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second in 2.36. On coming up for the third heat,- A. 

 "W. 'Worcester, of Boston, was on Gen. Lightfoot's 

 sulky, in place of his owner, Mr. Hall, who had driven 

 him in the two previous heats. After repeated scoring 

 they finally got the word, and Lightfoot shot at once to 

 the front, and maintained his lead throughout, winning 

 the heat in 2.34, Sheridan just saving his distance, and 

 Slasher distanced. The fourth and fifth heats and race 

 were also won by Gen. Lightfoot. Sept. 10, 1873, at the 

 opening of the Oakland Park, Gardiner, Me., in a race 

 for horses that never beat 2.32, Gen. Lightfoot won the 

 third, fifth and sixth heats and race in 2.34, 2.39, 2.40. 



In Oct., at Rockland, he beat Red Jacket, King Wil- 

 liam and Honest Quaker in straight heats. 



PHIL. SHEEIDAK. 



Black stallion, with star in forehead, 15J hands high, 

 and weighs 1075 pounds, foaled July 27, 1864, bred by 

 Greenleaf Lowe, of "Winslow, Me., got by Gen. Knox, 

 dam, pedigree not traced. 



P. M. Thurlow, of Lewiston, purchased him when 

 about two months old. During the season of 1872 he 

 trotted eleven races, winning first money in seven, second 

 money in three and losing one. He gained considerable 

 notoriety for his many contests with King William. His 

 fastest performance for the year was in the stallion race 

 at the State Pair, at Bangor, in September, which he 

 won ; fastest heat 2.36, and a half in 1.15. In 1873, Aug. 

 28, at the Lewiston Driving Park, in *a race for stallions 

 owned in Maine, for a purse of $1000, he won the first 

 heat in 2.36i, and the second in 2.36. 



At the Maine State Fair, at Bangor, in Sept., he won 



