212 NOTED MAINE HOUSES. 



Lady Emma, Ebse Standish, Sir Knight and Rowe's 

 Tommy. 



BEN. MORRILL. 



Brown stallion, 15^ hands high, foaled in 1868, bred by 

 Harrison Ames, "Winthrop, Me., got by Winthrop Mor- 

 rill, dam, by Old Columbus. Ames sold him to W. B. 

 Bonney, of Winthrop, and he sold him when two years 

 old to J. E. Jackson, also of Winthrop. Jackson sold 

 him to J. G. Rounds, of Lynn, Mass., and he to T. B. 

 Williams, of Boston. At Prospect Park, Long Island, 

 Oct. 21, 1872, in a race for four-year-old colts, best three . 

 in five, in harness, for a purse of $1,600, there were the 

 following entries: Ben. Morrill, by Winthrop Morrill, 

 Rowe's Tommy, by Thomas Jefferson, Dixon, by Happy 

 Medium, and Silver Heel, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. 



The first heat was wou by Rowe's Tommy, in 2;48J, 

 Ben Morriir, second; apd Dixon distanced. Silver Heel 

 having been drawn, only two were left to contend for the 

 prize. The second heat was won by Ben. Mqrrill, in 2.34J, 

 the third in 2.32|, and the fourth in 2.36.. 



The value of this performance should not be under 

 estimated. Kot only was the time remarkable, consider- 

 ing the age of the contestants, the third heat being in 

 2.32|, and the first half in 1.13|, but it should be borne 

 in mind that the colt had to contend against the repre- 

 sentatives of the best blood in the country. Rowe's 

 Tommy, being by Thomas Jefferson, one of the most 

 promising young horses in the country, he by Toronto 

 Chief, out of the famous Gipsey Queen. Dixon is also a 

 scion of a noble race, his sire being Happy Medium, by 

 Rysdyk's Hambletonian. Happy Medium's dam was no 



