132 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 



the race in the 2.35 class, beating Bed Jacket and Lady 

 Knox. 



J'ALMEE KNOX. 



Dark brown stallion, with black points and star in fore- 

 head, 15^ hands high, and weighs 1100 pounds, foaled in 

 1865, bred by M. G. Palmer, of Portland, Me., got by 

 Gen. Knox, dam by Robinson horse, he by Bucephalus, 

 by Mambrino, by Imp. Messenger. 



The accompanying engraving of Palmer Knox was 

 made expressly for this work, from a painting from life, 

 by Mr. G. H. Bailey, the well-known artist, whose name 

 is a sufficient guarantee of its truthfulness. Palmer 

 Knox, with his fine size, beautiful proportions and as- 

 tonishing muscular development, realizes our ideal of a 

 fast and lasting trotter. At the Maine State Fair, in ISTS, 

 at Bangor, he won the three-minute race in a field of ten 

 horses, in straight heats, best time 2.40. The next day he 

 won the race for horses that never beat 2.48, in a field of 

 seven. The first heat was won by Pequawket, in 2.38J. 

 The second by Palmer Knox, in 2.38, who also won the 

 fifth and sixth heat and race in 2.40^, 2.40. 



The next week at Portland he won the first premium 

 on two successive days, making but one break in each 

 day. 



MAINE SLASHER 



Formerly called " Fairfield Boy," bay stallion with 

 black points, 15| hands high, foaled in 1865, bred by the 

 late Henry Lawrfence, of Fairfield, got by Gen. Knox, 

 dam, Juno, by Norman, or the Crawford horse, 2d dam 

 by Witherell. He was sold, when five years old, to 

 Messrs. Archer & Jones, at auction, for $515. They sold 



