218 NOTED MAIi/H HORSES. 



Morrill, dam, a gray mare of Messenger descent. John 

 Packard bought him and sold him to Richardson & War- 

 ner, and they sold him to Charles Gassett, of Boston. 



In 1873, at the Kew England Pair at Mystic Park, 

 Boston, he ■won the 2.40 race, winning the last three out 

 of six heats in 2.36, 2.39, 2.30. The next week, Sept. 12, 

 at Lawrence, he won the 2.40 purse in a field of seven, 

 the fastest heat being 2.38. The next day, at the same 

 place, he won the 2.38 race in straight heats in 2.33|, 

 2.34|, 2.35. Sept. 20, he won a race at Worcester in three 

 straight heats, the fastest being 2.37. 



MODOC. 



Chestnut gelding, with small star in forehead, and two 

 white stockings behind, 15J hands high, foaled in 1864, 

 bred by Francis ETunt, Readfleld, Me., got by Winthrop 

 Morrill, dam, pedigree not traced. Hunt sold him to 

 George Craig, of Readfield, and he was carried to Massa- 

 chusetts in 1868, and sold to Levi Gould, of Melrose. In 

 1873, July 31, at Beacon Park, -Boston, in a race for 

 horses that never beat 2.50, he won in three straight heats, 

 beating a field of six; the fastest heat was 2.39^. 



At the Fall meeting of the Mystic Park, Boston, Oct. 

 15 and 16, 1873, in a race for horses that never beat 2.37, 

 Modoc won the fifth heat in 2.33J. Nov. 6, at Provi- 

 dence, E. I., Modoc won the 2.33 race in straight heats in 

 2.34, 2.34i, 2.37, beating Ben. Smith, Lady Foster, and 

 King William. 



BARSTEY KELLEY. 



Brown bay gelding, with black points, 15| hands high, 

 foaled ip 1865, bred in Sweden, Me., got by a son of the 



