Echo the Beloved Racehorse

Echo the Beloved Racehorse

Captain Nathaniel Dickerson's famous bay, Echo, whom the hamlet was named after, was a local trotter renowned for his speed, agility and race winning ways. After some diligent research, his stud book and pedigree were discovered, and what a pedigree it was. Echo was sired at the Joseph Rowland Farm in Miller Place, now the Miller Place Inn. His lineage can be traced back to Hambletonian 10 and the famous Imported Messenger. Messenger is considered the progenitor of the standard bred horse in America. Echo was "Horse Royalty!"

Courtesy of Patty Saffran