Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-05-10

A Haf-hour with the Horses
Why is there such great interest in
horses and why so much said about them
in the papers? Because the love of a
good horse and the Importance Of his
service to man are universal. Everybody
loves fine, fast, spirited. good styled
horse. full of vigor and power. His use
fulness is beyond all question. The busy
ness of the world would be at complete
stand-still. but for this magnifi eentanimal.
And the faster. the better: and the better
the horse the more it is petted and loved.
Business men, doctors. ministers, every
body-who does not love fine horse
As wealth comes to business man. and
he begins to expend some of his income
for pleasures and luxuries. one of the first
purchases is finely bred. intelligent.
fleet horse: and who is there but saws
and rational. TO breed the class
of horses of which such an one
is representative requires an outlay of
money, time, skill, patience, knowledge
of the laws of breeding and blood lines
of speed, soundness and style, which de-
mands for it high degree of information,
-agacity and good judgment, in order to
attain the most successful results. And
this is why there is so much interest in the
breeding of fine horses.
Gilbreth Knox has five in the $50 circle
They are: /, Capitola; Sam a Morgan
mare by horse known as Young Bundy.
222 Lat Hartford, Conn, Oct II. 1881.
2, Charles r.. dam, by Whitherell; 2.27 at
Beacon Park, Boston, June 8, 1876. 3.
at Mystic Park, Boston, Oct. II, 1886. 4.
HambletOnian Knox: dam, by Gideon;
2.2S at Maine State Fair, Lewiston, 1885.
), Lothian, dam, the Bunker mare by old
Eaton: 229 IL at Beacon Park. Boston,
June %, 1875.
1t is evidence Of the interest which our
department of horse notes and news is
developing, that correspondents both in
the State and out are writing us in regard
to them. From Eau Claire, Wis. comes
letter signed by name which we
remember as that of former res
ident of Waterville, IS. NJ" in which he
criticises the statement lately made by us
concerning the time that would have to be
made by horse to beat the record of
Maud s., viz: POS 81. We stated her
time correctly in "a note in previous issue
to the one to which our correspondent re-
ferss- To beat this record by only one
fourth of a second, IA horse must make the
seconds, three-quarters in 100 seconds, and
the mile in Us IL seconds. How long be-
fore it will be done
Mai. G. I. Stevens of Oakland has re-
Gently bought a promising tilly of J. f.
Sturtevant Esq, of Oakland Heights who
raised her. She is a rosewood bay with
black points, small star in forehead,
white snip on nose and same white on
right hind foot. Stands - IL hands
high; sired by Locomotive, registered as
Irish Mae, (Vol. L., Thompson, page 40
by Gen. Knox; dam by Eclair, by Gen.
Knox. She is very kind and gentle, and
although never trained for speed shows
fine way of going, and good judges say
she can now trot mile in 80.
A mare owned by }. A. Peva of China,
foaled twin colts, April 2Sth, one of
which died, an event which
invariably occurs in such cases.
They were by the two-year old stallion,
Blackwood Chief bred by j. F. Plummer
of Weeks Mills, and now owned by c. ii.
Plummer of East Saginaw, Mich. They
were beauties and as like as two peas.
Mr.. j. Colby Horne of Waterville has
just shipped ten good road horses pur-
chased in different parts of the State, to
customers in New York-sad to be as
good lot as ever left Maine.
The two year old bay colt Winthrop
Wilkes, formerly owned by W. II. Miles
of Lisbon, has been sold to c. +. Peterson
of Bath, for $1,000. He is by Messenger
Wilkes, STANDARD 3743;) dam Mollie NJ,
by Winthrop Morrill,, ID dam by Whale
bone Knox.
The mare Maggie Miller, (record of
2.2G IL at Mystic Park, Boston. Nov. I'd,
State, by Vermont Black Hawk, has just
been sold to 90 West. She was owned
bv NJ. c. Delano of Canton.
A correspondent informs Us that Pru-
dant Letourueau of Oakland has just pur
chased weanling horse colt of Frank r.
Wellman of that town. This colt is bright
bay, star faced, black points, good sized
and very fine and handsome. He is by
Springtime, by Daniel Boone. by Rysdyk's
Hambetonian dam, a Messenger mare.
Many good horses have passed through
Mr.. Letourneau's hands, among them DR..
Franklin. ODD, just sold to 90 into
Aroostook county, which he bred and
raj ed and Oakland Girl. (2.3l ID, by
Victor, which he sold year ago for
$500.
Two fine fillys are owned Bates broth
ers, Monmouth. One is 3 years old, by
Fred Morrill,, by Winthrop Morrill,, l5-2,
and is able to show a $50 step: the other
is wears old, by Dorchester, by Dictator.
Both are out of fine Eaton mare owned
by the Messrs. Bates.
A correspondent of Thompson's Month
" for April. writes: with such sires as
Iumps. Prescott. Hebron, Action, Messen-
ger Wilkes, Rockefeller, Nelson. Dictator
Chief. Hambletonian Chief, Allectus,
Patchnuteer and many hers of perhaps
no less or equal merits in the stud i'll
Maine: and dams by Gideon, Knox, Drew
and the descendants of Winthrop Messen-
- r,,o,, and tho several branches of