96 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 



Paris, France, on the 31st of January, 1865. Express 

 was an American, also, and was owned by a French gen- 

 tleman at Rouen, in Normandy. The race was won by 

 Shepherd F. Knapp in 6.14, being a trifle better than 2.30 

 to the mile. In 1866, much excitement waa caused in 

 sporting circles on the announcement that a great Inter- 

 national match had been entered into between two horses, 

 the representatives of England and France, in which £600 

 were deposited. The horse chosen as the representative, 

 of France was Abdallah King, an American, while Shep- 

 herd F. Knapp was selected as the champion of England. 

 Abdallah King was trained at Paris, while Knapp went 

 through the "grand preparation" at Ealing, and only 

 took a trip across the Channel on the Friday preceding 

 the race, which took place at the Cascade, on the Bois de 

 Boulogne, Paris, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1866. The distance 

 was one mile in harness. The elite of the Parisian sport- 

 ing world were present, although the race as it turned 

 out, was a hollow affair. Knapp literally " walked in," 

 and won as he liked by nearly fifty yards. 



SHEPHERD KNAPP,- Jk. 



Bay gelding, with narrow white stripe in face, spot on 

 under lip, two white stockings forward and one behind, 

 with white hairs mixed in all over his body, about 16^ 

 hands high, foaled in 1861, bred by John E. Bonney, 

 Turner, Me., got by Shepherd F. Knapp, dam, by Royal 

 Oak (which see). Bonney sold him when a sucking colt 

 to the Russell Bros., of Buckfield. He was originally a 

 pacer, and followed that way of going until he was four- 

 years old, when he left it for a better one, and com- 

 menced to trot fast. He made his first appearance in 



