Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-01
Fair View Stock Farm.

Ia spite Of the .lmo., impossible COZ.
di,ion Of the road, -s. lately. by special
request. paid = u,i, TO the extensive
breeding establishment, Of BAs'si, Bros,
we,, Sumner. Ne. Thi, farm. consist.
ins Of .boa, three hundred acres Of good
land. /. situated on Svmner Hill. abog!
two mile. from Jackson Village. The
buildings are new and eommodious. the
barn being well fitted on, with box stalls 4.
The breeding Of q high class Of ,ro;ting-
bred horse. i. nes enterprise with the
propristor.. the greater part OF the breed
ing stock having been collected within
the pas, Is mon,h,. For some time the
senior member Of the firm. Mr. j. r.
B,.e,t, Of Portland. has had !, in hi.
mind to purchase and place on the farm
. stallion ,hA, should posses. 10 a high
degree the essential qualities Of choice
breeding, fine size. color snd shape, and
~i,h speed aud staying qu.litie. TO match.
After an extensive search, hi. choice hnsl-
ly rested on the l6.hsnd, bay stallion,
Ar,emus Jr.. th,, nov hefd. the stock q,
Fair View Stock Farm. lie was bred by
William Furbu,h. West Janiu.. Seneca
County, New York, Is plump. 10 hand.
high. weigh. 1875 pounds. and vas foal-
ed April s. 1882. In appearances he Is
typical H,mbletoni.n Of the large type,
and much resembles the picture. Of his
sr.nd.ire. Ry.dyk. H.p5le,onian. Hl'
head and neck are clean And foe for q
horse Of hi. size. aud are well placed on
strong and moderately .loping shoulders,
hi. barrel /. round. hi, loin is broad snd
strong. while hi. hips, like mos, Of TIE
H.mble,oni.n.. are smoothly turned bat
rather straight. with the tail set high up,
but his hip. do not run out peaked. and
mu.k melon shaped as some Of The Ham.
ble,oni.as DO. Hi, legs are broad and
strong, every cord and muscle veil de.
fined. and bis fee, are Of the nigh, siI:
and shape and Of the bes, quality. Thi,
quality Of size and form he inherits from
ancestors on both sides, Who we're uni
formly animals OF fine size aud shape.
He ka. never been handled for speed ye'
di,in,erested horsemen pronounce him ,C
be possessed Of grea, natural speed snt
to be the making Of fas, uo,ier II prop
erly handled. A. bis stock 10 too youn.
to show for itself, the only way to jada'
Of the probability Of his bsss,,ins speed
in hi. offspring /. to study hi, pedigree
and see what the same combination o
blood has produced in other members o
the family to which he belongs.
The sire Of Ar,emus Jr. vi. Ariemu'
son Of Ry'dJks Hsmble,Onisp, a hor''
whose ability to endow his descendant
with 'peed.producing power vi. so muet
greater than that possessed by the found
er Of any other ,rot,ing family {. to sd
mi, Of no comparison. The dam OF Ar
,emus ". Dolly Mills, by Seeley'' Amer
lean Star, sire Of the dams Of Dexter
ALT. Artillery, 2:22i. Dictator. sire 0
Jsy-Eye.See, 2:l0. and OF IS Others II
the 2.3O list. The union of the blood o
Dolly Mills with that Of Rysdyfs Ham
blstOnisn produced, besides Ariemu'
(~ho 10 the sire Of Green Girl. 2:273
the fast and game mare. Orange Girl
2.20, also WAIKIKI Chief, sire Of Die
swivsler. 2:is. Great Eastern, 2:ls, an
s Others in the 80 list, and be also 10 sh