302 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 
ter, in his Complete Pacing and Trotting Record, make 
his performances as those of two distinct and seperate 
horses. In the spring of 1875 King William disappeared ' 
from Lewiston, Me., and May 5th, at Washington, D. C., 
the bay horse Anglo Saxon, entered by J. L. Mead, wona 
purse of $500 for horses that had never beaten 3.00, in 
straight heats, fastest 2.414. May 7th he wona purse of 
$500 for horses that had never beaten 2.40, at the same 
place, fastest heat 2.38, and May 11th he won another 2.40 
race for a purse of $500 at the same place after losing the 
first and second heats. Best record 2.37. <A relative of 
the editor of this work, who had seen the horse in his 
box stall at Lewiston for a few moments, witnessed some 
‘of these races, and while he recognized the horse:as one he 
had seen before, he failed to place him. June 18th at Par- 
kersburg, West Virginia, J. L. Mead’s Anglo Saxon, won 
the 2.33 race for a purse of $350, fastest heat 2.393. June 
23d, at Parker Uity, Pa., J. L. Mead’s Anglo Saxon won 
the 2.35 race for a purse of $800, fastest heat 2.364. July 
1st, at Sharon, Pa., Anglo Saxon won a six heat race for 
a purse of $600, his fastest heat being 2.36. July 2d, at 
same place, he was second in the 2.35 race for a purse of 
$400. July 5th, at Greenville, Pa., he won the 2.34 race 
for a purse of $400. July 14th, at Toledo, Ohio, Anglo 
Saxon won second money in the 2.35 race, winning the 
second heat in 2.884. July 21st, at Chicago, Ills.. J. L. 
Mead’s bay horse Anglo Saxon, won second money in the 
2.34 class, purse $1,500, winning the second heat in 2.318. 
At Cleveland, Ohio, July 29th, Anglo Saxon started in the 
2.31 clays, purse $2,500, and was ruled out for not win- 
ning a heat in five. The race was won by Lewinski, fast- 
est time 2.264. Early in August King William reappeared 
on his old stamping ground in Maine, and trotted several 
races during the fall under his proper name. Inthe Fall 
of 1876, King William was taken down into the Provinces 
and died Sept., 1883, at Bathurst, Gloucester Co., N. B. 
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