NOTED MAINE HORSES. 



Bailey, his old trainer, in hopes that the same treat- 

 ment he had formerly given him might produce the same 

 results, and that he might he ahle to turn the tables upon 

 those horses that have been defeating him for the past 

 five years,- by again appearing in public as a winner. The 

 result, while it is very flattering to Mr. Bailey's skill as a 

 patient, careful, and intelligent handler of the trotting 

 horse, must be also very gratifying to the friends of the 

 little white-legged Knapp, who have stuck to him through 

 80 many adversities. He started in ten races last fall, 

 and won nine of them, receiving one forfeit, having lost 

 but one race through the fall campaign. 



At Waterville, Me.,. July 25, he beat Gen. Lightfoot, 

 Eed Jacket, White Stockings, Little Ed, Pomp, and Ama- 

 zon; best time, 2.37. Lewiston Driving Park, Aug. 29, 

 received forfeit from White Stockings in a match for 

 $500. Same track, Aug. 30, match for $500, he beat Buf- 

 falo Bill in straight heats; time 2.34, 2,33^, 2.32. At 

 Maine State Fair at Bangor, Sept. 10, he won the Sweep- 

 Stakes purse, beating the stallion Gen. Lightfoot, and the 

 St. John's horse, Andy Johnson. The time was 2.41, 2.35, 

 2.35, 2.37, 2.44^. Andy Johnson won the first two heats, 

 and the last was trotted in a gale of wind and rain. In 

 Sept., at the Porest City Park, Portland, he won the 

 " free for all " purse of $400, beating BufEalo Bill; best 

 time, 2.36. In the last heat of this race, Knapp, by a bad 

 break, fell several lengths behind, but getting steadied 

 as he reached the three-quarter pole, he trotted the last 

 quarter in the remarkable time of 30 seconds, winning 

 the heat and race. At Taunton, Mass., Bristol County 

 Pair, Oct. 2, he won the "free for all" purse of |700, 

 beating Billy Platter and Climax; time 2.33^, 2.34J, 2.34J, 

 §.36; Platter winning the second heat. At Beacon Park, 



