Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-08-27

and we are not sure, indeed, that she i;
now owned in this State. Knox Girl wai
bred by A. X. Jones of Vassalboro. anG
was last owned, to our knowledge, by Mr.
Nelson. She was foaled in 1871. is by
old Gen. Knox, dam, Mr.. Nelson's splen-
did mare, Gretchen by Gideon. She is
entered in the 2.45 class.
The date of the autumn meet of the
> York County Horse Breeders Association
has been fixed for September 1920. En-
tries for the races close September lst.
At the Presque Isle park last week, the
Free-for all was won easily by Mr.. Tay
lor's horse Bloodnont in 2.33. Bloodmoni
is by Olympus, by Almont; dam, Kitty
Logan by Jules Jurgenson, by Gen. Knox
Bloodmont is entered in the 2.30 race al
the Eastern Maine Fair at Bangor thii
week.
Mr.. Todd's little stallion Lumps is said
to haYe trctted half in l.07 lately; and
he is expected to do much better than that
At the Oxford county races at So. Paris
Aug. %, the 2.40 class was won by Mr..
r. G. Knights Mamie W., in two straight
heats, in which there were six to start,
but all were distanced. Time 2.36; 2.211
The three year old class was won by
Westland, owned by j. F. Bennett, Port
land, time 2.4S, $50, 2.4s. The yearling
half mile was won by Prince Artemus, in
las, I.4S, I.4S4. Westland is by Col.
West. Prince ARENAS, is by ARENAS,
Jr., and is owned by Barrett Bros, West
Sumner.
Mr.. A. L. Packard of Boston was in
Franklin county last week, and shipped
with him on his return several good
horses purchased in and about Farming
ton. Among these were handsome
mare purchased of S. G. Craig for $3.50 !;
a gray mare bought of Sumner Thompson,
for which Mr.. P, paid S225, and sorrel
mare purchased of J. Jordan for $3.50.
1.-THE races at Augusta last week were
well attended and the contests were sharp
and exciting but for some reason the man
agement failed to give satisfaction. The
taking away of Jack Spratt's hard earned
second money was arbitrary and unjust after
what had been allowed to transpire. =
Fairfield Journal.
We cannot understand what Bro. Mayo
refers to in his "what had been allowed
to transpre.'' Perhaps he will be more
plain if he means to be fair. The taking
away of Jack Spratt's "hard earned
second money, instead of being arbitrary
and unjust was strictly in accord with
National rules, by which the races were
trotted and the judges governed. Ifyou
are going by them, why then go by them.
Mr.. Woodbury., the driver of Jack, did
not conform to Rule 20, which is that any
driver not bringing in his required weight
at the close of each heat, "shall be dis
tanced." Mr.. Woodbury. dismounted,
and probably not having his wits about
him, as the saying is, allowed his sulky
and weight to go to the stable or at least
to 90 down the track toward the stable.
did, and the weigher and one of the
| Directors of the Association are wit
nesses. Indeed Mr.. w. himself in
presence of the judges said his sulky and
weight went towards the stable at the
close of the last heat. Where the in
justice? Moreover, while the error
cost Ira $l25, it might have oc-
cured where it would have cost
him $1,000. Now he will not be likely to
make the same mistake again. But had
it been the other way. would not Mr..
Woodbury. haye demanded the enforce
ment of Rule 20f He probably would or
he is not like most horsemen.
The Mystic Park running races take
place September 1913, the rules of the
| American Jockey Club to govern.
Topsham Boy, the Maine bred stallion,
by Sagadahoc, is now in training by
Charley Yapp at Beacon Park, and he ex
poets to give him a mark below 80 this
| fall
One of the latest phenomenal colts just
heard from in Kentucky, is filly that will
not be two years old till this fall, which
has recently paced half in liz and can
show a 2.30 gait She is by Red Wilkes,
dam the dam of Ellerslie Wilkes, and has
hardly vet been broken to harness. Her
owners expect great things of her.
The late trot in this city between Jack
contest over the State Fair course at Lew
| iston on June %, last. In that race four
heats were trotted, Jack being the winner,
with Aubne second and Glenarm third.
Time 2.2s /; 2.3l; 2.3l; 2.32t As in the
race here, so there, Star Gazer was one
of the distanced horses.
| The fastest two-year-Old time made in
Maine east of Bangor was recorded at the
Pressure Isle races last week, when Belle
mont by Bloodmont trotted in 3.04.
1t required six heats to decide the 227
race at Buffalo, n. Y, last werk. The
first heat was won by Protection in 2.2l !.
Mr.. Hamln's horses in the late Buffalo,
n. Y. races did not meet the expectations
of their owner. His famous mare Belle
Hamlin, was beaten in a race the fastest
heat of which was 2.17 /.
The Blethen mare, owned by +. I. Mon
roe of Dover, was lately driven by her
owner mile in 2.36i. Mr.. NJ. also gave
his stallion Fred Lothian a half in LA,
the same day.
A Maine bred mare Is now in training
at Mystic and is showing rare improve
ment This is the three year-old colt
Laura Gideon, by Gideon, dam by Dan
Vile Boy, by young Morrill,. She was
bred by Mr.. Shaw of IIartland, and has
lately trotted her quarter in 40 seconds.
We have been asked to give Nelson 5
best time in quarters, halves and mile
but are not able to do so as his record has
not been kept by fractions of miles. His
three wear old record was 2.26 "a, the
fastest mile ever made by a three year
old over half mile track, and the fastest
at the date made, Sept. 1857 for his
, age by any horse outside of Kentucky and
| California His five wear old record was