NOTED MAINE HORSES. ar 
Fox and Priscilla, May, 1861, to R. S. Denny, Esq., of 
Clappville, Mass. Telegraph was burnt in the great fire 
at Riverside track. Gen. Knox and Son of Ethan, I re- 
tained in service. JI also bought the stallion Sharon, by 
old Witherell, he by Winthrop Messenger, he by imp. 
Messenger. Sharon was sold to Wm. H. Ladd, °Esq., 
President of the Ohio Agricultural Society. Subsequent- 
ly I bought the stallion Ned Davis, by Old Drew; also, 
the stallion Trenton, by Geo. M. Patchen—dam of Tren- 
ton, a thoroughbred mare. Trenton was bred upon the 
Bonaparte estate, New Jersey. 
The horse Trenton served three years in the stud, one 
in Vassalboro’ and two in the town of Athens, in the care 
of Mr. Brice Palmer, when he was removed from the stud 
on account of his vicious habits. Later I purchased the 
stallion known as the Palmer Horse by Old Drew. This 
horse stood for service one season in Maine, then was sold 
in Maseachusetts. It may not be amiss to name the geld- 
ing Cloudman, as I am often asked his pedigree. Cloud- 
man was by Hiram Drew, out of a mare supposed to be 
of Messenger blood. He was a remarkably finely devel- 
oped horse, and should have been kept a stallion—trotted 
in 2.30 to a one hundred and thirty-eight pound wagon, in 
less than one month’s training. Subsequently trotted a 
mile in 2.22 and a half in 1.06. 
I next bought of Alden Goldsmith, Esq., the proprietor 
of the Hambletonian stallion Volunteer, the grey stallion 
Gideon, by Rysdyk’s Hambletonian, he by Abdallah, by 
Mambrino, by imp. Messenger. Dam of Gideon was a 
half-sister to Lady Suffolk, by thoroughbred Engineer, he 
by Engineer, and he by imp. Messenger. Gideon is now 
owned by Foster S. Palmer, Esq. This horse, for which 
I paid $2,500 at four years old, I consider one of the best 
descended horses ever brought to Maine, since old Mes- 
senger’s time, and confidently believe that time will satis- 
fy breeders of the value of this infusion of this branch of 
