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chusetts, when a colt, by Nelson Knights, of Winthrop. 

 His sire and darn ■were both imported, dam, said to be 

 thoroughbred, and sire, a Cleveland bay. Mr. "William 

 Beals, of "WintJp:op, bought him in 1864, and he died the 

 following fall. We give aU that is known of his pedigree, 

 as many of his get are noted as breeding mares. 



DAEE. 



Bay gelding, with black points, over 16 hands high, 

 foaled in May, 1865, bred by Charles H. Foss, of Wayne, 

 got by the Knights horse, dam, unknown. Foss let 

 Mr. C. R. Milliken, of Portland, have him, and Sept. 28, 

 1871, at the Kew England Pair, at Portland, Me., he won 

 the race for horses that never beat 2.45, in three straight 

 heats, in 2.39^, 2.40, 2.40J. 



JAS. G. BLAINE. 



Black gelding, with no white marks, 15J hands high, 

 foaled in 1866, bred by James Blanchard, of Pittston, 

 Me., got by Messenger Hunter, sometimes 'called the 

 Thing horse, being owned for a time by Mr. Thing, of 

 Hallowell. He came, from Massachusetts, and was also 

 owned by Messrs. Wright & Norcross, of Pearnaught 

 Farm, Manchester. 



The dam of Jas. G. Blaine was the Major Lally mare 

 (so called), by the Dr. Call horse, he by thoroughbred 

 Cannon Ball. He was sold, when a sucker, to a Mr. Nick- 

 erson, and he sold him, when six years old, to Hiram Eeed 

 & Son, of Augusta, and they, in 1873, to Wright & Nor- 

 cross, of Fearnaught Farm. 



