Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-07-31
NUMBER 81.
OXFORD HORSE TALK.
Communications for this department should
Be addressed 90 A. T. MANN. south Paris, Ne

The annual col, .,skes Of the OIford
County Breeders Association will be tio,.
ted on the Fair grounds between South
Paris and Norway on Tuesday and
"Wednesday. Aug. 2l't ard 22nd. 1858
The races for colts Including the yearling.
two. yesr.oll aud fouI.year.old. have ell
filed with . good lot Of entries. the
names Of which we hope TO be able TO
give nett week. There will also be
number Of ho =. rse-d In the 2:5O and
$40 classes. aud probably also In the
free for al special feature will be the
exhibition Of foe horses In the forenoon
Of each day. All stallion owner. and
those having speedy and promising young
stock. will ind here an sneellen, oppor-
tuniiy TO let the public know What they
have, ss II will be brought before the
Judge. stand, from which the name.
pedigree and ownership Of each animal
will be given.
I, .om,imes hsppes. ,ha, Of two ',al.
lions Of equal age, ons we'll bred in uo,.
ting line. aud the other possessing only
one OF two remote strains of fast blood,
,ha, the poore., bred one will have as
many colt. ,ha, show signs Of speed OF
,wo,,hr,e or for- year. Of age, as the we'll
bred one. Perhaps even some Of hi. colt.
win "a e. from the we'll bred ones
md 90 m.ny are led 10 believe that q
tallion Of ornin.ry breeding. OF one hav-
ing bu, small amount Of ,ro,ting blood
an bis pedigree. Is jus, /. hSsly TO gs,
uo,iers =. one bred in the tastes, trot,ing
lines. bat those veil posted Ia the
breeding of al the gre., tro,isr Of the
pas, AnI prtien, ate no, caught that way,
bu, are content 10 wait until the get Of
each .llion have bad few years train
ing. when /, will be found ,h., those Of
the well bred ones ,hA, have any speed
will continue 10 train on for years. and II
any of tko'e ever ge, able TO bea, $50.
aud ate entered TO uo, for biz purses.
they are able to .tsy and ash, ou, race
Of broken heats. and ge, large share Of
the pnr,e.
when the g,, Of the other horse. that
h.. 90 reckon ~.y back for four genera.
tioEs 10 strike strain Of uo,tihg blood.
&c, 10 be FIVE OF sir year. old. they are
found 20 have reached the limit Of their
speed. and those that showed such al
open g.i, and 90 much speed when three
ye.r. old are ba, little faster now then
they ~ers thea. And II. perchsnee, one
Of them should g,, 10 be fast enough 20
iro, a Trial in $50 OF better. when pa,
'l,o race where be meets bis equals in
speed bu, bis superior. in breeding. be
lets up alter the first heat. aud never
amounts 10 much =. . race horse 70 20
down the grand eircui, With.
The winner. In the 2:?0 class through
the grand eireui, are all found TO be + js-
.ss.sd Of . grand pedigree. Makes note
Of this. you ,ha, blow about pedigree.
Five horse. 30 far ihi, season have
entered the ?:2O lis, and all are we'll bred
The Spin, of the Tim q 'Pe.s' as follows
concerning them;
A aeore Of more ,ro,,er. have made
technical records Of $50 or better for
the frs, time ,hi. year. A, the present
rate the nsw addition. will 100, up over
500 At the close Of the season. The
creates, intere., il. however. eeniered In
the 2.2O l',,. which /. plant Of slower
growth. Thu. far IL ha. had but five
sece,sion., the chestnut mare. Little
Nell, the bay gslding Rare Ripe. the
Chestnut mare flo..ie g., tbs bay stall
lion Psnnsn, and the bay mare V.lkyr.
Little Nell u.1e her dsbu, in the ?:2O
list q, the rtcen, Charter Oak Meeting.
uo,iing the second hs., in the 2:22 elias.
in 2:l9l. From there on she came back
in speed. and va. dis,sneed in the sixth
heat. Little Nell va. sired by Jfaerson
Prince. full brother to Gen. Benton.
sire ofs,llis Ben,on. 2:l7l. dam said to
be by Hugo. sire Of Ry,dyE' Handle
toniAn. Her previou. record VA. ?:2lt.
made =, Rochester. y. Y, during the
Grand Circuit i,ee'ing Of 1887.
Rare Ripe vas .ired by Aatocra,. son
Of old Hamble,oni.n. dam said 10 be by
Volunteer. During the recent Elmira,
~. ~ Meeting he uo,,ed q match
race against the black stallion Atlantic.
and was dis,aneed in the first heat, in
2;?lt. The two met again at Blne.
hampton. June 81. in the free.for.sll,
where Rare Ripe gsllsntly redeemed
himself by iro,,ing three ,,esdy winning
heat. in 2:23i. 2:i9t. 2:22. 1t ".
grea, Performance on hAlf.mile track,
beating the previous best time q, Blng.
hampton by four and half seconds.
Flo..ie q. WAS sired by An,ar. con OF
Almon,, dam by thoroughbred iceberg
. ID dam Msrspps, said TO be Of Vermont
Black Hawk descent. Her previou.
be., record Of ?:??l ". made 10 June.
1857, at Jsnesville. Wisconsin. During
. r,een, meeting in the same place she
ro,ied in . winning race in 2;lst.
Since then she lowered the mark q quar-
ter second =, the Twin City Meeting.
Pensnt was 20, by Abe Downing.
2:2O2. dam Louis. Duval. by Harold
% dam by Duvsr. Msmbrino. Ills
be., 1887 record. 2:?33, was made =,
Hsmline. MINI. a, the June Meeting,
which vas lowered to 2:los. June 18Th
last. al Jsnesville. in = winning race.
v.lkyr i.s daughter Of Volunteer
Star. son Of Volunteer. dam Susie. by
Corbeau. Her best record to the James.
Vile meeting va. 2:2it made a, H.mP-
don Park. September, 1857. A, James
vile she lowered IL to 2:l9t 10 the .sme
race with Pennsn,. Since then she re-
duesd !, to 2:lst a, the Twin City Meet.