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Brown stallion, 15J hands high, and weighs 1050 pounds, 

 foaled July 27, 1862, bred by Geo. Knowell, North Vas- 

 salborb'. Me., got by Gen. Knox, dam, the Knowell mare 

 (so called), by Young Abdallah. Knowell sold him when 

 two years old to J. M. Littlefleld, of Abbott, Me. Little- 

 field owned him until 8 years old, when he was sold to 

 Chas. Carman, of New York City, it is said for $1600. 

 He had, while owned in Maine, a public record of 2.41j-, 

 but had trotted in private in 2.28i. 



PLATO. 



Dapple gray stallion, loj hands high, and weighs about 

 1050 pounds, foaled June 10, 1863, bred by Wil%m H. 

 Longley, Norridgewock, Me., got by Gen. Knox, dam by 

 Allen horse, alias Norridgewock Messenger. Longley 

 sold him when four months old to Alpheus and Ora O. 

 Crosby, of Albion, Me. ^e obtained a record of 2.45 at 

 the North Kennebec Fair, as a five-year old. At the 

 New England Fair, in Portland, in 1869, he won the race 

 in the 2.45 class; easily, in 2.45. 



In 1871, at the Narragansett Park, he obtained a record 

 of 2.31;^, and was afterwards sold to Mr. Buck, of Buf- 

 falo, N. Y., for $12,000. It is claimed that he has a pub- 

 lic record of 2.27, but we have been unable to find it. 



SKOWHEGAN BOY. 



Black stallion with stripe in face, 16^ hands high, bred 

 in Winslow, Me., got by.Gen. Knox, dam, of Messenger 

 descent. 



Mr. Nodine, of Brooklyn, N. Y., bought him, when two 

 years old, and took him to New York. He was brought 

 back, when five, and owned by Hill & Emery, of Skow- 

 hegan, where he died in June, 1869. 



