NOTED MAINE HORSES. 37. 
showing as a sire of speed, considering the fact that he 
commenced his stud career six years after Gen. Knox, and 
under the most adverse circumstances, standing for a ser- 
vice fee of five dollars, securing the very poorest class of 
mares until, by the force of his own merit, he won a place 
of honor and distinction. Like Gen. Knox, he would 
doubtless have added several to the number with records 
of 2.30, had he remained in Maine, for, like him, the years 
he has spent out of the State are a blank. What may yet 
result from these years of stud service, of course no one 
can foretell; but i¢ seems a strange coincidence that, as 
the result of the last year’s service in Maine, each pro- 
duced some that have, and several that can beat 2.30, while 
we do not recall one with a record that either: sired after 
leaving Maine. 
