MAINE 2.30 LIST. 207 © 
horse. He had not great speed then, but he afterwards 
got to be very fast.” In 1843, on the 4th of July, he trot- 
ted a race, mile heats, under saddle, against Lady Suffolk 
and Beppo, on the old Beacon Course. Lady Suffolk won 
the first heat in 2.28, the second was a dead heat between 
her and Beppo, in 2.28, the third heat Independence won 
in 2.28. 
INDEPEN DENCE, : 2,212. 
(2019) 
Gray horse, foaled July 4, 1871, bred by Frank Taylor, - 
So. Vassalboro, Me.; got by Gen. Knox, dam Skip, (dam 
of Glenarm 2.233) by Gideon. 2d dam by Young Indian 
Chief. Taylor sold him to W. E. Potter of Augusta,when 
four months old. In the spring of 1879 Potter sold him to 
A. 8. & E. Odell, for $7,500, and they sold him the same 
season to Mr. Rockafeller, of the Standard Oil Company. 
The career of Independence has been very limited on the 
turf. At Bath, Me. , Aug. 21, 1878, he won a race in 
straight heats in 2. ‘38, 2.383, 2.36, the next day at the 
same place he won again in 2.35, 2.363, 2.393. Sept. 23, 
1881, at Morrisania, N. Y., he won a race in straight heats 
in 2.23%, 2.244, 2.263. Oct. 6, at same place he won again 
in 2.213, 2.27, 2.254. He has trotted a public trial to har- 
ness in 2.18, and double with Cleora in 2.16. 
IOLANTHE, 2.30. - 
Bay mare. For full description see page 136. Record 
2.30 at Brookside Park, Albion, Me., Oct. 2d, 1886, in the - 
third heat of the free-for-all race. 
IRON AGE, 2.193. 
Roan gelding 16 hands high, foaled in 1871, bred by 
John M. Littlefield, then of Abbott, Me.; got by Jules 
Jurgensen, son of Gen. Knox, dam a pacing mare said to 
be by a son of the Drew Horse. Sold when three years 
old to J. M. Curtis, Foxcroft, and by him to Cuneo & 
