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B. F. Holway, farmer, breeder and dealer in standard trotters, was born in Syracuse, N. Y., October 22, 1849, and is the son of F. N. and Jane E. (Brown) Holway, natives of Maine and Rhode Island, respectively. The father was born in 1810, was a book-keeper and merchant, and is now living with his son, B. F. Holway. The mother died in Iowa in 1870. B. F. Holway remained with his parents until grown, and then engaged in farming in Iowa, where he also ran a livery barn. In 1870 he married Miss Sophia M. Parsons, of Iowa, and they are the parents of seven children. Mr. Holway remained in Iowa until 1886, when he came to his present property, which consists of 240 acres of land. He has spent all his life in farming and in the horse business, and makes a specialty of standard bred trotters. He has some of the finest horses in the United States: Osmon, No. 1403, by Strader’s Clay, 22, his dam being the great producing Mag Ferguson, by Membrino Chief, 11. She is the dam of Piedmont, time 2:17 ¼ and of Almont Eagle, time 2:27. Osmond is now in the hands of Bostick, of Tennessee, being developed. Mr. Holway has mares as follows: Betula, by Romulus; Lorella, by Almont Rattler; Betsy Babbet, by Richment; Metella, by Wonder; Roselle, by Star of the West, and a great many others-altogether in this line about forty head, the best lot of this class of stock in the State.