The Portland daily press., 1886-07-14
OF INTEREST TO HoRsgMEN.
Notes of the Race Track, Road and
Stable.
Play fields in the spring,
And favorites in the fall;
or do not bet at all.-Horseman.

Or do not bet at all-Horseman.
Mr.. j. S. Clark of Calais is the breeder
| and owner of the fastest three year old colt
ever bred or owned in Eastern Maine, and 1t
| is very doubtful if any colt ever bred in New
England has the ability to show the remark
| able time made by this colt under the cireum-
stances. Last Saturday morning, in the
presence Of number of horsemen who held
their timers on him, he trotted full mile in
2.52, hitched to a sulky for the first time. He
trotted the last half in 125, with no apparent
effort This colt is by Olympus; he by
Almont.
WI. Shaw of Burnham has sold his five
wear old Won Moltke colt to a gentleman in
New York for the handsome sum Of $500
This colt has only been handled about seven
months, with no better chance to improve
his speed than common country roads, but
was able to show the New Workers a 2.35
clip This speaks volumes for his sire, Won
Moltke. as a getter of trotters. This famous
horse is no doubt the sire of more fine trot-
ters than any other horse in that section of
Maine. Won is Of rich blood bay, stands
1872, weighs 1000 pounds, and is owned by
Geo. Noble of Pittsfied.
Dick Swiveller was driven half mile to
tor-wagon in 1.07 by his owner, Frank
Work, recently.
B. f. Cook of Readfeld is the owner of a
fine three year old colt, Lady Morrill,. When
two years old she weighed $40 pounds Lady
Morrill,, in style and action, strongly re-
sembles her sire, GOV. Morrill,, lately bought
by Portland parties.
James Golden's old favorite, Dick Swivel
Ter (2.18) has as much speed as ever this
spring, Judging from the ease with which he
recently trotted half at Fleetwood in I.O7,
making one quarter in 80 seconds to top
wagon. Murphy drove him half to harness
in 1.06l, the second time he was started this
season. Dick was fOaled in 1870, got by Wal
kill Chief, son of Rysdyk's HambletOnian,
dam, Madam of Dick Swiveller, by Henry
A writer in the Cultivator of last week
says: Commenting upon the wonderful
burst of speed shown at Fleetwood by the
Maine-bred trotter Dart, some one who was
evidently not as well posted as he might have
been added, after stating that he went to the
half in 1.035, that 2.40 would stop him at the
end of a full mile. 1t was well-known that
in previous years he had shown trials close
to go, and had been from wire to wire at
least once below that time. Mr.. Gibbs Of
Bangor, whom we lately met upon an Eastern
bound train, stated that Dart trotted trial
mile last week in ZIG, and he looks to see
him get a record in that vicinity, Mr.. Gibbs
has been testing the New York market for
suits Among the number sold was the
brown gelding John Mills, bred by Mr.. John
Mills OF Boston, got by Winthrop Morrill,,
dam by Indian Chief This horse has been
handled by Mr.. Gibbs about two years.
During the first year Bangor horsemen
thought Gibbs was throwing away the time
spent with that horse, and nick-named him
Gibbs's Folly. From his diminutiye size
some called him Gibbs's Mouse. 1t made
but little difference to Gibbs, however, al
though he says the colt at first could not show
better than five-minute gait. At the Maine
State Fair last fall he won a race. getting
record of 234. AT Fleetwood last week he
went an easy mile in 2.26, and was bought
BY Mr.. Chapman of New York for $500,
for road purposes. Mr.. Gibbs and his part
ner, a Mr.. Morrill, of Bangor, own young
He is registered in Wallace's Stud Book,
Vol. w., as Messmate, No. 1923, was bred
by Col II. S. Russell, foaled in 1891, got hy
Administrator; first dam, Molly Stout by
Mambrino Patchen; second dam, Puss Prall,
by Mark Time; third dam by Daniel Web
ster, son of Lance, by American Eclipse:
His breeding entities him to trot fast and
fall. Mr.. Gibbs thinks very highly Of the
Winthrop Morrills, nearly all of which are
superior roadsters as well as trotters.
Dexter's best record,-217f-ma in 1867,
has been beaten by thirty-one horses since
then.
Trinket, record PA, by Princeps, dam Ou-
ida, by Hambletonian, has been bred to Dex-
ter Bradford, a son of Hambletonian. Trim
ket was lame last spring, and she VIII pr0oa-
bly, never be started in araee again.
Many who breed to a representative of
noted family, says an experienced horseman,
forget to examine the channel through which
the blood comes; for q stallion to be first
class there must be something equally good
on both sides of the horse.