Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-02-10


gives list of some of the noted horses Of
the country and the prices paid for them
BY their owners, from which we copy the
most important: Smuggler, $4,000;
woodford Mambrino, $4,000 refused
Pocahontas, $4,000; Jay Gould, $50, 900;
Lady Thorne, $50, 900: Blackwood, $780,
600; Gov. Sprague, s27 500; Happy Me-
dium, s25, 900; George NJ. Patchen. $25,-
600; Sam Purdy. 81, 600; Rosalind, saO.-
900; Lulu, 10000: Edward Everett. $780,
900; Socrates, $4,000; Startle. so. 1000;
Lady Maud, $4,000; Jules Jugenson,
$4,000: Gilbreth Knox, s17 900; Lady
Stout. $1,000; Allie West, 81, 900; Kirk
wood, $4,000: Electioneer, sl2 500; Mann
brine Pilot, $4,000. This list contains
one Maine horse, Gen. Knox. and We add
two others: Dart, refused. $50. 600; DIR.
Franklin, $4,000.
Among the sue sessful horse breeders in
our state. who has been gradually coming
to the front in quiet way, but none the
less sure, is Mr.. John F. Plummer Of
our horsemen that Mr.. Plummer bred the
fine stallion Blackwood Chief which went
to Michigan last fall and is there making
reputation for Maine bred horses. This
horse was out Of Mollie Plummer by Or
vile W., horse brought from Kentucky
by Mr.. Nelson. Mr.. Plummer has now
at his stable a fine two-year-old filley and
a three-mOnths-old colt, both out of his
mare. Mollie Plummer. The former of
these colts is Maud Egbert by Mambrino
Egbert, by Col. West, GA 1-), and the
latter is Black Annie, beautiful jet black
colt by Brilliant, by Young ROife, (2.2l
Ia. That this little three-months-old
baby must be a good one, is proved by the
fact that Mr.. Plummer has been offered
$1,000 for her, which offer has been re-
fused.
This matter of names of horses is a
source of much confusion. Take the in
stance of Brilliant, the sire of Black An
ME just mentioned. This Brilliant is one
of Mr.. Nelson's stations out of Fanny
Knox by General Knox, dam of Fanny
Lnox, Boy, (2.27 l-D; but there is a
horse named Brilliant which was got by
the Cooper horse. bred in Liberty, and
now owned in New York city. Mr.. Mel
sons Brilliant is not recorded by
Thompson, but his full pedigree is given
in Mr.. Nelson's last catalogue.
The PAGER Illusion, (2.24 80, entered
the Maine $50 list in 1887. He is BY Con-
stellatiOn, GAO, out of dam by Shakes
peare, owned by Hon. Frank Jones of
Portsmouth. n. ii. 1t is also said that
Clarence r., is Maine bred horse. by
Coupon, OBS l-2atPortland, Sept. 4, 1880,
out of mare by Oh Drew Clarence R.
made record of 2.29 IA at Guttenburg,
N. j., July p, 1897, and if his pedigree as
given above is correct another name is
added to our 2.30 list, making total Of
fifteen trotters and three PAGERS.
The value Of a good bred mare as the
production for raising fine colts is shown
in the case of Mollie Plummer,
mentioned above. 1t is also shown
in case of Gretchen the fine brood mare
owned by Mr.. C. II. Nelson, she being
the dam of Knox Girl OBS 1-2) Onward,
the fine stallion; Bay Colt, (2.33 I'D:
Susie Owen, (2-26) Nelson, (2.21 Id, and
six other choice colts, among them the
filleys Sadie L., June, Edna and Gretta.
and the horse colt Redmond If farmers
want to establish choice little breeding
establishment let them get good brood
mare, breed to a stallion of undoubted
pedigree, and in a few years they will
have good colt to sell every spring.
Towards spring the young stock in the
stables, of all kinds, will need special
looking after, and little extra feed and
care. We get in the habit of saying that
the mature animals will look out for them
selves. (only we never knew any that
were not equally benefited with the
younger ones, by extra provender and an
extra carding now and them, but that the
little folks must be watched. This is true.
The colt, the calves, and the lambs, must
be attended to or they will quickly get
"stunt' and setback which they won't
recover from for a whole year. Nurse
them up a little from now on to grazing
time. Feed oats, roots, little corn meal
see they have warm place: give plenty
of water, and with the colts give plenty of
exercise in large yard on every pleasant
day.