Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-01-10

Ohicors and business Two-
year-olds must trot full mile
heats.
A, the annull meeting OF the Oxford
County Tro,,ing iorse Breeders A'soei'
alton which was held at Norway on the
las, Saturday of December. Dr. q. w.
Brown ". elected President. A. i.
Maxim. Frs, Vice President, w. J..
Wheeler. Second Vice President. w. III.
Warren, Third Vice Presid,n', George 7.
Young. Secretary. and II. NJ. BsIes.
Treasurer. Five members Of the Et.
,cu,iye Committee were chosen TO al the
places Of those whose terms bad expired. r
follows q. T.. Freeman. Norway. J. G.
Marble. Paris. q. T.. Young. Norway,
+. l.. Barrett. West Samner.
IL va, voted that each member pay
into the Treasury annual due. Of oae dol
lar aud b, furnished with = baiss snli'
Ting him to free admission to all the ro,'
ting meeting, Of the Soois'y.
I, wa. decided u issue another ea,A.
losue, snd r. w S.hborn BID ctf the job
Of getting !, up. doing the whole business
f5r two dollar. apage.
Colt stake. for ,hree.yeaf.old., t-o-
ys.r.old.. and probably fOr yssflins' will
be offered on nearly the same term, .
last year, also two liberal purses for older
horses. open 10 the State, will be offered.
the el.,.s, no, ys, having been decided
uPon.
II ". decided to hold the ns,, regular
uo,,ins meeting ose week prior TO the
State Fair. and il !. likely tha, Fourth
Of July ,ro, will also be held undsr the
auspices Of the Society.
At tki, meeting . committee OF three
va. .ppoin,sd TO confer with the officers
OF the Oxford Coun,y Agricultural soeis.
" to see .bou, adopting scale Of points
by which TO Judge horses 10 easring
stakes for ,wo-year.old.. There was
difference OF opinion among the committee
a, 10 whether the heats should be mile
heats, two 10 three. o. half mile heats.
three In five. IL vas hnAlly decided 10
make them mile heats. two ia three.
Thi. may rot meet the views OF
some Of the members Of the A,soei.
alton who have been In the hsbi,
OF trotiiag half mile heats. bu, a. the
Maine State Fair. the Bangor Fair. aud
! the leading fairs and Breeders A'soei-
alton, ,hrogshoa, the eouniry. u i' the
custom in every case TO ,ro, ,vo.ysar' old'
fall mile. II ws are 10 ito, them a.
all. Why no, keep up With the procession
Thi. /, really the only way In which to
prove the superiority Of a colt over others,
for the grs., poia, Of superiority between
. ~ell.brrd colt and . scrub. consists IN
the ability Of the former to maintain bis
speed for fall mile. 20 ,ha, mile heats
serve a much better purpose Ia showing
breeder. the mos, valuable strains OF
blood 20 pA,roniIe. IL p for the Interest
Of those who breed tro,,sr, TO breed such
q, have staying qualities. Hall mile
heats bensfi, neither the breeding public
not the owner Of the winning colt. r IL
give, the col, no record nor rePa,Aiion
which will extend beyond the County.
IL IL ,;ill . question Amoas mAny OF
the mo., intsllisen, breeders IS TO tie .d-
visibility Of uo,,ing 10 races =, all before
the age Of three years. snd for such n sre
ia no hurry 70 "boom" their stock, u Is
no doab, The be., way ia the cad TO keep
the yoans,.sr, ol, Of the race, until they
are three OF four years old, aud for
the ayersge farmer IL would no doubt ee
the better way TO keep on, Of race. alto
ssiher. Although be should develop
the speed Of hi, colt. before selling. the
expense Incidental to fitting aud ,ro,iias
colt. and horses in race. is IN most cases
largely in exee.. Of the winnings.
Most Of the io,iers thA, are produced
in Maine are purchased BY wealthy men
who used them for roadster and II .
col, can show fa,, trial mile, hi. chance,
Of attracting . good customer ate greater
than IL he should se, into fas, company
in a race and ge, di,,aneed on account
Of acting unsteady. Nevertheless, the
practice of uo,,ing young colts will Goa.
iinue TO thrive among ambitious breeders,
and such should study the methods c,
preparing colts for races adopted by the
handler. Of some OF the phenomsnsl baby
uo,,er. Of Kentucky aud California. In
the case. f,hs wonderful record breakers.
although their education commenced a'
an early age, ys, they v,re never sub.
jse,ed to the amour, Of ias, work aud
nduous training pne,ieed by many OF
the Entrn colt hsndles.
The 2:3li Of tn, California yssrlins
FLY. Norlaine, and the ?:3j! OF the Ken.
,uesy y, srling. Sale ID ~rfe both made
with q small anoun, Of previous fast
work. II the breeder. who race their
colt. would be little careful sboa, speed.
log them too often. aud after they have
won q good race. be eon,sn, to stop there
III. evil, resulting from racing PreeoeiOa'
colts would be ls. manifest. IL n not
Away. the tastes, col, that makes the
tastes, horse. The speed Of mlny Of the
tastes, uo,tss WAS never discovered uatil
they had been q, common labor for sew.
e:ai year., and such have bsea among
the most game and ls,,ins eimpaigner''
J.F.& \. l.. Barrett, Of fiii"ie~
Stock Farm, West Sumner. have Iseest
ly sold . wssnlins colt, got BY Nelson,
2:2li. dam .sid to be By Happy Ne
dium, to . Portland man for 5000. cash.
|, pay, TO breed the b,'. provided one
can pay the fn, cost. Nelson stands al
slO0. bat there ere many hor'emen who
would prefer col, to raise up from Mt.
Nelson's other stallion, Dictator Chief,
trial 2.?5i, and whose fee Is $50. {, one
from Nelson Dictator Cnisf 10 by Die.
t.,or. sire Of J.y.Eye See. ?:lO. Phalls''
2:l3t. director, 2:l7, and many Others
In the $50 list.
J. +. Jew,t, has . yesr.ing ., bis
breeding farm 10 Biekhsld by Dictator
Chief. dam 0ip,sy Boansr. that !, . re-
markably foe colt He Is tall aud rsnsy
with . slsshing gait.
A. T. Robinson. Of Ess. Hebron, hs'
had the name Of hi, fine young stallion