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class, at BufEalo, and during his preliminary preparation 

 turned the track in 2.26, but a subsequent lameness pre- 

 vented his starting for the premium. 



After a very successful Career in the stud, in Maine, 

 where he has left a numerous progeny, he was sold in 

 1872, to Mr. H. N. Smith, of New York, for $10,000. 



The Spirit of the Times, of Dec. 20, 1873, in speaking 

 of Gen. Knox, says : " G-en. Knox is a grand horse, 

 eighteen years old, with legs and feet as sound and clean as 

 a wild deer's, and the sire of Camors, Lady Maud, Gilbreth 

 Knox, Plato, and many others. He is a*natural trotter, 

 and even now can show an astounding burst t)f speed 

 when given his head in his exercise. There are few sires 

 whose get are so " chock full of trot," to use a down-east 

 expression. " A Knox that cannot trot is a rarity," says 

 an expert horseman who has been handling them for 

 years. " Gen. Knox is now located at the Fashion Stud 

 Farm, near Trenton, N. J., and is the property of its 

 proprietor, Mr. H. N. Smith, owner of Goldsmith Maid, 

 Lady Thorn, Socrates, Tattler, and part owner of Jay 

 Gould." 



" In this brilliant- galaxy, Knox attracts a due propor- 

 tion of interest, ^e received many mares last season 

 from remote points, and the astute banker who owns him 

 considers him a remunerative and truly valuable invest- 

 ment." 



It may not be uninteresting to state that the celebrated 

 mare Lady Thorn was bred to Gen. Knox, in 1873, in 

 preference to Hambletonian or his descendants, and her 

 colt foaled Feb. 22, 1874, called Gen. "Washington, in honor 

 of the day on which he was foaled, is described by the 

 Spirit of the Times as " a large and finely formed bay 

 colt with black joints, light about the head and neck, 



