278 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 
BENNY (Pacer), 2.184. 
Gray gelding foaled in 1872. bred by F. O. J. Bodge, 
Deering, Me.; got by Fearnaught Jr., dam Martha, by 
Gilbreth Knox, 2d dam a pacing mare by Defiance, 3d 
dam a white mare by Homans Messenger. Mr. Bodge 
sold hin. when four months old to E. L. Norcross of Man- 
chester, Me., and in 1876 at Mr. Norcross’ sale he was 
catalogued under the name of ‘‘Bodge” and sold to B. 8. 
Wright who took him West. He paced through the Mich- 
igan Circuit in the spring of 1884, and made a record of 
2.24. June 8th, 1886, at Terre Haute, Ind., Benny won 
the race for the 2.24 class in straight heats in 2.23, 2.244, 
2.25. July 6th, 1886, at Pittsburg, Pa., Benny won sec- 
ond money in the 2.20 pace, winning the second heat in 
2.184 and the third in 2.203. July Ist, at Kalamazoo, 
Mich., he had won the 2.24 pace in straight heats in 2.20%, 
2.213, 2.228. 
BLACKSTONE BELLE, 2.283. 
; "Black mare under 15 hands high, foaled in 1858, bred 
by Washington Treat, Canton, Me.; got by Whalebone, 
son of Sherman Morgan. Dam’s pedigree unknown. 
Treat sold her when two years old to E. Goding of Jay 
Bridge, and he to a Mr. Richardson of Jay, and she was 
afterwards owned by Joseph Rowe, Albert Hines, Ezra 
Barden, and finally sold to Geo. Burnham of Portland. 
From Portland she was sold to Thomas Trant of Boston, 
who owned her until she died about one year ago. At 
Boston, Mass., July 2d, 1866, in a race against Fanny. Al- 
len, for a purse of $5000, she won in straight heats. Time 
2.288, 2.304, 2.31. 
BOSTON GIRL, 2.254. 
Bay mare foaled Aug. 28th, 1877, bred by J. B. P. 
Wheelden, Bangor, Me.; got by Gideon, or Von Moltke, 
dam by Gen. Sherman, son of Gen. Knox. We give the 
sire of Boston Girl as above, for the reason the matter is 
