Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-04-13
Maine Horses Still in Demand.

Within the past two weeks two carloads
of good horses have been shipped from
Watervile Mr.. A. F. Gerald shipped one
to Bath, and seven 10 Boston; Freeman
Jones shipped eight TO Worcester. Mass,
aud John Colby Horne shipped full ear
load to New York. The latter were very
fine horses, all raised in the vicinity of
Wateryille and Fairfield. and worth from
$500 to 81 ZOO each.
The American Cultiyator says that mares
by Gideon are in great demand in this
State as breeding dams, and when crossed
to warIn-blooded stations. full of spirit
and nerve force, can hardly fail to produce
trotters. Few sons of Rysdyk's Hamble-
tonian. SAYS the Cultivator. "were so
strongly inbred to Messenger strains as
Gideon" Gideon's dam was by young
Engineer. by Engineer; I'd dam by Com
mander, by imported Messenger: 81 dam
by imported Messenger.
Comrade, by Gideon, the horse which
lately died at the stable of Charles b. Gil
man of Wateryille. was the fastest trotter
of his size and age ever raised in New
England. 1t seems a pity that such "A
horse should die from "a simple ease of
stoppage or cholic, when vigorous treat
ment for Il few hours would have undoubt-
edly have saved his life. What is the treat
ment Administer an ounce OF tincture of
opium every hour, till relieved. and apply
bandages of hot f tnnel to the bowels.
| Talk about lowering the trotting record
does any one stop to realize what has
got to be done in order to do this? The
| horse that lowers the present time of Maud
| s. must trot three-quarters in 30 seconds
each, and one quarter in p seconds. in
making the mile. 1t is something no
| horse living has ever done to trot three
| fourths of mile in 80 seconds. Is it too
much to say it never will he done:
Sales of two weaving colts by MIR 4.
F. Gerald's stallion Broadway We're re-
ported last week at very satisfactory
prices One by VIM. Clifford of Benton
to Sturtevant Bros. of Oakland: and one
by Mr.. Lancaster of China. to +. II. Will
son of Brunswick e. HiHerrWc U1H. .ipr
tn.
1t j. an old truth, ami nnr which will he
confirmed by close examination OF thu
p"digreeS of the greatest Winners upon tA'
trotting turf. that the foundation upon
which the trottng crosses rest comes from
IL. L. 80.
horses. The third dam of George likes
the great sire Of trottcr>. an impon"t
English mare i II factor that should moi
be lost sight of when estimating the VALUE
of the different elements of winch hi
pedigree is composed.
About twenty thousand horses in thi'
country have trotted in three minutes
four thousand in 2.,1o: one thousand il
, p: eig:, in 2 i. aud oai9 one inside o
21O,
loving to our ignorance of the menta
structure of tie horse" says Wallace il
his treatise on breeding the trotting horse
failure to do SO j. possible many combna
ton of particular lines of blo"I. Th'
same parents may produce one IN grca
speed, and others without any. But w
believe the uncertainty 10 know results /
being dri>ea into closer and close
quarters each year.
The climate of Maine j. pretty cold. t,
be sure. hat the colts dropped there
appear to be as strong and lively as thos,
of warmer latit udes. Mr.. \. I. Tooi hakel
of Rangcly. that State, informs me that
his Knox mare, Silvertail. dropped {
large. finely formed. smooth-lmbed colt
by Allectus. son of Alcantara (2.23), OF
the 10th ult., which was on his feet all
ready for business when only fifteeI
minutes old. He is just in season for the
franklin County colt stakes.-S. W
PARLIN, in American Caitirator, 1prU D.
Since the loss which Mr.. c. II. Nelson
has met in the death and sickness of VILE
Clay and Onward, he has already opened
correspondence with noted breeders ir
other States with view to obtaining tive
good stations to take their places. We
learn ha' he has in view the purchase OF
the horses Pickering and Star Duroc
The former is by Rysdyk's Hambletonian
dam Lady Falls by American Star. and
has record of 2.30; the latter is by
Messenger Duroc: dam :. t. b. by Ameri-
can Star. He has a record of 2.25 81
Mr. Nelson will also attended the Kellogg
| New York; sale fixed for the oath of this
month. to see what is there offered