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the fourth heat, and broke badly on the back-stretch, and 
a hundred yards beyond the half-mile pole he pitched for- 
ward on his head and died instantly. The sulky was 
smashed but the driver was uninjured The cause of the 
horse’s death was supposed to be heart disease, as he 
showed no distress in the race previous to his fall in the 
fourth heat. 
SHEPARD KNAPP JR., 2.27%. 
Bay gelding with narrow white stripe in face, spot on 
under lip, two white stockings forward and one behind, 
with white hairs mixed in all over his body, about 153 
hands high; got by Shepard F. Knapp, dam by Royal Oak 
.son of Quimby Messenger. He was foaled in 1861, bred 
by J. E. Bonney, E. Hebron, Me. Boney sold him when ' 
a sucker to Russell Bros. of Buckfield. He was originally 
a pacer. He was afterwards owned by Dr. Page of Bos- 
ton. In 1868, June 7th, he won a race to wagon against 
the black stallion Darkness in straight heats. Time 2.33, 
2.308, 2.293. Record 2.27% at Boston, June 17th, 1880. 
SIR WILLIAM WALLACE, 2.274. 
Dark bay horse 154 hands high, with white stripe in face 
and one white stocking behind, fealed in 1864, bred by 
Augustus D. Triggs, Hermon, Me.; got by the Robinson 
horse of Hampden, dam unknown. He was afterwards 
taken to Massachusetts and sold to Mr. A. Thompson of 
Loston. Nov. 3d, 1876, at Fleetwood Park, N: Y. Sir 
William Wallace beat Barney Kelley, in three straight 
heats in 2.29, 2.284, 2.31. Nov. 15th at Philadelphia, he 
won the second heat in the 2.29 race in 2.274, which is his 
fastest record to date. 
SLIPPERY DICK, 2.30. 
Bay gelding foaled in 1871, bred by Robert Spear, Bow- . 
doinham, Me.; got by Mazeppa, son of Winthrop Mor- 
- rill, dam (the dam of John Gilpin, 2.35), pedigree un- 
