The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1883-11-15
Maine Horses.

| WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY HAVE
BEEN DoING-THE PAST SEASONS RECORD
y mile IN two minutes and thirty see
onds is the speed test required OF horse
| to make him standard tr0tter, and the
| success of stallion in the stud is in great
measure estimated by the number of his
| descendants who are able to compass that
distance in the required time.
Judged by this standard, Gen. Knox
leads all Maine horses, and, indeed. ranks
among the very first in the land, having
| sired twelve, with records ranging from
2.3O to , lSt, with probably as many, or
| more grandchildren in the list. lie is
| now alive at the age Of 81, owned at the
| Fashion Stock Farm, New jersey. where
he has been for some ten or dozen years,
| hut it is noteworthy fact that none of
the colts of his get since he left Maine
have entered the "AIag'c circle"
Winthrop Morrill, ranks neXJ to Gen.
Knox in speedy progeny, nine Of his get
having trotted in > 30 or better Al
though next to Gen. Knox in point Of
numbers, he was by no means 50 prep0-
tent sire, not transmitting to his pro
gcnN IN nearly 50 great a degree the pow
e. 70 begct trOtters He also, was taken
from Maine in the height Of his success,
but, like Knox, he never got a trotter out
side Of Maine. He was. however, brought
back to Maine and made several seasons
in the stud previous to his death, at an
extreme old age, which occurred a year
or two since.
other sires in Maine have gained great
er or less prominence but none have
very nearly approached the two above
mentioned. Prominent among these are
Drigo, with four in the 2:}O list to his
credit be was Of the Drew stock, and
was the best representative Of that tan
". Gilbert Knox, by Gen Knox, has
three to his credit he was regarded by
many as the best son of his sire and lid
fair to outstrip him, but he uniortunate-
ly died at an early age, Gideon, by
llambetonlan, is another very popular
horse III Name at the present rime. He
Is noted as the sire of Ezra H., 22li,
who has trotted quarter, (tLe last quar-
ter in Il mile) in 30! seconds, i : % clip:
but he is, perhaps, particularly success
tul as the sire OF the dams of trutters. the
dams Of Independence, 2.2l ana double
with Cleora in ,. l6l and Of Gltnarm,
Susie Owen, IIambrtonian Knox and
others, Constellation, Gen. Withers,
Judge Advocate, Glenarm, Young Rolf
and Onward, re younger horses, and
have no representatives IN the 2:}O list
as yet, but their high breeding gives as
surance of future great success, and from
among their produce doubtless will come
many winners.
80 horse has trotted into the 23O list
in Maine this year, but several Maine
bred horses have done the trick outside,
as follows Fhrt, 23O, by Gen. Knox.
making his 18th representative: Gen,
Lee, 2.}0, by a son OF Gen. Knox Wal
lace, 2.294, by Whalebonc Knox, another
son Of the Gen; Cunard, , 30 10y Won
Moltke; Centurian, 227I, and Pilot
Knox, :2241, the last two being by Black
Pilot and it is probable that he is the
sire Of another who trottcd better than
2:}O at the Gentlemans Driving Park,
New York, this summer. The matter is
now being looked up.
Of the above lot, Pilot Knox is the
best one, having shown himself ID bc a
first class campaIgner winning seven
consecutive races and losing but two
heats in the same. The easy manner in
which be has won his races demonstrates
that in them he had a large reserve of
speed, and he could probably have trot-
ted in 2.20 this fail. He and Centurian
have brought their sire into considerable
prominence. Black Pilot is by Roscoe,
son of Pilot, Jr.. dam Eugenie. by SWi-
quits Lexington, who was by that great
est Of all American race horses, IeXing-
INA tat L.
Merrill he too was sold and Went out Of
the State, but was brought back again
this summer. His stud service has been
quite limited, which makes his success
all the greater He has record Of 2.}0.
Although no Name horse during the
season of lSe3 obtained a record of 2:}n
in his native State, a number have made
Il very creditabe showing, trotting very
close to that mark, and demonstrating
that on better tracks they could trot
them.
Among the ''green" horses to come to
the front this year the following have
made themselves most prominent: Geo.
O., by Ilambletonian Chief, probably the
best horse trotting in Maine this Year.
He has won eight straight races, getting
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ra,i 81 :, 3,I ~ W. ,,at
with an accident which nccessitated his
being drawn for this season. Jack
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