The Portland daily press., 1888-12-08
There are now twenty-one trotters that
have made records Of 2.15 or better, as fol-

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naturally suggests the question as to what
Maine has contributed this year to the
charmed circle. Out Of almost six hundred
additions to the 230 class, Maine is credited
With but nine trotters and two PAGERS. The
reasons for this are that horse trotting does
not receive the attention here as elsewhere,
the purses offered are not as large, and we
have no mile tracks. Many of our most
promising colts are sold to parties who ma
ture them for their own driving. The quail
ty Of our horses is everywhere recognized
and the development Of extreme speed has
not been considered necessary in order to
establish their merit. Nevertheless the drift
is in that direction, and another year will
witness very large increase In the number
In this class. while some will drop below the
twenties. The list for the year is as follows
Maud R.; by Cunard, 2:27, at Fairfield.
Kate, by Morrill, brew, ASA, at Bangor.
messenger Wilkes, by Red Wilkes. 2.29sk, at
Lothair, Jr., by Lothian, $50. at Beacon.
Gen. Stark. BY Shsrrod, 1855 at Beacon.
Mollie Mitchell by Kennebec.
y; n; ", by Carenaught, 2.231s.
And two PAGERS:
Garrymede, 2.2914, at Bangor.
Dirigo Maid, 2.26. at Saugus.
Thus, against fourteen trotters and three
PAGERS in 1887, we have this year but nine
rotters and two PAGERS. If this told the
whole story 1t would not be satisfactory, but
with this should go the fact that our tracks
have been in bad shape all the time since the
middle OF September, with but few opportu-
mites for extreme speed, and the season
necessarily short, as but one or two races
were held until August. When these things
are taken into the account, we understand
why the number Is not larger. Meanwhile a
most has been gathering inside of 2.35, ready
Tor the favorable gale to send them into the
circle. so that on the whole the results are
lar from being unsatisfactory. Maine tracks
nave witnessed more heats In the twenties
than ever before. and the fact is now pretty
well established that in every series of races
one at least will be trOtted inside of 25, and
that, too, on our half-mile tracks.-[Maine
Farmer.
The injury to Jay Eye See may cause his
death. He stepped on piece Of glass in his
pasture at Racine, and the main artery in
his left fore foot was severed. He was near
iy dead from loss Of blood when discovered.
Ex-Mayor Day, of Lewiston, Me-. is the
owner OF flly foaled May 7th last, that
stands l4.l, and weighs 100 pounds.
The famous trotler Darby, 2.164, which
solo less than ten years ago for $4,000
brought $327.50 at auction in New York last
week. The same day the old-time trotter
Honest Harry, 2.22a, went for $195.
Fortunate indeed would be the American
plunger, says the Horseman, who possessed
Lord Randolph Churchill's marvellous knack
OF dreaming winners. A few DAYS prior TO
the running of the Cambridgeshire his lord
ship dreamed that No. % on the card
would furnish the winner. No. % was
Heracity. Lord Randolph laid s5OO on
Neraclty at 20 to Land waited Developments
Veracity won, and the dream-fnspired
hacker was enriched just $4,000 by the
victory.
In q race between zebra and an ostrich
held In Zanzibar recently the prize was given
hundred yards ahead. The zebra's jockey
claimed that his rival won on fowl, and the
Judge sustained him.
The sire of the sensational White Stock
lngs, ZIG, is said to have been discovered at
last: He Is Governor Goldman, by Codman's
Abdallah, yr, son OF .Alexander's Abdallah.
Inc dam OF White Stockings Is mare of un-
known breeding, that could move very fast.
]. b. Higgins stable of runners won Sl25.-
666 In 1888, which is the largest amount
captured by any one stable during the
season. BE campaigned forty-five horses
and they started in three hundred and
twenty-six races