1856, that she trottet
her last race at Middlebury, VT. in 1854
and was beaten by Columbus in 2 :4S
She was then owned by Mr.. White ant
| had been sent to Vermont to be bret
to Hills Black Hawk She prematureI,
dropped foal by him in the spring O.
1854. when 81 years old, and a Few
days later. on March Z. she died SUD
denly in the stable at Bridport VT.
Death did not end the public interes
In the gray mare. For many years
after life had departed her skin. skill.
fully mounted by a taxidermist. at
| tracted crowds to the show window o.
an enterprising harness maker on uppe,
Broadway. while portraits Of her ir
action, under saddle or In harness. were
In every blacksmith shop saloon and
livery stable where horsemen congre
gated. The picture that Mr.. Porter
always considered best was the worl
of Robert Clarke, young amateur OF
New York who had remarkable natura
| talent for catching and committing Il
paper the peculiar action, style o.
going and salient characteristics Of al
horses. and particularly trotters. II
was faithfully reproduced in a stee
engraving for Frank Forester's "Horse
| and Horsemanship of America" from
which the cut on this page was taken