Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-05-24
A Morning At the Stables.

A Morning at the Stables
While in New York few weeks since
Mr.. J. F. Barrett of Portland purchased
stallion four years old, full brother to the
horse ARENAS. jr., now owned by Mt.
Barrett, and has sent him to his stock
farm in Oxford county. He also pur-
chased at the same time apromising year
ling colt got by this four-year-old.
Three highly bred stations have just
been purchased by Mr.. c. IL. Nelson. ana
added to the already large number at
Sunnyside Stables. Waterviile- They are
l. Pickering, (2.30). by the old Hero OF
Chester: dam, Lady Falls, by Seeiey
American Star. =. Barnard, very
fashionabIy formed bright bay, by Mes
senger Duroe; dam, Gri,np by Princess,
ID dam Faroretta by Alexander's Abdal-
lab, and tracing back through Mambrino
/ Chief To Blackburn whip. 3, May Prince.
chestnut. years old, by Kentucky
Prince. by Clark Chief, by Mambrino
/ Chief: dam Queen of May by Rysdyk
Hambietonian. sE
| The New England Association OF
Trotting Horse Breeders has decided TO
open three additional stakes to be trotted
at Mystic Park, Sept. 25-2S. next. They
are |. For all trotters eligible TO the s.4o
class. wherever bred, provided they are
owned by members of the Association,
APRIL 6, 1888. 2. For New England bred
| foals of 1854. 3. For foals OF 1886. open
only to such "a are bred, raised and trained
in New England. For particulars as to
conditions governing these stakes, address
the Secretary. ;. W. Parlin, p. o. box,
1857, Boston.
On May 9Th at Oakland, Cal, Gertrude
Russell, a fiIly owned by Senator Leland
Stanford of Palo Alto. trotted mile in
2.a3 -. She is by Electioneer; dam,
Dame Winnie, by Planet
The highest class three-year-old in
America to-day, is said to be the runner
Sir Dixon, who rs a two-year-old went
six furlongs in La IL carrying I20 lbs.
He has Just been sold by his owner, Ar.
Green Morris of Brooklyn, n. v, for
S20,000.
A Maine bred horse which has acquired
"A bad name at the West by having fallen
into INSCRIPTIONS hands, has been sold to
to 90 to South America and was shipped
last week. This was the mare Gilbreth
: Maid, bred by Warren Clark of Fairfield
She was by Gilbreth Knox; dam lvanhoe,
Morgan. Gilbreth Maid is now seven
teen years old, was formerly owned by
James keegan of this city, and later by
y II. A. Brick of Lewiston. In 1856 SHIT
won a record of 2,25 l-2 at Mystic Park
after which she was sold to parties wht
!, took her West on ringing expeditions
which did not pan out we'll. She hat
been trotted so many times under false
classes that she was under penalty Of
expulsion from American tracks, anc
hence was of no account in this country
as IA trottcr.
The Spirit of the Hub relates the fol
q lowing: A party of New Englander'
t kentucky Horse Beeder's Association las
fall, while the youngsters of the blue
| grass section were being shown. Among
y them was Mr.. j. G. Davis of Highland
Nelson was here, and in rs fine shape as
: at Mystic ten weeks ago" a companion
: who heard the remark asked why
: because" replied Mr. Davis, she eoult
easy, and it would be great evidence OF
a the merit of New England horses Th,
= Spirit says. in commenting upon this re-
mark: ''This was great compliment t.
Nelson, coming as it did from the lips of The
) man who controls Alcantara, beyond ;
doubt the leading stallion in New England
That Nelson will make this mark is only
4 aqucstion of time
We had little horse talk a few day.
ago with Mr.. Frank Beck of this town
who now has charge of the stallion Ken
nebec 81 like II good trotter," said Mr.
Beck. land think speed is worth goOt
zeal III Il morse Stlll lIllllk FARMERS art
making IA mistake in breeding or trying t.
breed, so many trotting horses. Not one
farmer in twenty, probably, ever succeed.
i'm raising a real fast. valuable trotter: ont
reason for the failure being that
they have not the right class of mares
to breed from. There is IA steady
demand for the sensible, serviceablt
draft horses of 1850 to 400 lbs. which
our farmers might raise and which would
always sell for good price. Probably
Jim keegan has bought IA hundred Island
, horses to Maine each year for the past
e three or four years, and these are just the
horses our own farmers ought to raise. II
is the trainer and driver who makes tbs
money out of trottery, not the farmer.
a who breed them; but in raising goot
r heavy work horses, all the profit coult
come right straight to the breeders
There is great deal of truth and goot
sense in Mr.. Beck's ideas. Hr.