figure was traded again in 1797, along with a blacksmith shop, to james hawkins. in 1801 he was recorded as owned by robert evans of randolph. evans owned the horse until 1804, using the stallion for logging, racing, and breeding, until he fell into debt to colonel john goss. goss collected the horse as part of the debt, and used him to review troops. he entered the horse in a pulling bee, which the little horse won. in 1805, goss traded figure for a mare owned by his brother david.