vii NOTED MAINE HORSES. 
was printed we learned that he was foaled in 1876. These, 
however, are minor errors, and if there are pone discov- 
ered of a more serious nature I shall be well pleased. I 
have made no attempt to follow all the changes'in owner- 
ship; as full a description as practicable, with age and 
name of breeder, and the names of owners sufficieut to 
properly identify the animal in question, I have consid- 
ered sufficient, and space is too valuable to be used up 
with useless matter. Some of the animals have lowered 
their records since the forms giving their pedigrees went 
to press; for instance, Cushnoc, page 76, had no record 
when his pedigree was printed, while at the Maine State 
. Fair of 1886, at Lewiston, Sept. 14th, he won a heat in the 
race of Green Horses, with a record of 2.343. I have 
used others, however, as well as I have myself, for in the 
case of my own filly Louviska, page 159; she had no rec- 
ord when her pedigree was printed, but Sept. 30th, at the 
Oxford County Fair, I gave her a three-year-old record 
of 2.518. So my friends will see that no, partiality has 
been used. I believe the Maine 2.30 list to be very nearly 
perfect, much more so than any previous one ever pub- 
lished. I regret that I have been unable to learn the full 
pedigree and breeder of the black mare Peaceful, 2.26. 
She is generally credited to Gen. Knox, but Iam no ways 
certain that such is her breeding. The black mare Black 
Bess, which made a record of 2.30 in 1885, is said to be 
by St. Elmo, son of Gen. Knox. I have corresponded with 
parties living in the vicinity where St. Elmo was owned, 
eyen including his owner, and have been unable to learn 
that there was such a mare. The bay gelding John Mor. 
rill, 2.29, by Winthrop Morrill], I have been informed was 
foaled in New Hampshire, his dam having been brought 
to Maine to be bred. I have also been told that he was 
bred in Maine and taken to New Hampshire as a yearling 
or two year old. If any one can tell me the facts of the 
case I shall feel greatly obliged. It is said that the gray 
