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BUTTERBALL. 



Gray mare, 14^hands high, and weighs about 900 

 pounds, foaled iiM864, bred by E. J. & G. W. Law- 

 rence, Eairfleld, Me., got by Gen. Knox, dam, a white 

 mare, by Homan's Messenger. Messrs. Lawrence sold 

 her, in 1872, to James Withee, of "Winslow, for $1200, 

 and Withee sold her to New York parties for over $3000. 

 She is a strong and well-made mare, with a fine turn of 

 speed. She won several races whUe owned in Maine. At 

 Forest City Park,' Portland, Me., Oct. 5, 1871, she won the 

 fifth, sixth and seventh heats and race, beating BuU-of- 

 the- Woods (now Buffalo Bill) , Phil. Sheridan, and Kittle 

 Wild. » 



PLYMOUTH EOCK. 



Bay gelding, 15 hands, 2J inches high, and weighs 1175 

 pounds, foaled July 9, 1866, owned by C. Butman, Ply- 

 mouth, Me., got by Black Sultan, dam, an English mare, 

 from Prince Edward's Island. June 26, 1873, at Bangor, 

 Me., he won the first race in which he ever started, beat- 

 ing a field of six horses, fastest heat 2.44:^. After hashing, 

 during which he hauled fifty tons of hay, he went to 

 Skowhegan and won the 2.44 race against six horses, trot- 

 ting five heats without a break, winning the first in 2.45J, 

 and the fifth in 2.40i. 



TOMMY. 



Brown gelding, 15 hands high, foaled in 1868, bred by 

 Oliver. Dunnell, North Jay, Me., got by Larkin's Gen. 

 Knox, jr., dam (the dam of Daniel Boone), pedigree un- 

 known. Dunnell sold him, when four months old, and 

 after having several different owners he become the prop- 



