292 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 
Horse. Fish sold him in 1874 to Geo. ‘Everett of Boston. 
June 15th, 1876, at Mystic Park, Boston, (irateful won the 
2.45 race in straight heats in 2.30, 2.284, 2.31. 
GRAY BILL, 2.30. 
Gray gelding 153 hands high, foaled in 1869, bred by 
John 8S. Lunt, Dixfield, Me.; got by Young Brandywine, 
dam by State of Maine. Gray Bill is a medium gray, has 
a long light tail, bold action, and is high gaited. Lunt 
sold him when four to Ad Roberts, of Hebron, Me., and 
he to parties in Providence, R. I. June 16, 1876, he trot- 
ted and won a race at Mystic Park, Boston, in 2.32, 2.32%, 
' 2.84, Sept. 6, 1876, at Sringfield, Mass., he won the first 
heat in the 2.29 class iu 2.30, and was second inthe race. 
HAMBLETONIAN KNOX, 2.28. 
Bay horse foaled in 1873, bred by E. H. Greeley, Bar 
Harbor, Me.; got by Gilbreth Knox, dam by Gideon, 2d 
‘dam Gifford Mare, by Old Drew. Record 2.28 at the 
Maine State Fair of 1885, at eon Me. Afterwards 
sold out of the State. 
HARRY SPANKER, 2.30. 
Bay gelding 15 hands high, foaled in May, 1865, bred by 
Edward Clements, Portland, Me.; got by Gen. Knox,dam 
Lady Gay Spanker. Clements sold him to Geo. H. Bailey 
of Woodford’s Corner, and he claimed for him the name 
of Chas. M. Thompson. When three years old he was 
sold to James Hanley of Providence, R. I. Oct. 20th, . 
1874, at Providence, R. I., Harry Spanker won the 2.34 
race in straight heats anda record of 2.333. June 21st, 
1876, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., he won the first heat in the 
2.31 class in 2.30. and was third in the rave. 
HELEN WILKES, 2.253. 
Seal brown mare, foaled in 1877, bred by Chas. Pitts, 
Waterboro, Me.; got by the “Carleton Colt” son of Don 
Fulano, by Gen. Knox. Dam by Holland’s Ethan Allen. 
