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foaled in 1862, bred by Mark Leach, of Danville, Me., 

 got by a gray stallion, called the Beatty horse, he by the 

 Staples horse, of Topshain, dam, a bay mare, pedigree 

 unknown. 



Mr. E. Cornish, of Lewiston, sold Pomp, in 1872, to 

 Isaiah Pompilly, of Auburn, and he was soon after sold 

 to "W. W. Smith, of Dixfield, Me. His speed was not 

 thought much of at that time. Smith entered him in sev- 

 eral races in the fall of 1872. Oct. 10, at the Lewiston, 

 Driving Park, he won the tlnee minute purse, beating a 

 field of nine horses, his fastest record being 2.41. . He 

 was found to be an improving horse, and was entered in 

 a race at the Forest City Park, the same season, which he 

 won, distancing his competitors in the first heat. 



JOHN MURRAY. 



Dapple gray gelding, 15f hands high, and weighs 1050 

 pounds, foaled in 1867, owned by "William Murray, North 

 Vassalboro, Me., got by Kentucky Boy, dam, of Messen- 

 ger descent. 



PHIL. SHERIDAN. 



Brown gelding, with black points, 15 hands Jygh, 

 foaled in 1860, bred by Daniel Fawsett, of Windsor^Ie., 

 got by the Dr. Call horse (so called). He was brought to 

 Maine from the Province of New Brunswick, by Shep- 

 herd Carey, of Houlton, and was said to be by thorough- 

 bred Cannon Ball, dam, a Tarn 0'Shanter('?) mare. Dan. 

 Hanscomb, of Hallowell, bought Phil. Sheridan, when 

 three years old, and he was afterwards owned by Chas. 

 Keen and Henry L. Taylor, of Portland, who sold him to 

 D. H. Blanchard, of Boston.. June 13, 1866, at Boston, 



