54 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 
BLACK BESS. 
Black mare, foaled June, 1882; got by Blackfoot. 
Owned by Almon Trim, Charleston, Me. 
: BELLE §. 
Dark bay filly, foaled Apr. 10th, 1885; got by Black- 
foot. Owned by M. E. Strout, Charleston, Me. 
BARRETT. 
Bay colt with black points, and small white spot on 
_ hind heels, foaled June 20th, 1880; got by Von Moltke, 
dam Kitty Wells. Owned by John P. Gibbs, Bangor, 
Me. 
BLACK AMBLE. 
Black gelding foaled May 27th, 1881, 154 hands high, 
bred by E. Shibles, Knox, Me.; got by Joe Irving, dam 
by Gen. Knox. Asa three-year-old Black Amble won 
‘the four-year-old race at Belfast in 2.454, in Oct. 1884, 
which was the fastest three-year-old record ever made in 
the State at the time. Record 2.394 in 1885. Owned by 
Stanley Bros., Lewiston, Me. 
BLACK ARTHUR. 
Black horse 153 hands high, foaled in 1873; got by Phil 
Sheridan, son of Gen. Knox. Was owned in 1880 by the 
ate V..C. Hall of Windham. Has since died. Record 
2.338. 
BERT. 
Black gelding foaled in 1877; got by ason of Phil Sher- 
idau, by Gen. Knox. Owned in 1883 by J. P. Edmonds, 
Dixfield, Me., and sold to J. R. McCrillis, Marlboro. 
Mass. . 
BLACK SAM. 
Black gelding foaled in 1883; got by Startle, dam by 
Joe Irving. Owned by B. R. Hunt, Unity, Me. 
