284 NOTED MAINE HORSES. 



in a race with Washington, Phil. Sheridan won the 

 second heat in 2.35^. 



BOOTH. 



Brown gelding, with black points, 15 hands high, foaled 

 in 1860, formerly owned by Daniel Fawsett, of Windsor, 

 got by the Dr. Call horse, sire, of Phil. Sheridan. Dan. 

 Hanscomb, of Hallowell, bought him, when four years 

 old, and carried him to Massachusetts. Oct. 18, 1866, he 

 won the sixth heat in a race at Boston, and a record of 

 2.35. 



BLACK PEINCE (Hates'). 

 Black gelding, foaled in 1865, bred in Maine, got by 

 Hendrick Hudson, dam, of Messenger descen,t. Hendrick 

 Hudson was by Eoe's Abdallah Chief, out of a well bred 

 mare, brought to Maine when five years old, and owned, 

 about 1865, by Captain A. W. Calden, of Gardiner. 

 Black Prince was owned in 1872 by S. Hayes, and June 

 29, at Boston, he won a race in straight heats, beating 

 Fanny AUston and Lady Morris, time 2.32f , 2.36J, 2.33f. 



WHIRLPOOL. 



Gray gelding, 16 hands high, foaled in 1867, bred by 

 Moses Stacy, of Benton, Me., got by a gray horse, 

 brought from the South during the war, and called Ken- 

 tucky Boy. His pedigree is not known, but it was 

 claimed, and his appearance indicated that he was well 

 bred. The dam of Whirlpool was a good-sized gray 

 mare, of Messenger descent. 



Henry Green, of Fairfield, bought him, when two years 

 old, for about $100, and sold him, when he was four years 



