92 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 



years of age, when he sold him, and he died in Farming-- 

 ton in 1872. 



MT. VERNOl^. 



Sorrel stallion, with small white strip in face, and one 

 white hind foot, 16 hands high, and weighed 1150 pounds, 

 foaled in 1853, bred by Elisha Wells, of Mt. Vernon, Me., 

 got by Old Eaton, dam, pedigree not traced. Wells sold 

 him to George Wakefield, of West Gardiner, and he to 

 Oliver Walton, of Boston, Mass. He was afterwards, 

 taken to Philadelphia, where he is said to have trotted 

 fast. 



KENNEBEC MESSENGER (Beam'). 

 Sorrel stallion, with star in the forehead, 16 hands high, 

 and weighed 1100 pounds, foaled in 1846, bred in Strong, 

 Me., got by Old Eaton, dam, of Messenger descent. Mr. 

 Edward Bonney, of Winthrop, bought him when three 

 years old, and sold him when four to Mr. William Beals, 

 of "Winthrop. He was afterwards sold and taken into the 

 eastern part of the State or into the Provinces. 



SANDY EIYER HORSE. 



Sometimes called the " Sandy River Trotter ," — chest- 

 nut stallion, with strip in face, and white hind foot, 15| 

 hands high, foaled in 1852, bred by Hiram Bent, of 

 Vienna, Me., got by Old Eaton, dam, a Morgan mare. 

 Bent sold him when three years old to James Allen, of 

 Farmington, Me. 



BENNETT HORSE. 

 Black stallion, with star in the forehead, and white 

 hind feet, 15 J hands high, and weighed about 1,000 



