MAINE 2.30 LIST. 277 
Mr. Bates of New York for $13,000 and driven on the 
road until sold to H. N. Smith, Fashion Stud Farm, Tren- 
ton, N. J., where she is still kept for breeding purposes. 
BELLE SMITH 2.29. 
Sorrel mare about 154 hands high, foaled in 1869; bred 
by Thelismer Bearce, then of Hebron, Me., got by the 
Bearce Horse by the Horner Horse by’ Cobb's Brandy- 
wine, dam said to be of Morgan descent. Owned by 
Isaiah Pompilly, Auburn, Me.. who sold her to W. W. 
Smith, of Dixfield, who drove her to her record.. At 
- Dover, N. H., Sept. 29th, 1876, she won two heats in a 
race in 2.29%, 2.30 and was second in the race. At Boston, 
Nov. 4th, 1876, she won a race in straight heats. Time 
2.334, 2.29, 2.32. Mr. Smith sold her soon after and she 
was taken West and trotted under the name of Ida. 
BEN McCLELLAN, 2.30. 
Chestnut gelding which made a record of 2.30 at Troy, — 
NLY., July 24th, 1867, and said to be by the Drew Horse. 
We have been unable thus far to identify him. 
BEN MORRILL 2.27. 
Brown horse foaled in 1868; bred by Harrison vhs, 
Winthrop, Me., got by Winthrop Morrill, dam by Old 
Columbus; 2d epee by imp Trustee. Ames sold him to 
W.B. Bonney, and he, when two years old, to J. F. 
Jackson, also of Winthrop. Jackson sold him to J. G. 
Rounds, of Lynn, and T. B. Williams, of Boston, and he 
was afterwards sold to parties in Canada. Asa four- 
year-old he won a race at.Prospect Park, L.I., Oct. 21st, 
1872, in 2.344, 2.32%, 2.36, after losing the first heat-to 
Rowe’s Tommy in 2.484. Oct. 14th, 1874, at Boston, he 
won the 2.30 race in straight heats in 2.314, 2.304, 2.30. 
Oct. 29th following, he wona heat in 2.28 at Prospect 
Park. Oct. 6th, 1879, he won a race at Montreal, P. Q., 
winning the second heat in 2.284, the third in 2.27, and 
fifth and race in 2.29. . 
