314 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 
Stakes, at Mystic Park, Boston, in straight heats in 2.193, 
2.203, 2.20, beating King Wilkes, Montgomery, King Al- 
mont and Westmont. 
ST. ELMO, 2.293. 
Gray gelding 15% hands high, foaled in 1865, bred by 
S. R. Jackson, of Foxcroft. Me.; got by Brown Harry, 
dam by French Tiger. He was afterwards owued by 
S. G. Rowe of Dexter, and finally by Rockwell & Bacon, 
New London, Conn. June 21st, 1872, at Mystic Park, 
Boston, he won the first heat in a race, and a record of 
_ 2294, but was second in the race. 
SAM CURTIS, 2.28. 
Be gelding with black points, 153 hands high, foaled 
in July, 1866, bred by Newton Packard, Winthrop, Me.; 
got by Winthrop Morrill, dam by Old Eaton. Packard 
sold him to I. Bonney of Winthrop, when two years old 
and Bonney sold him when four to Chas. Gassett of Bos- 
-ton. July 19th, 1877, at Beacon Park, Boston, Sam Cur- 
tis won the 2.29 race in seven heats, winning the third 
heat in 2.30, the sixth in 2.32 and the seventh and race in 
2.28. , 
SHADOW, 2.28. 
Formerly Ayer. Dark bay gelding with black points, 
15 hands high, foaled in 1868, bred by John Ayer, Paler- 
mo, Me.; got by Gen. Lightfoot, son of Gen. Knox,dam’s 
pedigree not traced. Ayer was well known in Maine, 
where he trotted many races and obtained a record of 2.31. 
He was sold in 1877 and appeared in 1878 as Shadow, un- 
der the joint ownership of H. Brock, a well known horse- 
man, and M. F. Page, a Boston gentleman who bought 
him for a roadster. At Charter Oak Park, Hartford, 
Conn., he staried in the 2.31 class, winning the first heat 
in 2.303, and the second heat in 2.28. In the third heat he 
was second in 2.303. He acted strangely in scoring for 
