Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-12
A Few Good Horses.

Mr., c. L, Taylor, of South Vassalboro.
passed through this city Tuesday on his way
home from Hghlswn Stock Farm, Lee,
dass., with his ifney bred breeding mare
"GlenaTms sister" This mare is now four
years old and is by Constellation, by Almont;
dam Skip and is half sister to Inde oendance,
22lt. She has had one colt by Alcantara. and
q. now in foal to Nominee. Gen. W. 5. Tilton
formerly of this city, is joint owner with
Mr.. Taylor of this fine mare.
B. +. & F. II. Briggs of Auburn, have
sold a handsome bay yearling colt by Mes
senger Wilkes, 2 29f, dam by Daniel Lam
bert, to +. A. & IL Ingalls, of Frilishburg.
Canada.
Wm. D. Haley, Of South Gardiner, has
some very fine blooded brood mares and nice
colts. The Ilambletonian mare Hudah,
stands Is 3, weighs 1850 pounds. was a green
horse last sprng when bought by MIR Haley
She has been in six races, winning in 1--WE,
making a record of 2.364, and good judges
thought she might have made 232. The
hr ,od mare Gray Nose by old fearnaught,
%, has a record of 2 3li From era,
Nose Mr.. H. has yesrling tlly by Nelson,
that took the first premium 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 stallion cot Freeze by
Dictator Chief. Freeze weighs something
more than 800 pounds, very strong made
colt with a strong, fast gait. All in all, this
is u yearling well up With the very best in
the State. Mr. Haley also has a yearlng BY
Messenger Wilkes, and ytarhng from
Rolf Roy, dam Rosa Morrill,, 2.40, by Win
Morrill,.
Sim Haskell. Of Lewiston, has had a.
offer of 500 for the Glenarm colt that he
bought the other day of Leander Prentiss
tor 500. The colts dam was by Hampton,
second dam By old Lewiston Boy by Pollard
Morgan; dam Of Lewiston Boy by Quimby
Messenger.
The horse which can plow an acre while
another horse is blowing half an acre, OF
that which can carry load of passenger
ten miles while another horse is going five,
independent of all considerations of amuse-
ment, taste OF what is called fancy, is abso-
lutely worth just twice as much to the owner
as the other.-Horseman
The sale of the Duke of We.tminster's
uubeaten racehorse Ormonde announced by
cable on Saturday, is in itself one of the
most important transactions of the turf for
years, and 1000 pounds $50, ,000), the
the figure which the purchaser paid for Or
monde, is the highest sum ever paid for an
equine in England or in this country. The
purchaser is understood to be John A. Nor
ris of Throgg's Neck, Ky, who, it is re
ported purchased him for Senator George
Hearst of California His color is dark
bay. He stands over l6 hands and is pow
erful, rangy, impressive icreature. By gen
eral consent he has been pronounced the
foremost racer of the decade. He was
fosled in 1858 by Bend Or, dam Lilly Agnes,
by Mscaroni, her dam being Polly Agnes,
by The Cure out of Miss Agnes, by Bird
catcher. Bend Or, Ormondes sire, is by
Doncaster out of Rouge Rose, she by Thor
manly out of Ellen Horne by ReJshank
This breeding is as grand as that of any
other thoroughbred. Ormonde himself won
the Derby in 1886. Bend Or, Ormonde'.
sire, won the Dtrby in 1850, as did his
grsndsires, Doncaster and Macaroni in 1873
and 1868 respe ctively, and his great grand
sire, Ihormanby, in 1860. In all Ormsnde
started in l3 races, never meeting with de
feat winning f2s,i65 los in purses and
st ,kes. As two year old he won the Post,
Criterion aud Newmarket stakes. As a
three year old he won the Two Thousand
Guiueas (E4000), EPSON Derby (E47OO),
the st. James Palace and Hsrdwicke stakes
at Ascot, the St Leger at Doncaster, the
Great Foal stakes and New market St. Leger,
the Champion stakes at the second New
market and the free handicap at the Hough-
ton meeting. At the latter meeting Ormonde
received fOrfeits from the owners of Melton
and the Bard both of whom declined to run
in the famous privat. sweepstakes at fl000
half forfeit. As four year old, 1887, Or
monde won the ROus Memorial and Hard.
~icke stakes and the Imperial gold cup al
Newmarket.
Barrett Bros. of Fair View farm West
Sumner, recently pur based of Chasncey
Osgood of Hartford, four months old colt,
Artemus Chief by Artemus, Jr., and have
since sold him to Edward Fletcher of Port
land for $3.50. He is described as a likely
colt.