254 NOTED MAINE BOSSES. 



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QUICKSILVEK. 

 Silver gray stallion, at some seasons of the year show- 

 ing almost black, got by the imported Arabian horse, 

 Dey of Algiers. He was brought from Vermont about 

 the year 1818, by James PuUen, of East "Winthrop., and 

 was in the stud at that place, and at HalloweU Cross 

 Roads, now Manchester, till his death, which occurred 

 about 1826 or 1827. He was brought to Winthrop whUe 

 the Messenger stock was in the hight of its popularity, 

 and QuicksUver and Winthrop Messenger were for some 

 time rivals in the same town and county. The Quicksil- 

 vers were handsome, docile and sprightly, and for a while 

 superseded the Messengers in popularity, but as the Mes- 

 senger colts came into service, they began to be appre- 

 ciated, and the descendants of Messenger are every day 

 becoming more and more valued, while the QuicksUvers 

 are nearly forgotten. 



EMPEROR. 

 Sorrel stallion, with neck very high, and arched, the 

 crest being higher than the head, foaled about 182-, bred 

 and owned by Lemuel Pullen, of Waterville, Me., got by 

 Quicksilver, dam, the Matthews mare, so. called. He was 

 a fine horse, and was ridden on military parade, for three 



