272 NOTED MAINE HOUSES. 



Gorham, Me., he by a son of American Eclipse, taken 

 from Connecticut to Maine by a Dr. Brewster, now dead. 

 Simeon Pease bought Sir Henry in March, 1834, and 

 brought him to Jackson, and in the September following 

 he sold him to his brother, Mark Pease. The dam of 

 Boston Girl was Lady Jane, by Winthrop Messenger, 2d 

 dam, Morgan. 



When four years old, Mr. Pease sold her to Wm. 

 Morton, of Exeter, Me., and he sold her to Hiram i)reV, 

 also of Exeter. "While owned by Mr. Drew she became 

 the dam of the horse afterwards known as the Drew 

 horse. In 1843, Mr. Drew took her to Boston, and sold 

 her to P. W. Lander, afterwards known as Gen. Pred. 

 Lander, and killed during the war. Gen. Lander sold 

 her, and after having several different owners, Dr. 

 Saunders, the veterinary surgeon, bought her of Ives G. 

 Bates, agent for the Inman Steamship Company. 



Dr. Saunders sent her up into Vermont, on a farm, and 



tried several years to get a colt from her, but could not- 



Her fastest public record, while owned in the vincinity of 



Boston, is said to be 2.37. She was once known as 



" Grace Darling." 



I 



SOREEL HIEAM. 



Sorrel gelding, abont 15 hands high, foaled in 183-, 

 bred by "Wm. "Wyman, West Waterville, Me., got by 

 Crookneck. 



Wyman sold him, when three years old, to Joseph Nudd, 

 of Waterville, and he to Tufton Simpson, of Winslow. 

 Simpson sold him to Benjamin Hodges, of Hallowell, and 

 Hodges to Oliver Walton, of Boston. He got a record of 

 2.40, in Boston, and was afterwards taken to New York. 

 " He was a game little horse, and could trot all day." 



