Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-08-14


Among Others ,k., will be exhibited II
nothing prevents, are Hebron, Thom.
Carlyle. Ar,emu. Jr.. wss,lsnd. Sir
Juniu., Capt. wsds,wood. Cyiil. Geo.
Logan. Bay Harbinger. Eelair. Metal
lux. Rseotd.' Bl.ekha~k. Charles NJ.
b, Prescott. Ben Van. M.jor Boone.
Franklin Prince. Monaco Abisllah, bs.
by Dean. and many Others Of note.
A number Of 0lenarm's colts will be
shown ,oss,ksr.-no, the pick Of his get,
bu, such .. happen 70 be owned IN this
vicinity: also several Of the get OF N)r'
~.y Knox will parade in line and wh.,
H.rbinser stock there !. around here ~'ll
doubtless appear together.
A showing Of the se, Of Ecl.ir.
Rseord. Bl.ekhswk. Hind. Handle
iohi.n. and others. will doubles" be
seen.
A hcrem.n in Boston writes n FOL.
low. 10 the Lewiston Journal. Several
Of the get Of horses be mentions ate
owned in ihi. vicinity. Whist he says
10 regard TO Glenim ,allie' with whs, We
,ad In last week. horse notes.
Breeding tho Trottor in Maine.
BosroS. July 20.
To As Eliior u ne L<i'lsioA JourHdl:-
There has been . gres, deal said
through the Maine newspapers TO the par.
por, ,h., no one could breed $50 ro,.
isr.. with any such uniformity Ia Maine,
a. they do 10 Kentucky. Well, perhaps
that is the case 10 . earain extent, but
in my opinion II the horse breeder. would
90 the same 10 Maine tha, they DO in
H,n,asky. the r,.al, would be The same
here /. there. lw. in the Blue Gf.'s
region no, long since. aud had the pl, ...
ure Of visiting X $. vsseh's Indian Hill
stock farm. and while there ! was told
by The proprietor. .on, Mr.. Bethel w.
ve,eh that they had quarispd on their
h.im, 265 head q ho se., and iha, be
made IL poin, to see every oae OF them
twice day. Besides that, he h. 30
men TO look after. besides msny Other
thing. 90 DO. Oas Of hi. farms IL seps-
rated y miles from the other. snd when
be doe. all the work above mentioned be
has eon.idsr.ble on hi. hands. Nov II
the breeder. in M.iae were willing TO
work =, hard ss ,hi. young man does,
~ouldn', they accomplish the same re.
suit. in proportion to the number OF
horses that they keep
A. am writing. can now recall one
Maine breeder. Mr.. e.. n. Nelson. who.
in my opinion works ja., a, hard phy.i.
e.lly and mentally a. they do in Ken.
lucky; and | think II you study the mat.
ter carefully. ths, he turn. out just |.
many ?:30 uo,,er in proportion TO the
number Of horses ,ha, be keeps. . they
DO on any one farm there. NJ. Nelson
h.. worked hard for the pas, ten year. to
improve the horse stock in Maine. bat
are hi. effort, appreciated as they ought
to be, Ny answer i.. they are not.
Gen. W. 5. Tl,on broush, the hnely
bred stallion. Constellation, to Maine TO
improve the stock, yet " often hear !,
..id the, he does no, sire many ,rotiers.
Did IL ever occur to these f.ul, finders
tha, perhaps their brood mares were .
much in the f.ul, for no, producing $50
tro,ters a. Constellation Very likely
there have been a great many mare. bred
to him ,h., had no, one particle Of indi.
,idaal merit, a. far as pedigree goes;
then you blame the ,ire II you do no,
raise a 2:30 uo,ier. IL tha, right'
wen the
GRElr BRooD MARE sKIr.
~. bred to Constellation, the produce
was Glensrm-as great . race horse as
one often ssts on the turf. 10 my oPia-
ION, II he comes TO the wire all right this
fell. the horse ,h., beats him will have to
,ro, three straight heats in ?;20, or bet.
ter. lie is grand horse. Individually,
and we'll bred, yet heard . bor'eman
say no, long since, ths, GienArm had no,
.ii' j sny to,ters. I.s, me call your at
tsLtiJn ri.h, here. TO . single fact: NIl-
un.ter, Sss,pstskss, Gen. knoI, HaIO.d,
Dictator sni Geo. Wilkes were each from
fifteen to seventeen years Of age before
they had sly representative in the $50
list. tie clear, therefore, that before .
horse Can be voted failure, he mus, be
sfforded opportunity in the stud. aud
hi. oldss, colt should be ., less, ten years
Of age. A lees time than this would
have condemned as failures nesry every
one Of our great sires.
MAIsE STALLIoSs
There have been and are now, some
very foe s,alli1ns in Milne. Let Us look
At few Of The many that Mr.. N'lson
now own.. Fire, We will speak Of the
horse Nelson. Unkind things have been
said Of him. here. but in Gsntueky. he Is
called the phenomenal Nelson. lie '' a
good bred horse, and ss square a ro,,e'
IS ever appeared on the turf. Nis~ing
him from the grand stand when he Is
uotting oa the back stretch, any me
would say. there goes piece OF ma
ehiaery. particularly fancy bis bred
ing. as the blood Of the famous Pselne
mare, Pocahon,as. flows in his veins.
Dictator Chief must take out oi Ai'
family. IL he does no, prove himself
great horse. both as uo,itr srd 'ire
Of uotters. In the death Of Wnk Cay,
Maine lost . great hoise. Let US look a'
hi. breeding; he was sired By Rid VII.
ke,, The beat son Of Go. WINS LET
dam, Fanny Clay, dam Of Sadie d., the
hs,es. yesrling living; ID dam. the
grandam Of Wilson, 2;l6t He Was .
royalty bred colt. A fner bred stallion
never stood for service 10 Maine. thar
Col. west, and individually. very ssyl'
ish horse.
Hebron. owned By H. l.. Horne o'