Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-07-16
Maine Horaea.


The pacing mare, Dirigo Maid, is nov
owned by T. II. Nye of Brewer. She i
by Dirigo (2.29 Ia, sire Of four in tn
30 list, and has been bred this season t,
Arsi(2.5l l-2), the PAGER. July 4th, 1887
on West Camden track. Dirigo Maid pacet
a hard race. and took part In the Main,
circuit.
DIR. g. W. Brown Of Paris owns a hand
some bay FLY by Rinaldo, by Mambrin,
Dudley, (2.19 Ia, out of his fine broot
mare Maggie Almont, by Gen. withers.
The stallion Gen. Gordon. formerly
owned by Z. T. Goodrich Of North Corn
vile has just been sold by that gentle
man to Mr.. Fairfield Nevins of Hartlant
for $500. Gordon is by Daniel Boone
by Rysdyk's Hambletonian.
Pinkeye is becoming alarmingly pre-.
valent among our horses, and hardly q
week passes that some valuable ANNA
does not fall a victim 10 its ravages
Last week the stallion Napolean Jr.
owned by George Mcdonald Of Stetson.
died in a few days after he had bought
him Of his former owner, and had paid
800 for him. Pinkeye is rapidly fatal
in good many cases before the real
nature Of the Illness is known.
Among the finely bred horses and colts
now at Bay View Farm, Belfast, are the
following: The stallion Mambrino Wilkes
Jr., three-years-old, stand Is hands, is a
beautiful bay with black points, is very
stylish and with his breeding is sure to
make his mark as a getter of trotters.
The stallion Bell Boy, is handsome bay,
stands l5-2, and is three-years-old; this
Tue young horse was got by Volunteer
10Y, dam Martha, by Old Abdallah; this
stallion is regarded as a very promising
one. Elmbrook Bell by Hambletonian
Chief; a fine colt, beautiful chestnut
color, stands 10 hands and born trotter.
There IL also gray mare, half sister to
Bell Boy which is a very promising one.
These horses are owned by Mr.. George
ID. Otis of Boston who is the proprietor
of Bay View Farm.
Mr.. Hiram Ellis of Belfast has in his
pasture at present fifteen blooded mares
and colts.
Mr. Edward Taylor of Norridgewock
has very fine colt, a few weeks old, by
Young General for which he has been
offered 500.
Among the many fine stations here
abouts we noticed'' Christie Patchcn owned
by Messrs. Bagley and Mitchell of North
Troy. "Christo Patchen'' is four years
old, weighs upwards of 900, and is a
beautiful mahogany in color He is one
OF the most perfectly built horses that
we have seen, and we shall be mistaken if
he does not show up well on the turf
when handled for speed. Eastern State
\ new half mile track is now being
built by private parties at Buxton Lower
Corner 1t is to be what is known as a
esprit of the Turf" course, and is after
the style of the new Saco track.
The rules to govern the Judging of
horses at the coming exhibition of the
Eastern State Fair have been perfected.
and are apparently so arranged as to bear
evenly on all parties and secure fair
awards. The method is entirely unlike
that OF the State Society, and experience
will determine which is the better.
Mr.. ID. y. True of Paris has six weeks
old colt by Carlyle which stands eleven
hands high--a quite remarkable measure
for so young colt.
One day last week Mr.. +. +. Monroe of
Foxcroft gave his colt Fred Lothian trial
mile, which he covered in 2.3l -. This
was good time AS the colt had never trotted
to sulky but once previously.
DR.. A. NJ. Garcelon of Lewiston is one
of the best informed and most enthusiastic
horse breeders in Androscoggin county,
and has several fine ones in his stables.
One of his young mares by Redwood has
just dropped filly foal by Seer. by Gen.
Benton, by Electioneer. The foal is
fine one. DR.. Garcelon has lately sold his
two year old colt, Dash, to Stanley Broth
ers, Lewiston, for long price.
One of the best stations in Oxford coun-
ty is the bay horse Gen. Logan, by Gen.
Wthers; dam. Olive Logan, GAO, trial
30 by Jules Furgenson, trial
!. Is IL and sire of Iron Age, (2.l9l-p,
and several other very fast ones Gen.
Logan stands l5-3 high and weighs 1850
lbs. He is owned by Mr.. America Benson
of Hartford.
Mr.. Manley 4. Pooler of Fairview Stock
Farm, Skowhegan, has just purchased in
st. Paul, Mimi, and brought to his farm
the stallion Also, four year old of won
derful breeding, for which Mr.. Pooler
paid SO, 100 and for which he has since
been offered 5000 by a Philadelphia gem
tleman. But Mr.. Pooler ia able to keep
him. and is bound to have the best, so
this great horse comes to Maine. Also
by Backwood Jr., dam, So SO. the best
aughter of the renowned George Wilkes
SO so, the dam of Mr. Pooler's horse was
recently sold at auction for $500, said
to be the highest price ever paid in this
country for brood mare of her age. The
st. Paul, (Minn. Daily Press says of Mr.
Pooler's purchase: "There is no doubt
that he if one of the most remarkable
colts ever bred. He is fast, strong. a
good roadster. good for the track, and
takes kindly to track work, and has every
qualification for stock horse
The Pennington Chronicle thus reports
the sales of some fine colts, the get of the
stations Bronze and Jack Rysdyk, which
horses are owned by Tarbox Brothers of
that town: "The j. A. Whitney colt, by
Bronze, beat all the two-year-olds at Rock
land; sold for 500, and his present owner
has been offered $500 and refuses it. The
Cushman colt by Bronze cannot be bought
for $500. The Warren +. Voter colt by
Jack Rysdyk, sold to New York party
for $3.50. The Henry Mitchell colt showed
a quarter last week on Mystic Park in a
seconds and is not for sale. The Charles
smith colt by Jack Rysdyk is very fine