The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-02-16
Snnnyside Stock Farm.

y boston bi0be reporter recently ,>lteG MY.
{. II. Nelson's Sunny>ilc Stock Farm at Water
Vile. and looked over his excellent stock Of
horses, of which he Say,:
Few people outside of Mane except those.
perhaps. who are directly interested ia horse
breeding interests. would ever have heard of
SunnV>ide farm. had it not been for the phenons-
email performance of Nelson over the Mystic
track. just previous to the breeders ttiH-c
last fall. when be trottcda quarter IN y seconds
2.o> gait. which was. without an exception.
The fastest quarter ever made on he track. al
though some of the best horse. in the world
have been seen on the stretch, scoring ul in
front of the judges stand. his ore perform
ance served to bring >unny>i,e into a great deal
Of prominence. and IS the home OF Nelson il l.,
already famous.
Suuny>ide. as ii is named would imply. i a
beautiful tract of land situated in Waterville
Me-. about Il mile and half from the Maine
Central depot. To he sure. during the present
kind of weather it is rather Il cold place to visit
and the snow is piled up over the vast eNpan>e
OF fields, which in summer time are covered
with the choicest Of green grass upon which
the animals are allowed to craze. >unnv>ide is
owned and managed by {. II. Nelson. after
whom the stallion above referred to is named.
Mr.. Nelson is known from Maine to Kentucky
by all those interested in the breeding of horses
and be is prominently identified with the New
England Association of Trotting Horse Breed
erS. He is great favorite among the turfmen.
and as he is quite a conver>alionalist. lis
stories are listened to whenever he choose to
tell them.
In addition to Sunnysite. Mr.. Nelson has
another farm which be purchased very recently.
AT this new place he intends keeping hi, brood
mares. Nelson and the other stations. how
ever, will be kept at Sunny>ide Nelson is the
king of stock horses throughout the country
surrounding Waterville. and commands a SER
vice fee of 500, which is a very large price
way down in Maine" In him is embodied
the good qualities Of size. speed and action
which 20 to make any horse valuable in the
stud. He is bright bay color with black
points. His legs are finely turned and he ha,
a. fine a neck and head could lie desired. A.
| remember him when saw him on tie track
at Mystic Park last fall. his name was Of unuS-
ual length and his tail swept the ground behind
him. On the whole, one would be impressed
with his appearance, for he works Just like IA
piece of well regulated machinery when in
motion. and trots clean without either boots or
toe weights. Like Harry Wilkes. Patron and
several others Of the great turf performers his
gait is very deceptive. and even on the tlav
above referred to. hen he trotted Il quarter in
81 seconds and Il half in LOB. which i > 10
gait, those who were watchn. the perform
ance Were much surprised. when Oh looking at
their watches they found the time so fast
As a three-year old he got himself a record
of 2.2G "a which is the fastest record to date
over a half-mile track. Mr. Nelson i very
enthusiastic over thi. stallion and feel. conf
dent that if he We're drawn from the stud for
one season he would be able 10 trot n mile
somewhere between PIP ana 2.l4 Last wear
he was not hitchcd TO the >ulky until the last
day of july. and in September he cot "A record
of 2.21 II over the Mystic track Takin" into
consideration that this was done on n damn.
slippery track, and after ii hard season in the
stud. il was IA very tine performance. Even
then he could have trotied several ,ccor., fast
or. had he been Obliged TO.
Nelson wa sired hv lctm. Rolf. dam Grcl-
chen. hv Gideon. Gretchen j. the dam of
susie owen. 22G and knoX Girl. Who showed
public trial in rs -. and she i, lh, iran.
dam of Aubinc. recorded aa1 II. " hirh was
seen on the VI site track durin. the breeders
meeting. Young Eofe ana hi, son Nelson
have records exactly the ZANE. but there i,
scarcely doubt but that Nelson i. faster thar,
Young Rulfe ever thought of heinz. Next ON
the lit Of stations comes Dictator Chief. i
five ycar-od. with a record oi = =, 81 Dirta-
tor hief j. bright BAY. with perfect I..> and
feet. aud i "a horse 81 great power and speed.
liz ire was Dictator. The ,irc OF Jay Eve 80.
. 10: Phalla-. lib 81 director. 2.l.. An IN
iere>iing fact connected with ihi- j. thar 40
which average ~ fast H. these.
Dictator. a. everybody i. aware. Wa l., old
Rt >,l,k'> Ilambiciohian. The dam Of Dictator
Chief l. Judy. b, Plato. and he Wa foa,d IN
May. l>>3. at NC-tland farm. Lexington. h y.
Beside the Two stations above named, Whose
book for the season are already full. there arr
seven Others AT >unny>i,le. amen, them being
the animal. purchased 10y MIR. Nelson on hi,
recent "trip on kcniucky lat October. when he
succeeded in getting some Of the tine stock
which wa, offered for sale there. There i.
Wilkes. handsome bay stallion u IL hands
high. which was foalc1 in ISs:i. AMI bred Il,
Talbot 4 Bowman Of Lexington. Wilkes was
sired by Alcyonc. record 2a. the horse died
last year at Ilighlawn stock farm. Lee. Mass.
| Alcyone, although small horse. was consider.
I'd one Of the best ION, of George Wilkes, and
his death left "A gap which il j. hard TO ill. lie
was valued at $4,000. Wilkes first dam wa.
| by American Clay and the second dam was by
/ Peck's Idol. Alcyone was the sire of silver.
one, 2.l9 "a, and many others of hi, get are
showing signs of great speed. To use Mr.
Nelson's words. Wilkes is bred to be atrottcl
and TO get -Iiambletonian. Clay. Nam.
brine Chief and thoroughbred crosses. liam.
bletonian and Clay crosses produced George
Wilkes and EiectiOneer, two of the great sires
Wilkes was the sire of a sixteen weeks-old colt
which. at the Eastern Maine fair, held at Ban.
COR, trotted a quarter in 81 IL seconds.
Among the others in the Wilkes family. i.
Wilkclay, bay colt foaed in 1884, and bred
by Judge NJ. c. Afford of Lexington. XIV
Wilkcay is by the most famous son of Georg,
| Wilkes Rcd Wilkes the Sir. of Phil Thon,n