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J MAINE 2.30 LIST. 299 
James Blanchard, Pittston, Me.; got by Messenger Hunt- | 
er, dam the Major Lally mare, by the Dr. Call horse, he 
by imported Cannon Ball, 2d dam by Sherman Morgan. 
Sold when four years old to a Mr. Nickerson of Pittston, 
and by him when five to Hiram Reed, Augusta, Me. 
Reed sold him to Wright and Norcross, and they to David 
Nevins, Jr., of Framingham, Mass. At Prospect Park, 
June 3d, 1875, he won the 2.40 race in seven heats, win- 
ning the first in 2.28%, the third in 2.29 and the seventh 
in 2.308. At Mystic Park, Boston, May 23d, during the 
tinish of the second heat of the 2.27 class, he fell and 
ruptured a blood vessel causing almost instant death. 
J. G. MORRILL, 2.29. 
Chestnut gelding 154 hands high, both near ankles 
white, a white stocking on the off hind leg extending up 
to the hock, and a narrow white stripe in the face; foaled 
in 1872, bred by John F. Young, Winthrop, Me.; got by 
’ Winthrop Morrill, dam by Old Eaton. He gained consid- 
erable notoriety in 1875 by’ winning the three-year-old 
race at the State Fair at Portland, which he won in two 
heats in 2.50, 2.58. In 1877 he was added to the list of 
geldings and sold to T. B. Williams of Boston. ‘In 1878 
he trotted several races, gradually lowering his record, 
until Aug. 28th, at Plainville, Conn , he won the 2.35 race 
in four heats, winning the last three in 2.30, 2.30, 2.31. 
Oct. 4th, at Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia, he won the 
fourth heat in the 2.30 race in 2.29, and was second in the 
race. He was afterwerds purchased by Col. A. L. Snow- 
den, of Philadelphia, and driven on the road. 
JOE'S. (PACER), 2.204. 
Black gelding 154 hands high, foaled June 26th, 1876, 
bred by the Smith Bros., St. Albans, Me.; got by Nimble 
Dan, by Skinner’s Knox, dam said to be of Black Hawk 
and Messenger descent. The Smith Bros. moved to Low- 
