Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-15
For the kennebec Journal
sumo OF inc Promising Horse, In s.~.a..
hoe COUNTY

inc rromtskng Horses in s.~.a..
noe County.
on recent trip through Sapadahoc con,,,
our surprise we found very much ho,.o,
cla's OF horses than we expected. At Bath
we round number of fine speeders. Fir,
'ones buckshin and Blacksmith's Maid.
owned by 5. S. Jordan, being good speedv
'rotters' and capable Of lowering their nraser,
record. Then the stallion Wear o~n.d b..
.: f. Harris; is a nice styled horse and ba,
SHOWN good speed on the track. Ex.Mavor
Nichols has fine, large, black horse. fnll Of
| IRE ana power. He is said to be canable ~
noiding his own with the best. H. +. Pal.
mer drives fine black mare and. althonob
ne ooes not claim her to be a trotter. she b.s
nep' ner owner well to the front. E.
use Is the present owner of the trotter Sa-
sadanoc Bell Money cannot buy her. At
sne s.aoie OF ). 4. and H. A. Huse can be
i m tne nne horse, Lottie Medium, by
Happy Mediums splendid looking thoronyb,
bred mare. When three wear, old sbe 1ss
sold for $1,000. She has never been trained
for speed "'''eo
we next VISIT Bowdoinham. Here we find
| .he me stallion Transcendent, sired by Vic
loe' ~, ne 0y Gen. Knox. This stallion is
ABOUT 10 hands, weighs 1850 pounds He is
owned by James Fulton. He is
| tai 'rangey' horse aud shows a good gait.
Isaac Wilson has a Knox stallion by Gen.
hnox' also good two year old o. C. Web
Der has two-year-old stallion bv Busy Bow.
D. Elliot OF Bowdoin has fine stock of
| horses. Among them a veteran brood mare.
sired by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, which has
nne weanling by Glenarm and one other
good colt by Dorchester.
| r. ~. Malay, Bowdoin Center. owns the
station Durock. by Sagadahoc Duroe. He
| weighs 80 pounds, stands l51 hands and is a
very pretty horse. A. NJ. Brown of Bow
dom has very fine four year old filly. which
weighs 1000 pounds and stands l5a hands
hlgh' She Is fine "rangey" colt and can trot
better than 2.4O with little training. Mr.. B. ,
also has four year-old stallion, Modock, by
Chisholm Knox, he by Gen. Knox. This
colt shows good gait.
We made short call on A..
X. Bfiry OF East Bowdoin Here we saw
magnolia, fine six year-old mare.
She is good roadster and has
record of AL Horse men tell US
she can lower her present record, with ease.
MI b. then trotted out two-years-old, Bell
Linzee, by Busy Boy. She is smooth.
pretty colt, and shows fast gait. We then
looked at the old veteran roadster Naomi B
in foal. Then looked at the black stallion
Mountaineer. Mr.. B. is proud of him, and
well he may De. l think him one of the finest
styled two-year-olds ever saw He weighs
1904 pounds, and stands Is % hands high
Sired by lack Chandler, he by Sir William
Wallace, record 2.27, and he by Thompson's
Royal George. MOuntalneer's dam was Ar
nina, by Harry Knox, formerly owned BY
Col. Russell of Boston, he by Gen. Knox ;
second dam was Fannie p, by Daniel Lam
bert Fannie p. has been driven in 2 3l4
Mountaineer has the right kind of foot and
leg, and shows fast gait. He is well de-
veloped as the most of four-year-olds.
Henry and John Tarr have each one-year-
old colts by Busy Bay. They are fine colts
few horses in Richmond claim our at
tention. John Collins has a good four-year-
old, good size and style. Noah Alexander
has four-year old that is trotter. w. A.
Bibber drives a fine Knox mare. He
f. P. Hathorn has a granddaughter of Rvs
dyk's Hambletonian. She is a first class
roadoter and can show a fast clip, James
Blair and son have number of fine horses.
j. M. Odiome has very fine weanling by
Dorchester. A. L. TheObald has a
speedy horse and can make a warm race for
any of the trstters. Capt. A. Alexander has
three good horses. Hon. J. F. Southland has
pair of good horses that are hard to beat in
Richmond. Walter Dinsmore. the present
owner of Busy Boy, has number of good
horses. He has three brood mares in foal to
Busy Bow. We also noticed two weanlings,
one by the well known horse, Matchmaker,
which is very promising colt and other good
ones. w. Allen has good three-year- old
| by Busy Boy which bids fair to be
! fast also fine Fearnaught mare, one of the
| best roadsters in town. There are many
more good horses we might speak of.
G. G.. Brown.