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muscular development. He had a steep rump, like Mr. 

 Bonner's Auburn horse, and resembled that horse in 

 other particulars, foaled in 1860, bred by Wentworth 

 Thurston,- Madison, Me., got by the Benson horse, he by 

 Norman, dam, of Messenger descent. John Swan, of 

 Anson, took him to New York, in 1866, and sold him to 

 Mr. William TurnbuMi Oct. 31, 1866, at the Union 

 Course, L. I., in a race for a purse of $2000, two miles 

 and repeat, he distanced Bull Run, in the first heat, in 

 5.08^. 



August 1, 1867, at Narragansett Park, he beat Lexing- 

 ton, winning the second, third and fourth heats and race, 

 in 2.32|, 2.45^, 2.33J. Sept. 23, at the Fashion Course, L. 

 I., he again beat Bull Run, in straight h§ats, in 2.35, 

 2.38J, 2.38*. 



June 29, 1868, at the Fashion, he beat Dixie, winning 

 the third, fourth and fifth heats and race, in 2.29, 2.32, 

 2.34. July 10, at the same place, he beat Tackey, in 2.30|, 

 2.33i, 2.30:|. July 16 he beat Old Put and Cora, at Nar- 

 ragansett, fastest heat 2.31, purchased in 1872, by F. D. 

 Norris, Brooklyn, 'N. T. 



READFIELD. 



Brown gelding, with star in forehead, and three white 

 feet, about 15^ hands high, foaled in 1850, bred by Isaiah 

 Tork, of Weld, Me., got by the Potter horse, of Weld, 

 he by a horse brought from -the Provinces, said to be of 

 English blood, and out of a mare by Old Winthrop Mes- 

 S8nger, Eeadfield's dam, ^pedigree unknown. 



York sold him to Robert Potter, of Weld, when'four 

 years old, and he sold him to Joseph Hutchins, of Read- 

 field. He was afterwards sold to R. H. Libby, and taken 

 to New York. 



