EATON STOCK. 95 



dam, of Morgan descent. Owned by Abner Toothaker, 

 PhUUps, Me. 



PABKEE'S MESSENGEE. 

 Mahogany bay stallion, 15 J hands high, and weighs 

 1050 pounds, foaled in 1864, owned by Ingerson Parker, 

 Greene, Me., got by the Stinchfleld horse, by Old Eaton, 

 dam, by Kentucky Hunter. 



SHEPHEED F. KNAPP. 



Sorrel stallion with white star in the forehead, and 

 white hind feet, 15J hands high, foaled in 1857, bred by 

 George Snell, of Turner, Me., got by Old Eaton, dam, by 

 Whalebone. Snell sold him when a weanling to Silas 

 Mitchell, of Buckfleld. Mitchell kept Mm until he was 

 two years old, and sold him in August, 1859, to the Eus- 

 sell Bros., for $200. In 1860, when three years old, he 

 stood for service a part of the season in the vicinity of 

 Buekfield, and got a few colts, among which were Shep- 

 herd Knapp, Jr., and the sorrel mare,. Caoutchouc. 

 Before the season closed, he was sold to Mr. Emery, of 

 Portland. He afterwards went to New York into the 

 hands of Mr. Getiet. When four years old, he was 

 trained, and trotted a very severe race of five heats, losing 

 the first two, and .winning the three subsequent ones, the 

 best of them being 2.41. The next year, while in train- 

 ing for a race with Harry Clay, he continually hit him- 

 self in the elbows, by reason of excessive knee-action as 

 it appeared, and this prevented the bringing of him up 

 to the mark. He was afterwards sold to Mr. Senter, and 

 taken to England. In 1864, he was matched to trot two 

 miles and a half with a horse called Express for flOOO a 

 aide, the race to come off at the Bois de Boulogne near 



