Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-01-01

colt is very large. with no white, extreme
" we'll finished, yet of stout and muscu-
lar build and strong limbs. His gait for
a voungster, is said to be really quite re-
remarkable, and he is bred in the same
way as Pilot Knox, great things are pre-
dcted for him. His I'd dam was sired by
Hiram Drew, bred by Capt E. Il. Goudy
of Bristol, and sold by him to present
owner for $500.
At the Fairview Gardens of Mr.. Isaiah
Mckinney, Auburn, are two stations for
service. McKenney Knox, beautiful
golden chestnut, Is "a hands. weighing
1850 pounds. foaled in 1874. Sired by
Whalebone Knox (sire of John S. Head.
2.27 1-2,) dam gray mare and thought
to be a Messenger. This horse can show
forty gait without training, and is very
fine looking horse, and is very success
tul sire of gentlemen's driving horses. of
good size, style, and color He is per-
feet gentleman's horse himself and stylish
in harness.
Volunteer Knox, sired by Mckinney
Knox, is owned by Walter G. Stevens of
Auburn. He is a beautiful bay, with no
white, standing Is 12 hands, and weigh
ing 900 pounds. He was foaled in 1881,
and was out of a mare by Volunteer, I'd
dam by American Star. He is good
gated colt and in the opinion of good
judges can show a'forty clip to the road
At the last State Fair he received first pre-
MUM for Androscoggin county four year
old stations. and I'd in the same class,
open to competition of the entire State.
Maratta, a gray filly, sired by Redwood,
dam by Gideon, won first premium in the
class for yearling FLIES at the recent State
Fair. She showed a wonderful trotting
capacity and could lead out so much faster
than others of her class, and was so man.
ifestly best, that there could be no doubt
as to where the blue ribbon would go in
her class. Owned by Messrs, G. l.. and
j. L. Damon, Auburn.
Mr.. H. A. Brick of the Lewiston Ex-
change Hotel owns the black trotting mare
Gilbreth Maid which this past summer
made record of 229. She is fifteen
years old and was sired by Gilbreth Knox /;
her dams breeding do not know As a
five-year-old she made record of 22S
and subsequently was used for years as a
road horse around Boston.
H. NJ. George, Lewiston blacksmith,
has a very large and promising two-year-
oios SitCu W udh ny
bv Jupiter. bv Long Island Black Hawk
This colt is rising Is 1-2 hands, and could
show a three-minute gait last fall. Mr..
George has refused 800 for him.
L. C. Ryerson of Lewiston has in his
stable several choice and well-bred ami
mails, stations, geldings and FLIES. He
has two horses for service. First is the
dark gray colt Kinsman, foaled in 1882,
Is 34 hands high, sired by Constellation.
dam the dam of Glenarm and Indepen-
dence (2.2l A.. by Gideon. This colt is
a good looking and good acting one, quite
stylish and has size and substance He
had foaled to him three colts this past sea-
son, and has done quite an extensive BUSH
ness in the stud. Rolfe Knox is the name
of large and fine looking brown colt,
foaled in September, 1888, sired by Young
Rolfe, 2.21 IA (the sire of the three. year
old colt Nelson, 26 3-4), dam the dam
OF Bay. 2.274 by Gen. Knox. This colt
surely has right to be fast and his own
ers are much pleased with him.
Mr.. A. 7. Neal. Lewiston clothing
merchant. has one eff the liveliest road
horses in Lewiston in the chestnut gelding
sired by Robert Bonner, Jr., by Robert
Bonner. by Hambletonian, called Clothing
Boy. Last winter he was the champion
snow horse of the city and on the Fourth