The Portland daily press., 1878-03-25
TIE PRESS.
nI.iue $50 Horses inlsa1,


we generally have leisure to look over and
pass IN review the doings OF the season past,
we find it interesting and profitable to glance
at the performances of Maine bred trotters,
and see how many names have been added to
the magic 230 list. Our attention was trst
called in the early spring to the performances
OF the black stallion
EMPEROR,
black stallion with star in face, 151 hand,
foaled in 1865, owned by o. c. SD. Hough-
ton, Bryants Pond, Maine; got by the New
man horse, son of the Rollins horse, and his
dam by Lewiston Boy. Among his perform
ances are the following: July 5th. 1876, at
Worcester, Mass, he won the 240 race in
straight heats, time 2. 4344, 2411, 243. Oct 4.
1876, at Fitchturg, Mass, he won the 2.35
race in straight heats 1881, 2.37 240. In
1877, at the May meeting, Beacon Park, Bos-
ton, Emperor won the 2.31 race in straight
heats in 1924, 2.314, 2.31t.
This horse IS still owned by the Messrs.
Houghton, and is recorded in Maine Bred
Horses,' page 104 as black Dan. The horse
is now kept at Worcester, Mass, and has re-
ceived several first prizes, at fairs when
brought into competition with the celebrated
Hambletonian breeding stud lately sold at
auction.
TOM B. PATCHEN,
bay stallion with stripe in face and two white
stockings behind, foaled in 1871, bred by ia
be- G. Benson, of Gray, Me-. got either by
Tom Patchen or the Churchill horse; dam by
Telegraph Morgan, son of the Mcintyre
horse. At the Maine State Fair of 1876, held
at Pfesumpscot Park, Portland, Tom B.
Patchen won the five year old race in straight
heats In 2.34, 2 80, 2.34. Two days after he
won the 80 race also in straight heats, and
the time of the fastest heat was again 2 80.
Sept. %, 1876, at same place he beat Phil
Sheridan aud King William 10 straight heats
in 2. IS, 2.36, 2.37. Aug. II, 1877. Tom B.
Patchen beat Phil Sheridan and Minocket
in four heats, winning the last three and race
in 233. 231, Pa, 2.32 At the August
meeting of the Lewiston Driving Park, he
again won, lowering his record to 2293.
Sept. Ii, following, at Beacon Park, Boston,
he lowered his record to 2 284 in a dead heat
and was second in the race. 1t may be prop
er to state here that the discussion in regard
to the pedigree of Tom B. Patchen has been
long aud bitter, and the Board of Censors of
the National Association of Horse Breeders
have decided that his sire was the Churchill
horse, and that Mr.. Wallace accepts this as
his true pedigree.
SAM CURTIS,
bay gelding with black points, Is ga hands
high, fosled in July, 1866, bred by Newton
Packard, Winthrop, Me-, got by Winthrop
Morrill,, dam by old Eaton. Packard sold
him to |. Bonney, of Winthrop, when two
years old, and Bonney sold him when four
to Chas. Gasset, OF Boston. July 18th, 1877.
at Beacon Park, Boston, Sam CARTS won the
race in seven heats. winning the third race in
2.3O, the sixth in 2 80, and the seventh and
race in 2.2S, beating Clara j., Cassius Prince,
Geo. H., Mira Belle, and Queecy Maid. Re-
corded in Maine Bred Horses" page 217.
sTARTLE,
black stallion, foaled in 1870, bred by A. G.
Marston, then of Waterville, Me-, got by son
of the Crawford horse, dam said to be With
erell mare. At the Maine State Fair of 1874
at Lewiston, Comet las he was then called)
won the four year old race and record OF
2.45.
Mr.. Marston afterwards removed to Cali
forna and took Comet with him. He was
called Startle In California, and Oct. 3, 1877,
at the fair of the Santa Clara Ag'l Society,
Santa Clara, CAL, Startle won the 2.30 race
and record OF 2.28 IL.
KNOX BOY,
brown stallion, Is hands, 1-2 inches high,
foaled in 1858, bred by Isaac Carr, Farming
dale Me-, got by Gen. Knox. Dam has been
puted. As a four year old, Knox Boy won
the race at the State Fair of 1872, at Bangor,
Me-, and record of 2.45. Knox Boy trotted
several races in 1874, ending with a record OF
1854. In 1876, he won the stallion race at
Gardiner, beating Maine Slasher, Emperor
William. Gen, Lightfoot, and Young Buchau-
an. and lowered his record TO 2.311. Oct 25,
1877, at the Sagadahoc County Fair, Knox
Boy won the stallion race in three heats,
beating Tom B. Patchen and John 81. Ferry,
time 2.3211, 2. 80. 2. 80. Recorded in 'Maine
Bred Horses, page 141.
ANoDYNE,
chestnut gelding, Is hands high with white
stripe in the face, one white stocking forward
and one behind, foaled in 1858, bred by Will
lien 7. Hoar, Rangely, Me-, got by the Ross
colt, son of the Burke horse, he by Young
Harpiuus, (Kennett horse) dam of Anodyne
by Young Hogarth. When three years old
he was sold to B. R. Rollins OF Weld, who
owned him several years. During his owner
ship he tIotted several races and obtain rec
ord OF about 2. 40 under the name of Honest
Bill, by which name be was known when the
History OF "Mane Bred Horses was pub
lished, and in which he is described, page 276.
He was finally purchased by Stephen Jen-
nings, ESQ., of Bangor, one of the manufactu-
rers of 'Johnson's Anodyne Liniment," and
callei Anodyne.
lowering his record, and Mr.. Jennings drove
him on the until shortly before the New
England Fair of 1877. Here he was entered
I'm the 2.3S race which he won with a record
of 2.36. Afterwards at Dexter and Monroe
he won races, with record of 2.30 in each
race on half mile track. Mr.. Jennings then
sent him to Boston, and entered him in, the
$50 race at Mystic Park, Oct. Is 1877, which
race he won. Five heats were trotted, after
four of which the race was postponed until
the next day when Anodyne went on and
won the deciding heat and race in 2.25
ED. GETcHELL,
dorl hrnrrp <yo1d;rr Z t,orA, L:,I
1869, bred by A. j. Crowell, Winthrop, Me-.
got by Winthrop Morrill,, dam by horse
called the Downing horse. Crowell sold him
when two years old to Mr. Crossman of Win.
throp, aud he in 1879, to Mr.. Everett of Bos.
ton. Sept. ID, 1877. at Mystic Park, Boston,
he started in the ESQ race aud won the third
heat and record of 2.27.
MESSENGER KNOX,
grey stallion 16a hands high, foaled in 1866,
bred by Messrs. G. and L. P. Warren, West
brook, Me-, got by Gen. Knox, dam BY
Prince (Jas. Jack's) son of the Lowell horse
by Quimby Messenger. Messenger Knox
lie for several years and had previous to 1877
record of 231a. July 4, 1877, Messenger
Knox won race against Millinocket the fast
est of which was in 230. There is no pub
lished account of this race, but have it from
excellent authority, although am unable to
give complete summary of the race.
This list OF eight completes. SO far as 7
have any knowledge at present, the number
of Maine bred horses which have added their
names to the 2.30 class during the year 1877,
and what is remarkable, three OF them, viz:
Tom B. Patchen, Knox Boy and Messenger
Knox obtained record of 2.30 or better
within the limits of the State on halt-mile
tracks, for which an allowance of several sec
onds should be made. The reader who feels in
terested enough to refer to the Maine 2. 80 list
of 1875, will find there the names of seven ami
mails. To this number should be added the
name of
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE.
dark bay stallion, 15t hands high, with white
stripe in the face and one white stocking be-
hind, foaled in 1854. bred by Augustus D.
Triggs, Hermon, Me-, got by the Robinson
horse of Hampden, dam unknown. He was
afterwards taken to Massachusetts, and sold
to Mr.. A. Thompson of Boston, his present
owner. Sept. 25, 1876, at Beacon Park Bos-
ton, Sir William Wallace won the ia race in
off haaf in o q