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Simpson, of Winslow. He was first known as the Stone, 

 and then as the Simpson horse. 



KENNEBEC MESSENGER (Blake's). 



Dapple gray stallion, foaled in 1846, bred by Lewis H. 

 Blake, of Mt. Vernon, Me., got by Bush Messenger, 2d, 

 dam, a sorrel English mare. Blake sold him when five 

 years old to Geo. M. Robinson, of Augusta. Mr. Robin- 

 son kept him two years, and_ took him to the First Nation- 

 al Horse Fair, at Springfield, Mass., where he sold him to 

 parties in Baltimore, Md. From thence he was taken to 

 New Orleans, La., where he trotted in the thirties. 



HICKORY. 



Gray stallion, foaled in 182-, bred by Geo. "W. Stanley, 

 of Winthrop, Me., got by Winthrop Messenger; dam, a 

 fine " Buckskin " mare, known as the Wing mare. " Stan- 

 ley owned him in 1834, and his speed for trotting was 

 much talked about." We have no knowledge of his sub- 

 sequent history. 



BUSH MESSENGER, 3d. 



Gray stallion, foaled in 1858,-bred by William Rollins, 

 Pittston, Me., got by Bush Messenger, 2d; the last of his 

 get before going west; dam, a mare brought from the 

 Province of New Brunswick. He was afterwards gelded, 

 and is now kept in a livery stable in Augusta, Me., as a 

 let horse. 



LEAVITT HORSE. 



Dapple gray stallion, 15 hands high, and weighed 

 about 1000 pounds, foaled in 1836, bred by Howard Syl- 

 vester, of Greene, Me., got by Quimby Messenger. 

 Dam, a gray mare, weighing about 850 pounds, a noted 



