The Portland daily press., 1888-06-19
ITEMS FOR noRsEmEN.
A Great Season Expected on the
Maine Turf.
A List of Those That Have Trotted
in Ais, or Better.

in 2. 5, or Better.
Horsemen generally believe that this will
be the greatest trotting season Maine has
ever known. Within the past eight years
it is estimated that breeding has at least
doubled in this State and great things are
expected of well known horses and young
sters on the Dirigo turf The season will be
opened at once in Lewiston, and from that
time on the fast ones will be heard from.
maine bred horses from Illinois," is what
the Boston Spirit calls some fine horses re-
Gently brought to that city by Mr.. P. NJ JEFF
ferds, of Atkinson, Henry County, Ill. Mr..
Jefferds formerly resided in Foxcroft, in
this State and was formerly member of
our State Board of Agriculture. Some eight
years ago he took to Illinois the stallion
Plumed Knight (226s), by Old Mike Logan,
by Jules Jurgenson; dam by Drew. "They
are really Maine horses" says the Spirit, and
we are glad to know our old friend is meet
ing with success in his new home
DR.. Geo. III. Bailey and L. j. Chenery, of
this city, are the owners of the chestnut
yearling filly Annie McGregor. bred by S. S.
Offutt, Georgetown, Ky. This flly is one of
the best bred and most promising young
animals in Cumberland county, and may be
seen at Mr.. Chenely's stable at Woodfords,
Deering She was sired by Robert Nc
Gregor, record 2.171, sire of Bonnie Me-
Gregor, record ZIG, Roxey McGregor, 227i.
and six others with records better than
2.30.
Robert MeGregor is a son of the famous
Rysdyk's Hambetonian. Her first dam is
Sadie Reamer by Joe Downing, sire of Abe
Downing record.2 207, and Dick Jameson,
record 2.244 second dam by Imported
Mokhladi, a thoroughbred. Joe Downing is
by Alexander Edwin Forrest first dam
Lizzie P.epler, dam of Jim Monroe and
Favorite record, 2.3l. Jiai Monroe is the
sire of Monroe Chief, record 2ls4 Kitty
Batter, 2.19 Judge Halves, 2.24l, and four
with records better than $50. Edwin For
rest sired the dams of SO So. record 217t;
Tony Newell, record 219a; Nambrino Dud-
ley, 219a. and other fast ones. This fine
filly was purchased by DIR. Bailey at the
great Woodland & Harbison's combination
sale at Lexington, KY, last October. OF tie
large number of fillies offered for sale this
was one Of the handsomest and best shaped.
Three thousand dollars is the price charged
for Annie McGregor, and she will probably
make great brood mare. If "blood tells"
Miss Leontine, two year old sister of this
FLY, recently sold for $1,000, and other near
relatives have brought high price,
Mr.. John Roberts, proprietor of Pleasant
View stock farm, Saco street, Saccarappa,
is the owner Of some good horses, first
among them being the standard bred stallion
King Redwood He is very handsome seal
brown stall ion, foaled June 26, 1884. He is
a model of beauty, power and endurance and
coming from trotting ancestors he will I'M
doubleday get trottlng stock. he has never
been handled for speed, but shows as fine
trotting gait as any unframed trotting stall
lion of his age. Few stations in the
country can claim richer trotting inherit
ance than King Redwood; the combination
of Hamblet0nian, Mambrin0 Chief, Clay,
Pilot and Morgan strains, which he possess
es, all come through the very best of chan
nels, and cannot fail to tell upon his off,
spring. His trotting action is fully up to his
breeding, and no stallion can claim better
right, by inheritance, to get trotters of re-
markable speed, wonderful endurance and
undying game, than he.
Mr.. Roberts also owns three-year old
mare, dam Electric Patchen, sister Of Jack
Spratt. sire Milliken's Startle This is a
very promising mare. He also owns a year.
ing stallion by the same dam and sire, and
good three-year old bay mare, dam Electric
Patchen; sire King Redwood.
ID. w. True. Esq, of this city is the owner
OF a fine Hamiltonian colt He is six years
old, light bay, with white points He is
one of the proudest and steadiest drivers of
his age in this city. He is cared for and
driven by Mr.. Charles w. Haines, a young
man who has been in Mr. True's employ
for the past eleven years.
OF all the horses that ever started in public
only these have obtained records of 2i5 and
better