310 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 
All who have read ‘‘Horse Portraiture,” by Joseph Cairn 
Simpson have no doubt been much interested in the his- 
tory and performances of the horse ‘“Never Mind.” This 
horse and Nabocklish are believed to be one and the same. 
NED FORREST, 2.284. 
Black gelding, foaled in 1864, bred by Horatio Staples, 
Topsham, Me.; got by the Wm. Keen horse of Mechanic 
Falls, he by Cobb’s Brandywine. Dam’s pedigree un- 
known. Ned Forrest changed hands several times, until 
1875, when he started May 11th at Mystic Park, Boston, 
under the ownership of the well known firm of Wright & 
Norcross, in the 2.33 race, which he won in straight heats. 
Time, 2.37, 2.353; 2.354. May 29th, at Point Breeze Park, 
Philadelphia, Pa., Ned Forrest won the first heat in the 
2.34 race in 2.80, and the second in 2.284, which is His fast- 
est record, ‘ 
NELLIE M., 2.283. 
Bay mare with white in face and white legs, foaled in 
1877, bred by Foster Brown then of Waterville, Me.; got 
by Daniel Boone, dam a bay mare brought from New 
York by Asher M. Savage, and said to be by Volunteer. 
Owned by the Murchie Bros., Calais, Me. At the Maine 
State Fair of 1885, Nellie M., won the 2.30 race instraight 
heats, 2.344, 2.354, 2.344. At Brockton, Mass., Sept. 8th, 
she won the 2.30 race winning the first heat in 2.314, the 
second in 2.334 aud the fifth and race in 2.86. At Mystic 
Park, Boston, Nellie M., won a first heat in 2.314, 
the fifth in 2.283, and was second in the race. 
NELLY WALTON, 2.263. 
Recorded in Vol. I, as Nellie Briggs. Bay mare with 
star and two white ankles behind,foaled in June 1867,bred 
by J. M. Littlefield, then of Abbott, Me.; got by Jules Jer- 
genson son of Gen. Knox, dam of Defiance stock. Sold 
_ when four month old to Ireson Briggs, of Parkman, and 
