The Portland daily press., 1888-06-02
ITEMS FOR H0RSEMEN.
Jack spratt Training at Presumpscot
Park, Deering.
Notes About Trotters Owned Near
Home and Elsewhere.
A Correspondent Speaks Iof Good
Ones at Fyeburg.

Correspondent Speaks Iof Good
Ones at Fryeburg.
At Presumpscot Park, Deering, on these
fine mornings there may be seen some good
horses. Albert Cobb. Ira Woodbury., and
others are working their fast ones, getting
them ready for the Lewiston June races, and
also for the fall trot But of course visi-
tor at the Park will watch with the greatest
interest for the appearance Of Mr.. SMELLS
nimble Jack Spratt IL cannot be denied
that Jack is a great trotter, but the horse
men Of Maine are anxious to know how great
a trotter he is. They want to see him
matched this fall with some horse that has a
record like his own, in the twenties Lady
Kensett, record 2.23A that beat White Socks.
Duke of Wellington, w. K, Onawa and 9TH
er fast trotters in the great six heat race at
Beacon Park last fall. has been mentioned
as good one to put along side Of Jack In
race at Lewiston. 1t is the opinion Of some
horsemen that when Jack gets into such
company he will find it little too fast for
him, while others say that ''he's terror on
half mile track, and 1t will puzzle the very
best OF them to keep beside him when he
gets started around the curves" Those who
have seen him logged on Presumpscot this
spring, and now and then given something
of a real trotting clip. say that he is trotting
faster than ever and is bound to do all that
is claimed of him. He is being handled this
spring as IL his owner meant to quit fooling
and do something with him this season.
Perhaps he will be taken to Mystic after the
June race, to show them there that Maine is
breeding horses, and now has a number Of
them that won't trot far behind the best
ones. 1t is safe to say before this season Is
over horsemen win be satisfied as to the real
powers Of the famous Jack Spratt.
Mr.. P. III. Lennon, of Desring, is jogging
his Barney L. every morning now and will
enter him in the 800 minute and the 2.45 class
at Lewiston in June. Barney is seven years
old, weighs 9i5 pounds and stands 15-1. He
can show 80 clip and is trotting finely this
spring. He has a star In bis forehead, white
hind feet and was sired. by Gen. Lightfoot
out of an Ethan Allen mare that is now
owned by Mr.. Fred Maxwell OF this city; Mr..
Lennon also owns roam mare sired by a
son of Lewiston Boy out Of a good reading
mare. She is six years old. stands about
15-2 and weighs nearly 1000 pounds, she Is
good gated and is now with foal.
Mr.. Howard III. Woodbury., of Oak street,
Deering, generally keeps several GOO,
be seen on the track this fall. He is hand
ling at present, for man in the eastern part
of the State, Kate, record 2.303, a chestnut
mare that weighs some $40 pounds. stands 10
sired by Winthrop Morrill,, dam Gray Fear
nanght. This horse is young looking an
imal and trottcr way through. Mr.. Wood
bury, who owns half Of this animal, Is jog
ging her little every day and intends to en-
ter her In the fall races.
Not long ago Mr.. Woodbury. bought Hattie
Pearl, green mare that can trot in 2.35, of
Frank Watts, Of Norridgewock. She Is
bright bay mare, stands 1872 and weighs
about 1000 pounds. She Is good gated
mare and will be handled for speed this sea-
son.
Mr.. Woodbury. has sent mare by Win
| throp Morrill, out of Knox mare, to Mr..
| Nelson's stock farm at Waterville, to be bred
to Red Hawk This mare showed trial at
| Saugus in 2.24A. She stands Is hands high,
weighs 1850 pounds, and will make, 1t is ex-
| pected, fine brood mare,
Our Fryeburg correspondent, who is inter-
ested in the horses of that vicinity. writes
/ tuC lUlOniu6 lnbCACotin6 ACttCA oDOuh sum-
| OF the good ones" in that vicinity
1--WE have another fine. well bred stallion
| in Fryeburg. Wheeler Il True, of South
| Paris, have sent to Joseph Wiley, No. Frye
| burg, their three year old stallion, Ned V.
/ Ned v. IS bay with no white. stand Is hands
by j. B. Varnum, Pittsfeld, Maine. Sire,
| Thomas Carlyle $3.50, first dam by Gen. Ly-
| ons, second dam by Gideon 145, Thomas
| Carlyle was by Gen. Withers, by Almont,
| Gen. Lyons, by Diamond, son OF Old Drew.
| This horse combines good breeding, with
large size, fine form and color, Is good step
| per and should be valuable horse to breed
| from. He will. no doubt, receive full share
| Of patronage"
Geo. G. Shirley, Fryeburg, owns Comet, a
seal brown stallion, with white stripe in
i face foaied Sept. 18th, 1882. Comet Is by
Kennebec, by Independence, dam by the DR..
| Call horse, by Cannon Ball, thoroughbred.
| gait, and Is leaving some very good colts in
this vicinity and has good custom.
}. e: Emerson, .Fryeburg. owns Eyalocky.
| bay FLY with black points, foaled in May
1885. Eyalocky is by Glenarm, dam by Fly
ing Eaton, bred by Geo. Bowker, Lewiston,
Maine. She shows great trotting gait In
harness and Is one OF our most promising
| colts.
S. L. Post, Fryeburg owns pair Of black
filleys own sisters, four and five years, sired
by Wanderer, by Gen. Knox, dam Madge.
These colts stand Is hands high, and weigh
$50 pounds. They are close match, stylish
and good gated, very promising pair o.
streets.
A. w. M. Keen, No. Fryeburg, owns
brown horse II yea rs old, stands II handi
high aud weighs 100 pounds. He is by
Farnsworth Patchen, by Geo. M. Patchen.
dam by Jemima, a Morgan horse brough
from Vermont.
Hazen w. Stevens, Fryeburg Centre, hal
some fine colts. One. chestnut tilley, foaled
in May, 1886, by Wanderer, dam by Coupon
he by Gen. Knox. A very promising colt
stands 141 hands high, nice gait and full o
life. Also one foaied in 1887 by Dandy
Withers. he by Gen. Withers, by Almont
! from same mare. ms mare Is from tne pes
mare by the Quint Horse, he by the old Wy
, man Whalebone. She Is now in foal agai
, by Dandy Withers.
: T. j. Bragdon, Fryeburg Corner, owns
, | year old mare by Gov. NOVEL;, dam, Fanni
Hersey, BY HomeI's ; BErandywine. dee
and form. A valuable mare.
I TT. Dresser, North Fryeburg, owns ba
: stallion foaled in July 1885, by Redwood
: dam by Pioneer. he by Rysdyk's Hambletor
\ ian. Said to be fine representative Of b
\ SIRE He stands IA IL hands and weigh
: $50 pounds.
S Wilson Webb, North Fryeburg. owns 4
v ley foaled in May, 1885. by Redwood, dam