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NOTED MAINE BOSSES. 



In 1873, there were recorded 2,512 public contests -witli 475 

 heats in 2.30 or less, and expecting to find the average time 

 much reduced, I made a summary of all trotting races in har- 

 ness in 1873. The time ranging from Occident's 2.16J, at 

 Sacramento, in Sept., to, and including all those in which the 

 winning horse obtained a record of 3.00, or better, and casting 

 out all performances made to wagon, Ijy pacers, colts four 

 years old, or under, double teams, and by horses- where the 

 winning horse did not make a record of 3.00, or better, I find 

 the number of races to be 1823, tod the average time 2.fl 

 and a fraction. 



Since Pelham " rose into high notice " in 1849, by trotting 

 a mile in the then unprecedented time of 2.28, in harness, up 

 to the close of the trotting season of 1873, a record of 2.30, or 

 better, has been made by the following-named Maine horses. 

 In the body of this work will be found full and minute de- 

 scriptions of each, giving all that is known of their pedigree, 

 where, and by whom bred, and their most noted performances 

 on the turf. Below I give simply the names in alphabetical 

 order, fastest record up to the close of the season of 1873, and 

 date and place of performance : 



