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Shepherd F. Knapp was larger than his half-brother, 

 Flvinsr Eaton, but much like him in action and in 

 character. He was exported to England in 1864. 

 Afterward he was sent to France, where he trotted a 

 race of two and a half miles and defeated another 

 American-bred horse. The time was 6.14, or a little 

 better than at the rate of a mile in 2.30. Shepherd 

 F. Knapp sired Capucine, the fastest, gamiest trotter 

 ever bred on the Continent, and it is said that his 

 blood has also improved the breed of French coach 

 horses. It is certain that in England, whither Shep- 

 herd F. Knapp was soon returned, his descendants 

 and those of his son Washington are among the best 

 hackneys ever raised there, being noted for their 

 beauty and quality, as well as for their speed. It is 

 not unlikely that among the very hackneys recently 

 imported to this country are some that have descended 

 from the little gray mare that used to trot so gallantly 

 over the steep hills of Franklin County, Maine. 



The last of the three families which I have men- 

 tioned as descending from the old Eaton horse, crossed 

 with Morgan mares, is that of Troublesome. 1 This 

 horse never attained more than a local reputation, and 

 his colts had the common defect, inherited from him, 

 of hitting their fore legs ; but' his roading qualities 

 were such as to entitle him to mention along with 

 Flying Eaton and Shepherd F. Knapp. Troublesome 

 was a handsome, round-bodied bay horse, of great 

 style and spirit. He weighed about eleven hundred 

 pounds, and was very speedy. His knee action, like 



1 Troublesome was sired by the Norton horse, and he by the 

 Eaton horse, out of a Morgan mare. The Norton horse was one 

 of the handsomest horses ever raised in Maine. 



