The Somerset reporter., 1885-06-17
OUR TRAVELLING MAN.
AMONG THE HORSES.
"A Fen of the Fne 4nimais Otcned
Hereab0Hts.

full of fine animals which show high breed.
ing and good care. All of the chief strains
of blood are represented and in many cases
the representatives are of remarkable
high order. In the eastern part of the
county the Almonts and Dirigos are pre-
dominant, while south, DIR. Franklin has
left host of fine sons and daughters In
the west are descendants OF the old Flying
Eaton stock. While in Skowhegan you
have sort of sifted them all aud naturally
take the best. The town has always been
noted for her fue horses aud to-day she
possesses more grown and growing than
ever before. Great attention is being Civ
en- to the breeding OF colts just now and
the result will tell much in your favor be-
fore many years. 1t would take one whole
side of this paper to tell Of all the horses
worth mentioning, so you must be satisfied
with only glance at few that occurs to
me as | write.
Probably no stable in town has more dol
lars invested in well bred animals ready
for business or fun than that OF +. A.
Dore x Son. They have six horses that
are as good as need be. The first and best
Is the Boone mare Grace. She is five
years old this month, of & beautiful blood
bay, weighs 100 pounds, and can show
very fast. Mr. Dore has been offered $500
for her but prefers TO keep her for the
present He has some idea of breeding
her another season. She is beauty TO
look at and q sweet one to ride after. One
not to be overlooked is the white faced
horse by Locomotive. This gentleman
makes but little fuss about 1t but he can
haul anyone LAS gait IN a road wagon
In he stall next is the young llambeto-
MAN stallion Clarence. This colt Will be
three in a few months and now weighs
about Il thousand pounds. He was sired
BY Daniel Boone and his dams breeding is
unknown. He has had but little handling
but can easily show three minute gait.
He is mahogany bay with two white ankles.
Next comes the light bay mare known as
Giddy Boone. This is an iu-bred HANDLE
tonian PAGER. She weighs $50 pounds and Is
showing very fast this season. She was
sired by Old Boone and her dam was by
Gideon--blood enough for any lover OF
Ham bletonians. Next in order comes
Jack, a red roam, seven years old and built
for. business. He is l5-2 high and can
trot like the wind. A gentleman who timed
him while at his mornings work recently
thinks that he made one quarter In 50.
That would be a 2.20 gait. He was sired
by Gideon and is out of Drew mare.
The sixth in the stable Is Bob, bay seven
year old Drew, raised by Abel Patteu. He
was sired by Penobscot Boy and he by Old
Drew. His dam was Hambletonan. This
horse has had but little work this spring
bu, is coming fast and Is one OF the most
promising in the stable:
At the Skowhegan house stables, can be
seen the Knox Stallion, Geo. W., by Loco
motive. He is a fine bay horse. with mar
row white strip in face and very hand
some form and gait. Mr.. Washburn also
has a fine bay mare, six years old this
spring. She is showing and II fine driver.
A. X. Perkins owns one of the best rep
resentatives of Cunard, and he calls him
Cunard Jr. He has handsome chestnut
coat, stands l5t hands, and weighs 1000
pounds. If this horse can transmit The
blood of his sire he will be most vain
able horse for the community. He is
fine gated horse, and is sure to go when
he gets fully developed. He is now four
years old.
Norris Cleveland drives a rattlling pair
of black Knox colts. They are both sure
to be fast.
The black span owned by V. NJ. Vickery,
universally attracts attention from even
those who know little about horse flesh.
They are both coal black, and very stylish.
M. +. Hill has a stable full of "young
STUFF that is destined to make hoof prints
where they will be seen. He is driving
chestnut four year old by Boone that is liza.
BILE to do something. He has a wonderful
stride which If it can be utilized will send
him along like the wind He owns grey
Boone mare that is showing excellent quail
-; h., hno nurli
by Redwood that is wonderful fine ami
NAL. His old grey brood mare has two
fine Boone representatives. One of them is
two this year and another one. He thinks
his Boone sucking is as good as there Is In
town but that is probably because he hasn't
seen the EDITORS Shooting Star.
Mr.. ii. S. Steward has bay four year
old Cunard that is . very valuable mare.
She is of good form action and color and
quite troublesome to competitors when ON
the ice. She will be bred this season to
Nelson.
Mr.. NJ. T. Pooler has stable of young
horses worth anyone's time In looking
over. His valuable brood marelBele Bryan
has two colts now by Gen. Wlthers. The
oldest is just a year old and the other few
weeks. They both of them clearly show
marks of high breeding and are sure to
ard mare will be bred to Oliver this season
and then she will probably be handled. He
has fine three year old Franklin which he
will breed to Nelson, and a handsome two
year old Boone that he bought of c. A.
Marston, when year old for $3.50. She
will also be bred this season.
Davis Miller's light bay Judge Advocate
mare is now three years old. She has been
bred to Boone. She is fine mare and
promises lots of good things.
Charles Gaylord, though little out of
the village, is right in line on fine horses.
His Drew horse now years old, by Penob-
Boy, is acting better than ever. He is
coal black, stands 10 3 in, weighs not far
from one thousand pounds. He can trot
in 2. 80, and MIR. Gaylord has repeatedly re-
fused $1,000 for him. He also has two
year old, sired by his bay stallion and out
of the dam of his trotter looking fine.
He is of beautiful bay and very promis'
ing. He also has several youngsters that
are coming.
+. Il. Heselton now ownes Shall |, the
the grey geding he bought of Jewell of
Canaan. He is showing fast and is con-
sidered goo6'un. He also ownes little
grey PAGER by Honest John.
Mr. Charles Mcclellan, as usual has
string of fast ones. His best one is prob.
ably his little brown gliding, by Knox Boy
purchased of Henry Allen He will spin
along in 230 and probably will do better
when pushed. He also has two Cunard
colts four and five this spring, of beaut-
full bay color and very fast.
H III. Tufts ownes light bay mare, he
bought nearly year ago, that doesn't take
the dust from any Of 'em. He also owns
four year old Cunard that is showing
finely this spring. Besides these he has a
barn full of young ones.
DIR. Merrill drives one of the best mares
in town. She is green, never having been
handled any, but is quite feet She was
sired by Knox horse, and her dam was q
Morgan. She has been bred to Harbinger
by Almont.
William Doran has a fine brown mare