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of Korridgewock, Me., got by Winthrop Messenger, dam, 

 the old Witherell mare (so called), to distinguish her from 

 Witherell's dam which was known as the young Witherell 

 mare. In 1829 or '30 Mr. Witherell sold him to Benjamin 

 Hodges, of Hallowell, and he to Beuben Davis, of Boston. 

 He was a horse of the finest style and carriage, and was 

 at that time the fastest horse in Boston or vicinity. This 

 was before there were any trotting parks in the vicinity 

 of Boston, and they used to trot him on the road. • He 

 would have been very fast if he could have been properly 

 trained. In 1834 Mr. Davis' stable on Endicott street 

 was burned, and Lion was saved by knocking a hole 

 through the side of the stable and taking him out on the 

 Salem street side. Mr. Davis afterward took him to 

 "Windsor, N". H., and he finally went to Baltimore, 

 Md. 



STATE OF MAINE. 



Gray stallion, 16 hands high, and weighed 1,185 pounds, 

 foaled in 1844, bred by Mr. Berry, of Wayne, got by the 

 Stone horse; dam by Winthrop Messenger; Berry sold 

 him to Mr. Eoss, of "Wayne, he to a Mr. Eoss, of Scarbo-- 

 rough, and he to James Jack, of Portland. Mr. Jack sold 

 him to Fred. Johnson, of New York. Oct. 26, 1856, at 

 Rochester, he won a race in three straight heats, beating 

 Harkaway. July 8, 1858, at Batavia, N. T., he beat Old 

 Tom and Eipton, mile and repeat, in 2.44 — 2.40. He was 

 sold to James T. Fulton, of Lewiston, N. Y., in 1851, and 

 stood there several years ; here he sired the horse after- 

 ward known as Dr. Logan's Messenger. This horse (Lo- 

 gan's Messenger) is the sire of Crown Prince, record 2.25. 

 State of Maine died in 1865 or 1866. 



