MESSMNGEB STOCK. 4T 



beat Gen. Lightfoot in three straight heats, in 2.40, 2.37, 

 2.34|. 



BAKEE BOY. 



Bay gelding, 16 hands high, foaled in 1866, owned by J. 

 E. Burnham, Houlton, Me., got by Woodbrook Messen- 

 ger, dam, not traced. 



CELIA. 



Formerly called " Areola," sorrel roan mare with light 

 mane and tail, white in face and white stocMngs behind, 

 15 hands high, bred by Jefferson Pennell, Ifew Portland, 

 Me., got by Witherell. 



Pennell sold her to Mr. Mallett, of Bath, he to Joseph 

 Kilgore, of Portland, and he to New York parties. As 

 " Areola " she won a race at Portland, Me., Oct. 30, 1868, 

 in straight heats each just 2.40, beating Pleeting Moment 

 land Tempest. June 10, 1869, at Boston, she won the 

 Second and fourth heats, in a race in 2.36, 2.38. As 

 " Celia " she won the second and third heats, in a race at 

 Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 1873, in 2.35, 2.34|. July 24, 1873, 

 she won a race at Auburn, N. Y., in straight heats, in 2.- 

 36, 2.36J, 2.36J. 



ELISHA. 



Formerly called " Sharon Boy," sorrel gelding, with 

 strip in face, and three white feet, \5^ hands high, foaled 

 about 1855, bred by Charles Craig, of New Sharon, got 

 by Witherell, dam, pedigree, unknown. Charles Emery, 

 Skowhegan, bought him and sold him to James Balch, of 

 New York. He was afterwards sold to George B. Alley, 

 and was iinally taken to California, where it is said he got 

 a record of *2.26i in an unpublished race. 



