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NOTED MAINE HORSES. 



in Maine, but the researches of Mr. J. H. Wallace clearly 

 establish the fact that the sire of Gen. Knox was Ver- 

 mont Hero, and not Sherman Black Hawk (his grandsire) 

 as was lojig published. His pedigree we give below in 

 tabulated form : 



PEDIGBEE OF GEN. KlfOX. 



Vermont Black Hawk. 



Vermont Hero. 



dam, by 



Sherman Black 

 Hawk. 



dam, by Harris' 

 Hambletonian. 



dam, by Young Ham- 

 bletonian. 



HamWetoliaa. | Haa-ris' Hambletonian. 



dam, by Harris' 

 Hambletoni^. 



Gen. Knox's performances on the turf have been few 

 in number and always made in poor condition, as he stood 

 for service every season while owned in Maine. Among 

 them, however, are the' following : At WatervUle, Me., 

 Oct. 22, 1863, he beat Hiram Drew, and won a* record of 

 2.32. In 1864, in Sept., at the first exhibition of the New 

 England Agricultural Society, held in Springfield, Mass., 

 he beat Draco, Duke of Wellington, and one other, in 

 *hree straight heats in 2.31^, 2.37, 2.34|, making the first 

 half mile in the first heat in 1.14, and the first half mile 

 in the third heat in 1.15, and winning the distinction as 

 " Champion of New England," which he has ever since 

 held. 



He was in very poor condition to trot at the time this 

 race was made, having received no training, but on the 

 contrary had covefed mares to within twenty days of the 

 time «of the race. In 1871, he was entered in the 2.30 



