MAINE 2.30 LIST. 317 
She injured herself in the above race, and was sold te 
Robert R. Morris, New Rochelle, N. Y. Record 2.33 to 
wagon. ‘ 
STELLA BLAKE, 2.254. 
Brown mare 153 hands high, foaled May 30th, 1871,bred 
by Geo. 8. Blake, Brownfield, Me.; got by Pequawket, 
by Gideon, dam a small bay mare by a horse called Mor- 
gan Trotter, that stood for service twenty-five years ago. 
in York Co., Me. Sold when three years old to J. W. 
Prescott, Union Village, N. H., and by him to Stephen 
Durgan of Wolfboro, N. H. At Beacon Park, Boston, 
Sept. 14th, 1881, Stella Blake started in the 2.32 race, win- 
ning the first heat in 2.26 and the second in 2. 254, and was 
second in the race. ~ 
STRANGER, 2.30. 
Gray gelding 153 hands high, foaled about 1850, bred 
by Monroe Woodman of Wilton, Me.; got by Old Eaton, 
dam of Messenger descent. Chas. Milliken of Augusta, 
bought him in Farmington and took him to Augusta. He 
was subsequently owned by Geo. M. Robinson, who sold 
him in 1861 to Andrew Banner of Philadelphia, Pa. July 
4th, 1855, he trotted in a race at Bangor against Lady 
Litchfield and Bay Morgan (afterwards Hiram Drew), 
and although beaten in the race, Stranger won the third 
heat in 2.30 and the fourth in 2.33. 
SURPRISE, 2.284. 
Gray mare foaled in October, 1876, bred by Piper Leay- 
itt, Newburg, Me.; got by Gray Dan, dam by Black Sul- 
tan, 2d dam a Drew mare. Leavitt sold her to E. H. 
Neally, Monroe, Me., and he when five years old to W.G. 
Morrill, her present owner. At Fairfield, Me., Aug. 21st, 
1886, Surprise won the third heat in the free-for-all, in 
2.284 and the fourth in 2.29%. The race was postponed on 
account of darkness and never finished. First and second 
money being divided between Surprise and Gilbreth Maid. 
