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the first heat. August 28, at the same place he beat Col. 

 Moulton, Nelly, Jubilee Lambert, Flora Belle and Ben 

 Smith, winning the first heat in 2.33, the third in 2.33 

 and the fourth and race in 2.35. 



At the Maine State Fair, of 1873, at Bangor, in a race 

 for the " Champion's Belt," open to all stallions owned 

 in Maine, there were the following entries : Gen. Light- 

 foot, Slasher, Bed Jacket and Lothair. The race was 

 won by Lothair in straight heats, time 2.35J, 2.38J, 2.34. 



GEN. LIGHTFOOT. 



Dark bay stallion, *ith black points, under 15 hands 

 high, and weighs about 900 pounds, foaled in July, 1865, 

 bred by Watson Blaisdell, of Burnham, Me., got by Gen. 

 Knox, dam, a thoroughbred English mare. Mr. W. D. 

 Atkinson, of Pittsfield, subsequently purchased a one- 

 half interest in him, and in 1873 he was sold to Mr. V. C. 

 Hall, of Windham. Aug. 13, 1873, at Foxcroft, Me., Gen. 

 Lightfoot won a race in three straight heats, in 2.39, 

 2.41J, 2.36i 



August 28, 1873, at the Lewiston Driving Park, a race 

 came off for a purse of $1000, open to all stallions owned 

 in Maine, and for which the following entries had been 

 made, viz.: May's Bismarck, King William, Phil. Sheri- 

 dan, Slasher, and Gen. Lightfoot. When the day arrived 

 King William was unable, from a temporary lameness, to 

 start, and a serious accident, the result of a collision while 

 exercising, in which a valuable mare. Virgin Mary, was 

 killed, and Bismarck seriously injured, prevented him 

 from starting, go that Phil. Sheridan, Gen. Lightfoot and 

 Slasher — aU by Gen. Knox — were left to contend for the 

 prize. Sheridan won the first heat in 2.36J, and the 



