. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. 51(3 THE AMERICAN FARMER S HORSE BOOK. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF MONARCHS OF THE TRACK. In order to show in a brief and practical manner the progress of the breed, the reader will now be introduced to the first animal, Lady Suf- folk, which trotted below 2 : 30, and he will then be conducted through a short series of sketches of each of the great trotting horses which have in their time been the monarchs of the track; in this way it is hoped he will see in a brief yet intelligent manner t
. The American farmer's horse book; a pictorial cyclopedia of facts concerning the prominent breeds ... Horses. 51(3 THE AMERICAN FARMER S HORSE BOOK. BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES OF MONARCHS OF THE TRACK. In order to show in a brief and practical manner the progress of the breed, the reader will now be introduced to the first animal, Lady Suf- folk, which trotted below 2 : 30, and he will then be conducted through a short series of sketches of each of the great trotting horses which have in their time been the monarchs of the track; in this way it is hoped he will see in a brief yet intelligent manner the speed progress of nearly half a LADY SUFFOLK, 2 : 2G^o. Lady Suffolk, 2 : 26 1-2. Lady Suffolk may be aptly stjled the mother of the 2:30 list, as she was the first trotter to head that roll of honor, Avliicli is now the recognized standard of the trotting world. She was born in Suffolk Count}^ Long Island, in 1833, and was bred by L. W. Lawrence, of Smithtown. Her sire was Engineer 2d, son of Engineer, he by imp. Messenger. Her dam was by Don Quixote, also a son of imp. Mes- scnijer. In color she was a dark iron-m-av, Avhich in old ao'e became. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Darling, Andrew. [from old catalog]. St. Louis, Mo. , Journal of agriculture co
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