The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-11-28

Mr.. William Russell Allen, who is founding
Stony Ford with Hamilton Busbey and paid
Mr.. Backman $44, 100 for ten head of trotting
stock. This is the largest sale ever made
to one man. Mr.. Allen has secured son
and daughter and two granddaughters of the
famous Green Mountain Maid, daughter of
the sister OF Guy, record 2.12. and son of the
sister OF Dexter, record 2.174, and Dictator,
sire OF Jay-eye-see, 2.10. The names of the
animals bought and the prices paid are as
follows:
Lancelot, b. c., 1 year old, by Messenger
Duroc dam Green Mountain Maid Sl2,5OO
Eliza, b m, years, by Messenger Duroc,
Edita, b. f., years, by Kentucky Prince,
dam Elise, by Messenger Duroc......... 5000
Mlrtlla, ch. m, years, by Kentucky
Prince, dam Miranda, by Messenger
Duroc ...;;.......... 1000
Duroc, dam Leslie, SISTER Of Gun, zig 1900
P ince, dam Alma, (sister Of Dexter).. 5000
Mriana, bay filiy, year, by Sorrento,
dam Mary Whitman, by Kentucky
Prince. .......... ............... 1900
Prince, dam Camille, by Hambletonian. 1,4oo
-Altaretta, bay illy, years, by Kentucky
Prince, dstffi Lefty by Messenger D6-
Fedora, bay dly, years, by Kentdcky O'
Prince, dam Cassandra, by Messenger
Duroc...... .....-..................... 1900
| In 1876 Gov. Leland Stanford purchased of
| Mr.. Backman thirteen head of trotting stock
| for $41 200.
| Keep the best hay for next spring, when
the horses work will be much harder than
| now.
Wallace's Monthly for November gives a
| list of twenty tracks in different parts OF the
country that vary from IA to 43S feet short of
a mile. Past records made over these tracks
stand, butfuture records on them don't GO
Not single track in the list is in New Eng
land.
Z. B. Emery's fast PAGER Happy Russell
paced over the Belmont track, PHILADELPHIA.
twice recently. He lowered his record from
2.29t to 2.24, and then cut the figures down to
2211
California holds the one two and three
year-old champion ships.
c. F. Emery has sold forty-six colts from
the Forest City Farm this season for S35, ,425.
an average of $77o.
A horses usefulness is measured bv his
| strength and rapidity of movement, more
than by the size or weight, says the New
| York Times. Size is not always Indicative
of weight ,even., The spongy bones of
mammoth horse loaded with soft flesh and
| bulky fat will not be at all proportionstely
heavy with the firm, solid, dense bone and
hard, firm muscle OF much smaller horse,
which will do twice as much hard work as
| the heavier one of this unsubstantal charac-
| ter. Justin Morgan, a rare type of most
useful horse, and perhaps really the most
valuable sire Of any we have had, was
| small animal. but he was known as the
strongest and most robust horse in a locality
famed for its useful work animals. No other
horses matched with him could pull the
weights he drew with ease, and none made
as good time upon the road as he. He is
said to have been bundle of sinews and
muscles upon very light frame of the most
| solid bone and strangers were amazed to
| see the little horse walk off with loads which
larger but not heavier horses could not move.
| This is the real test of value in horse
strength, lively action and endurance all
combined in the lightest weight possible.