Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-05-08
OXFORD HORSE TALK.
Communications fot this department should
bs addressed 10 A. I. M.Iis. south Paris. Me
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seal brown horse with star and one white
foo, behind lie vi. bred by H. c.
Nelson. wa,erville. Maine. aud Was
sired by Col. West. by Rsber. son Of
Ry.dyk'. H.mble,oaian. The dam OF
Col. IVES, was by M,mbriuo Pa'ehen.
the great sire Of brood mares. Esber,.
sire OF Col. West. IL the sire Of Hgmont.
?;23t. and three Others in $50 or better.
Esbsr,'. dam vas by Messenger Duroc.
sire Of thirteen in the 2;30 list West
lads dam VAS Hnos Girl dam OF Au-
bine. 2;27t.) by General Kaos. The
dam Of Knox 0irl VAS Mr.. Nelson's fam
on. brood mare Greiehen dam Of Mel.
son. 2:26l a. q three year old. and 2;2l I
Z. FIVE year old: also dam Of Susie
Owen. 2:26. by Gideon. wes,land ia
natural tro,,sr with . good way OF going
and Il entered to uo, In both the Ns-
Rnsl.nd and State Of Maine col, stakes
hi. blood line contain. speed producing
strain. from HsmbIetonian. Msmbrino
and one from Names srea, sire. General
Knox and these together with hn in
heri,ed speed en,i,le him TO bes uniform
sire Of ,foi,ers and roads,er.
Sir Janiu.. the third stallion. !, .
.,iikinsly handsome brish, bay colt, With
three white stocking, aud strip Ia the
face. lie stand. fifteen and one.half
hand. and will be over 10. lie was bred
by William Terbg.h Of we., Plains.
New York. and fo.lsd Nay llih, 1856.
he has q bead aud neck equal 10 the
dne., Thoroughbred and !, we'll formed
III over. With good limb, and feet aud !.
..id TO be nice gated. Hi' sire "a.
Middle Hope by Middleton. sire OF Ma-
sic. ?:?li. or.ns, Bat. 2:2lt /, and sew.
en- other, IN $50 or bs,,st Tbs dan Of
Middle Hope ~u by III. Holly. by
Jackson. Flying Cloud. by Vermont
Black Hawk. Dam Of Sir Juniu' was
Kend.. dam Of Ar,emu'. j..
Space will no, permi, a full d,.eriP'
ton Of al the brood msrs. aud colts a.
ihi. farm. and We will no, s,,emp, IL.
ba, will mention few Of them. Fir,
among the brood mares l' kends pre-.
yiou,ly mentioned a. the dam Of Arie.
mus. IT,. and Sir janus This mar. s
large sound and speedy and i' no- ia
fo.l to Sherman, ?;?J!, ,on Of General
wilkes. Shsrm.n's dam by Belmont.
Lillian il q bay mare. sixteen hand.
high. said to be by Happy Medium. sire
Of Ma.sy Cobb. 2;l3t, and thirty 9th.
,r. in $50 or better. Her produce by
Nsl.on. 2:2lt. W. sold les, fall when
four month. old for si, hundred dollars.
Lillian /. now In foal 10 Af,emu'. j..
Ro.e 10 bay mare. sixteen hands high.
. full sister 20 Ar,smu.. j'.. bred TO Nell
.on, bu, We think !, not -ith fosl. Lady
Volunteer. bay mare lji hands high
by Volunteer. dam by Phil. Sheridan.
2.26t. son Of Columbus, i' q fast mare
and should produce |. good col, by Ar,s-
mus, jt. TO whom she has been bred.
Clean. bay mar, by Constellation. dam
Lady Hudson. should make hne brood
mare and has been bred TO Al. Dadlsy.
.on Of Msmbrino Daddy. 2:i9t En-
m. /, . ro.n maze. fifteen aud one.h.li
hand. high. by Lswi.,on Boy and i' in
fo.l 20 Messenger Dismsd There W.
.l.o. mare by General KnoI, t-o
mare. whose pedigree. are being traced.
and two fllie.. three years old this
spring, th., will be bred. one TO M.s.en.
ger Di.msd and one to siArile Handle
toni.n. Another three.year'oli hlly n
Kit Van Cleef by Ariemu', j.. She i' {,
bay stand. fifteen and ,hree-four,hs hands
high and !. handsomely and strongly
made with fne ,ro,,ing action. A two
ysar-old, Belle Van Cleef. /. iull sister 10
Kit. and !. fully her equal In style and
beauty. She stand. up good high, and
,ro,,ed hslf.mile las, fall. in her year.
ling year, in i:iT She will be entered
in the Oxford County Breeders stakes TO
be uo,,ed thi. fall and will doubtless
give . good account OF herself Prince
Aitemu. /. . yeArling. full brother TO
Kit and Belle Van Clsef and Is q gamey
looking col, ior one Of hi. age. He
stands fourteen and three.four,hs hands
hish,i. up.he.ded aud stylish. hs. the be,,
Of limbs and handles them like . ro,,er.
lie will be started in the y.arlins race
,hi. fall IL no accident befsll. him. The
dam Of these three colts was by Fox
Hunter, . horse We DO no, know. The
.irs. color. style aud speed shown by
these three colts speak volumes for the
success. Of their sire /. = stock horse.
Two very promising yearling. We saw in
a box stall. One was . chestnut colt by
Albrino, and one bay flly by Stride
Va, .on Of Ploe,wsy. There were also
several two.ye.r.Old, running in the
yard Of Kuo, blood tha, were good act.
ing colts. In ihi. 10, was q two.yesr.
old flly by Msmbrino Medium tha,
showed q very good way Of going. The
whole number Of animals Of the equine
family q, thi. farm is twenty. nine.-,be
largest number KEEP, on any farm 10 OK.
ford County to our kno~ledse. Ms.r..
B.ue,,s are live men well yer'ed in ped.
igrees and |, is their aim to so conduct
their business by careful breeding and BY
liberal purchase. Of the bes, to make the
quality Of their stock equal to iha.
found on any breeding farm in New
England.
At Buckfeld recently We were shown
the elegant young stallion MeKa,iek
owned by Hon. George ID. Bi.bee. This
colt IL . handsome bay with black points,
star in face and both hind feet white.
| He va. bred by Hon. Robert Burn. OF
E.s,por,. Maine. aud Was foaled July
ilth, 1855. In appearance Meku'ic
approaches - near to the perfect type oil
q geL,lemsn's driving horse s any colt
We ever saw and his action Is such - TO
make 1, pretty certain that be will no, be
found wanting when speed Is called for.
He nov stands fifteen and one.hali
hands high ADD will be fully fifteen and
two.third. when ma,ured He will
weigh from 1850 to 100 pounds. Hi.
head is Of medium size, clean and well
cut up a, the throat. He is vide be.
tween the eyes. With an expression In.
diestivs Of both courage and intelligence.
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