EATON STOCK. 99 



Boston, Oct. 11, he beat Fannie, Bristol Bill, and Joe 

 Hooker in straight heats in 2.31, 2.32^, 2.31f. At Law- 

 rence, Mass., Oct. 24, he won the last three out of five 

 heats in the 2.29 purse in 2.36:|, 2.34i, 2.35^, beating Fan- 

 nie, Bristol Bill, Frank Palmer, and Ki-Ki. At Man- 

 chester, K. H., Oct. 30, he again beat Frank Palmer, 

 Ki-Ki, Bristol Bill, and JSTed Wallace. This was his last 

 appearance in 1873. 



GRAY STRAIJrGER. 



Gray gelding, 15f hands high, foaled about 1850, bred 

 by Monroe "Woodman, of "Wilton, Me., got by Old Eaton, 

 dam, of Messenger descent. Charles Milliken, Esq., of 

 Augusta, bought him in Farmington, and took him to 

 Augusta. He was subsequently owned by George M. 

 Robinson, who sold him in 1861 to Andrew Banner, of 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



July 4, 1855, as Stranger, he trotted in a face at Bangor 

 against Lady Litchfield and Bay Morgan (afterwards 

 Hiram Drew), and although beaten in the race, Stranget 

 won the third heat in 2.30 and the fourth in 2.33. 



caoutchouc: 



Sorrel mare, 15J hands high, and weighs 975 pounds, 

 foaled in 1861, bred by Orville Bridgham, Buckfleld, 

 Maine, got by Shepard F. Knapp, dam, Witherell. 

 She was sold to Irving Blake, of Portland, and he sold 

 her to H. A. Hall, of Boston, in 1871, for i2,000. 



At the New England. Fair at Lowell, Mass., Sept. 5, 

 1872, she won the race for horses that never beat three 

 minutes, in .a field of twelve, in straight heats. Time 2.- 

 41i, 2.41|, 2.41i. At the New England Fair of 1873, at 



