102 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 



RisiNQ suisr stock:. 



EISING SUN. 



Light bay stallion, with star in the forehead, and black 

 mane and tail, 15^ hands high, and weighed adout 1000 

 pounds, foaled in 1843, bred by Eben Young, of Peru, 

 Me., got by a dark bay stallion, with black points, under 

 15 hands high, called Rising Sun, who was brought 

 into Canton, Me., in January, 1842, from Calais, by a Mr. 

 Griffeth. He was owned by a. Mr. Gilman, who was in 

 the Legislature, and his son-in-law, Mr. Griffeth took him 

 ■to Canton to winter. He was said at that time to be, by 

 an imported thoroughbred horse, and out of a French 

 mare. In March following, Messrs. G. & C. Hayford, of 

 Canton, bought him for $150, and stood him in that vi- 

 cinity during the season of 1842. He died at Canton of 

 lung fever, April 27, 1843. 



The dam of Rising Sun was a bay mare owned by Mr. 

 Young, noted for her breeding qualities, got by Duroc, 

 a white stallion, brought from Long Island, about 45 

 years ago, by Bennett Pompilly, of Turner, Me. He 

 (Duroc) was a noted running horse and ran many races, 

 and was well known throughout the State. He possessed 

 many of the characteristics^ of the thoroughbred, and was 

 said to be by a horse called Duroc, but how related to 

 Duroo by Imported Diemed, we are unable to say. Mr. 



