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New York, and who sold him in 1850 to go to 

 Independence, Missouri, where he was killed 

 during the Civil War. Grinnell's Champion 

 was the founder of the Champion family. Cham- 

 pion Jr. (King's) was a chestnut horse, foaled in 

 1849, and by Grinnell's Champion, dam Bird by 

 Red Bird, a descendant of Duroc, the son of 

 imported Diomed, and he was in service at Battle 

 Creek, Michigan, from 1861 to 1865, and died in 

 New York in May, 1874. He was the sire of 

 George B. Daniels, 2.24; Nettie Burlew, 2.24; 

 and other trotters of moderate capacity. Some 

 of his sons and daughters were speed producers. 

 Gooding's Champion was a bay horse, foaled in 

 1854, by King's Champion, dam Cynthia by Bar- 

 toulet's Turk. He was owned by T. W. and 

 W. Gooding of Ontario County, New York, and 

 is the sire of Naiad Queen, 2.20J ; Cosette Boy, 

 2.21; and 15 other trotters. He also was the 

 sire of seven dams of trotters, one of which was 

 Colonel Wood, 2.21! The Auburn Horse, a 

 chestnut gelding, foaled in 1858, and who passed 

 into the stable of Robert Bonner after he had 

 trotted to a record of 2.28^- at Auburn, New 

 York, August 19, 1865, did much to bring the 

 Champion family to public notice. The Auburn 



