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that of Flying Eaton and of Shepherd F. Knapp, was 

 extremely high. 



Troublesome belonged for many years to " Squire " 

 Abner Toothaker, a prominent man in the little village 

 of Bangeley, at the head of Bangeley Lake, in the 

 backwoods. In those days Bangeley was at least fifty 

 miles from the railroad, and, as the Squire's business 

 often took him far from home, it was necessary that 

 he should have good roadsters. More than once he 

 drove from Bangor to Phillips (a village twenty-one 

 miles " out ' from the lake) in one day, although the 

 distance is ninety miles ; and there was a standing 

 offer on his part to drive Troublesome one hundred 

 miles between sunrise and sundown, for a bet of one 

 thousand dollars. 



Squire Toothaker was a hard-visaged old gentleman, 

 who always sat a little sideways in his carriage, and 

 clucked viciously to his horse out of the corner of 

 his mouth. Once he drove Troublesome to a sleigh 

 sevent} 7 -six miles in one short day, besides racing him 

 three or four additional miles against horses which he 

 encountered at a village en route. On another occa- 

 sion he drove from Greenvale to Phillips, a distance 

 of eighteen miles, in one hour. I have traversed this 

 road several times : it is rough and hilly, and, though 

 it descends for perhaps two thirds of the way, there 

 are several long, steep hills to ascend. I know that it 

 takes a good horse to cover this road without distress 

 in two hours. But Troublesome did it in one hour. 



Troublesome had a son called Wild Tiger, who also 

 was out of a Morgan dam. The name is an ambitious 

 one, but the horse seems to have deserved it. He 

 too was a bay horse, with four white feet, and a dash 



