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finally worked in a team two winters, not being consid- 

 ered fit for any other business. In 1870 Thomas Ditson, 

 of New Portland, bought him for $100. John Moody 

 afterwards bought him, and in his hands he first began to 

 trot. He took him to Livermore, and sold him to Alonzo 

 M. Bumpus, of Livermore Falls. In his hands he gained 

 some laurels in the trotting arena, as " Billy Bumpus." 



In 1872, he sold him to Dr. Strout, of Auburn, Me. At 

 Forest City Park, Portland, Me., Oct. 16, 1872, he won a 

 race for horses that never beat 2.40, in three straight 

 heats, time, 2.45, 2.45, 2.43i, beating Slasher, Meddle- 

 some, Wagram and Auburn Boy. 



HECTOR. 



Spotted stallion, 15} hands high, foaled in 1851, bred by 

 John Hale, of Lee, Me., got by a spotted stallion, belong- 

 ing to a circus, and called an Arabian. He broke his leg 

 in Lee, and was kept there a while for service. The dam 

 of Hector was of Morgan descent. G-eo. M. Robinson, of 

 Augusta, bought him, when eight years old, and sold him 

 to Waldo Pierce, of Bangor. From Bangor he went to 

 Boston, and finally to Lynn. 



COL, LAKEMAN. 



Spotted gelding, 15J hand high, foaled in 1861, bred by 

 Geo. M. Robinson, of Augusta, Me., got by Hector, dam, 

 by the Guild horse. ' 



July 5, 1869, at Rockland, Me., he beat Carlotta, and 

 Lady Chapman, in straight heats, in 2.35, 2.39, 2.44. At 

 Narragansett Park, June 14, 1871, he was 4, 3, 4 to 

 Royal John, in 2.27^, 2.27i, 2.26^. 



