Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-03-31
CHICKEN CHOLERA,
A New York Stock Farm.

A New York Stock Farm.
From a recent article in the Manchester
On. H. Mirror upon the Jewett stock
farm at East Aurora, New York, we
make some selections of interest to gener-
al readers. The farm contains 600 acres
of rich land, nearly all tillable. and all in
the highest state of cultivation, with beau
tiful groves of beech, maple and hemlock
for shade and cover. The buildings are
a village in themselves. the main barn
444 feet long, $50 feet wide, and so feet
high. with passage-way the whole length
of 14S yards for showing and exercising
trotters. A second barn some 60 rods dis
tant is built in cruciform style. $40 feet
long and 200 feet through the wings.
A full mile training-track is near this
barn. Near by is another large square
barn. for hay and mixing feed, sufficiently
far from the main barn to be safe in case
of fire. A fire-proof brick stable is the
home of the most valuable stations. A
half-dozen fine dwellings and every con-
venience, for the occupancy of the leading
men employed about the place, are near
by. and a mile away two handsome and
commodious houses for the superintend-
ent and his assistant. Within few rods
is hotel for the accommodation of visit
ors, blacksmith shop for shOers, and
several other buildings of less Importance
Also at another point are two well ar
ranged cattle barns for choice lot of Hol-
stems. The main barns are so perfectly
ventilated that there is no faint of the
stable in the atmosphere. The window
so Q hoe in tho nnrfinpS hmm n
pivots, and by ropes and pulleys can be
opened and closed at any and all points
from the floor below. In the two
barns there are some l75 capacious box.
stalls, with blue clay foundation. opening
into the gangway, or out into small
paddocks for the animals when the sun
shines and the weather is agreeable
Water, forced by steam to reservoir on
the height OF land, from a never failing
stream, comes to every building in album
dance. Gas is manufactured on the place
tor lighting; steam keeps the water in
winter at 60 degrees tor the horses, to
which they come twice day and are
overlooked by a competent man to see
that they are all right and that none are
neglected.
Two hundred horses are kept here, four
teen of them being stations. The lead
ing one is jerome Eddy. A close study
Of his pedigree shows the richest inheri-
lance of the blood of the trotters. He is
an inbred Hambletonian, the result of the
union of grandson with a granddaugh-
ter, the most approved style of breeding
for a stallion, the great Alexander's Alb
dallah, sire Of Goldsmith Maid. PA, on
one side, and on the other the wonderful
Volunteer, sire of more IN the 2.20 list
than any other except Geo. Wilkes, five.
and the sire of st. Julien, 2.1l IA. What
an inheritance from these two!
This horse is natural trotter. He
trotted a half in 1.21 when three-year
old. When four year-old he trotted a
a full mile in 2.27 IA; as a five-year-old
in 2.24 3-4; as six-year- old he made
record of 227 in race. and afterwards
he was second to j. B. Thomas in 222
12. His campaign year, when he was
seven years old, he increased his speed
from six TO eight seconds, and there is no
reason why he should not have kept on
increasing it, as did Flora Temple, Gold
smith Maid, Geo. Wilkes. till he had
reached record lower than anv stall
lion has yet trotted. But the jew
etts wanted him, paid an enormous
price for him, charged 5000 for service
and got all their money back in two years,
and a few hundred dollars besides Mr..
Henry c. Jewett. the one of the firm that
looks after the horses, informed us that he
was the cheapest stallion they ever
bought. We think time will show that
the $25, 900 they have got back by service
is but small part of his earnings if he
shall live 10 the age allotted to the equine
race.
The next ranking stallion is Sherman, a
brown stallion foaled in 1875, 16 hands
high. weighing 1000 pounds. with rec
ord 231 Next comes Homer. standing
1924. weighing 1920 pounds, nearly
black in color, foaled in 1872.
We were delighted with the brood mares.
They are not a weedv, broken down lot,
used tor breeding because they are good
for nothing else, but sound, large, select
en- for their conformation and because thew
are trotting bred. The Jewetts sell no
FLIES, keeping them all for breeding pur-
poses. The leading trotting breeds of
horses are all represented by royalty bred
dams, These brood mares are cared for
As carefully and show their keeping as
well as gentleman's family horse, those
sent from different parts OF the country to
be bred. remaining here year after year.
looking exactly as well as those owned by
the Jewetts.
There are great many points of inter-
est pertaining to this wonderful establish
ment-how the horses are fed. the Arab
attachment shown by the animals for their
attendants, not one looping an ear. or
lifting foot or manitesting the least
crossness. (and we saw them all stripped
and handled in their stalls) and a score of
other things; but it is impossible in a
single newspaper article to give more
than the salient points.
The great trouble in this cold climate is
to find place to exercise trotting stock
in winter. California and Kentucky have
the advantage of a warmer latitude. A
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