The Portland daily press., 1888-12-11
ITEMS FOR HORSE MEN.
Eighty-FIye Thousand Dollars Paid
for a Derby Winner.

TOR a 0eFpy WINNER.
VIM. d. Haley, South Gardiner, has some
very fine blooded brood mares and nice colts.
The Hambetonian mare Huldah, stands 1873
weighs 1880 pounds, was green horse last
spring when bought by Mr.. Haley. She has
been in six races, winning in five, making
record of 2.364. and good judges thought she
might have made 2.32 The brood mare Gray
Nose by old Fearnaught, 2.23, has record OF
2.3it. From Gray Nose Mr.. H. has year
ling filly by Nelson. that took the first pre-
MUM at the Maine State Fair, scoring the
highest on the card in eleven out of twelve
points. He also has the brood mare Lizette
by Gideon, and from her the promising stall
lion colt Freeze by Dictator Chief. Freeze
weighs something more than 900
pounds, very strong made colt with
strong, fast gait. All In all, this is year
ling we'll up with the very best in the State.
Mr.. Haley also has yearling by Messenger
Wilkes, and yearling from Rolfe Roy, dam
Rosa Morrill,, 2.4o by Winthrop Morrill,.
w. w. Dinsmore, Bowdoinham, on the well
known "Decker Place." has half dozen
brood mares representing some of the best
trotting families,
DIR. w. A. Bibber, Richmond has the stall
lion colt Benjamin Franklin, bred by w. Fl.
Emery. Esq, Skowhegan. This colt is two
| years old, strong 800 pounds. standing 15-1, a
| quarter in As seconds. DR.. Bibber also has
a three-year-old gelding by Sagadahoc,
standing 15-2, weight 935 pounds, showing a
| good gait, and 1t is claimed that he can now
make mile in something less than three
| minutes without training.
Considerable interest has been taken in
| colt raising at Scarboro during the past year.
Robert b. Meserve has a young colt, after
| Charles Wilkes, that he has been offered 800
| for. Jesse Tapley has a nice one after Ed
| mont (Redwo0d1. Robert Meserve, Henry
Cheney and Charles Libby have one each af-
ter Edmont. Sherman Bros havea good six
months old one that weighs 500 pounds,
| II; mbletonian breed. Reuben Deering has
tne one after General Weaver that Sher-
man Bros have offered $65 for; Reuben
wants 500 for him. In all probability some
of these colts willib heard from later.
The English Derby winner Ormonde has
been sold to an American for $4,000. This
Is next to the biggest price ever paid for q
| stallion.
The buyer is said to be John A. Morris, 81
Throggs Neck, Kentucky, who has made
millions out of the lottery business The
purchase of Ormonde is lottery business o.
the widest sort. The horse of the century
the winner of the triple crown, the mighty
successor of West Australian, Gladiateul
and Lord Lyon. the champion of the Eng
lish turf, the invincible 0monde is roarer
Ii he were not, no amount of American dol
lars could have induced the Duke of West
minister to part with him. He was the prid,
of Kingsclere and all the resources of sciencl
knxr t.a.sax tal -. -.
Kim of his malady. At the close of the rae
ing season of 1886 0rmonde was UNIVERSAL,
and justly regarded as the grandest horse II
the world. II he had broken down, his val
ue as sire would at least have been as grea
as the sum $4,000 given by the Duke O
We. minister for Ormonde's grandsire, Don
caster, and for many years to come the win
ner of the Derby, ST. Leger land Two Thous
and Guineas would probably have held hi
court at Eaton Hall, in Cheshire, as worth.
successor to Touchstone and Pantaloon, Il
Doncaster and Bend Or But being touched
in the wind, his noble owner has no use fo
him and sells him to an American for S85,
600! This sum, preposterous as it seems. /
$1,000 less than Lord Dupplin- paid to MI
Gosden for Patriarch, the St. Leger WHINE
Of 1876. Ormonde is five years old. He i
not perfect beauty, nor Is he perfec
horse to the eye. His color Is dark bay, wit
the black rising nearly to the hooks. Their
Is great deal of daylight under him. Som
| people call him leggy. He is over sixteel
hands--a powerful, rangy and impressiy,
| creature. The shoulders are long, bold an
Sloping the neck is short and thick; tn
feet and legs are firm as steel; the quarter
are superb. Ill fortune seems to follow tn
noted race horses imported from England t
the United States. Prince Charlie, who wa
purchased in England only four or five year
ago, died in 1886 His owner at once secure
Lord Falmouth's Derby winner, KingcrafI
to take his place. Kingcraft died on tn
steamship that was bringing him over. 1t /
singular coincidence that Blue Gown, tn
winner Of the Derby two years before hin
also died on the voyage to this country
There are, however, two Derby winners MOI
In the United States, Irequois and st. Blaist
1t Is rumored that Mr.. Morris bought o.
monde for Senator George Hearst, of Cal
! | fornia.