MAINE 2.30 LIST. 293 
Pifts sold the mare to Will Hill, he to Dr. Hill, and he to | 
8. P. Gowen, all of Saco, and Gowen to Towle Bros., of 
Boston. Owned by Marcellus W. Carter, Commonwealth 
_ Hotel, Boston, Mass. At Boston, Mystic Park, July 20, 
1886, Helen Wilkes won the 2.30 class in straights heats in 
2.252, 2.254, 2.27. Two days afterward she won the 2.32 
race in straights heats in 2.274, 2.264, 2.29. ; 
HONEST HARRY, 2.228. 
Roan gelding about 15 hands high, foaled in 1869, the 
property of a Mr. Wood of Winthrop, Me., who bred him. 
got by Winthrop Morrill, and his dam was a small gray 
mare said to be a Messenger. This reminds us of a story - 
which we have heard concerning the mare the time she 
was taken up to be served by Winthrop Morrill, for the 
truth of which, however, we cannot vouch. The mare 
had been at work all the afternoon raking hay, after 
which she had, while wet with perspiration been turned 
into the pasture to get her supper. Here she rolled in the 
dirt until the appearance she presented can be better im- - 
agined than described. In this plight she was taken up to 
the horse. Several Boston horsemen were present, who 
jvined in making derisive remarks at the expense of the 
mare, but which were silenced by Mr. Chas. Jackson, the 
owner of Winthrop Morrill, who was then living, who re- 
marked in his characteristic way, ‘‘Gentlemén, if this mare 
produces a colt, don’t you forget that it will be a good 
one.” Honest Harry was the result of this union. In 
April, 1875, he was purchased by Mr. T. B. Williams of 
Boston, and J. G. Rounds of Lynn,’ Mass. At Mystic 
Boston, Honest Harry won the 2.25 race, fastest heat 2.28. 
At the Fail Meeting of the Charter Oak Park, Hartford, 
Conn., Oct. 28th, 1877, Honest Harry wona_ second heat 
in 2.224 and the third in 2.25. He has to his eredit 50 
heats in 2.30 and better. 
HOPEFUL, 2.144. 
Foremost among the noted animals who first saw the 
