The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-03-13
ITEMS FOR HORSE MEN.

T. II. Nye & Son of Brewer, have a good
colt that was foaled May 81, 1888. The colt
is by Aral, 225a dam Dirigo Maid, the fast
pacing mare which they sold to Massachu-
sets parties. Dirigo Maid enjoys the dis
tinction of being the first mare in the history
of trotting or pacing to foal colt and enter
the 80 list the same season, the colt being
only four months and three weeks old at the
time. The record was made over Mystic
in the ninth heat of the race.
Among the richly made colts maturing on
the Kennebec, those of the Hambetonian
stallion Broadway, call for a hearty COM
mendation. They are grand lot taken as
whole, and Mr.. Gerald, in bringing this
horse to Maine, has added much to the char
acter of the colts in Fairfield and vicinity
They are of large size. with good limbs
strongly coupled. and trotting action that
pleases all who see them.-[[Main Farmer.
The following interesting bit of informa-
ton concerning the trotter Lancet and his
dam comes from the well known horseman,
Mr.. K. l.. Norcross of Manchester, Me-. who
writes that "The ownership of Old Squaw
was tested in the court at Sherbrook, Cana
day East, and it was decided that she be-
longed to Williams. She was hidden away
from him until the second foal, a FLY, was
two wears old, and when Williams got pos
session many believed that the filly had been
exchanged. The one that Williams got had
no speed, but there was a black filly which
went to Boston that could trot well. Mr..
Winn told me about his journey to Hills
home, and the hiding of Wooley's mare
Now will tell you something else that
may not have appeared in print. When
Lancet was two years old Mr.. Winn took
him away to pasture. When he sent him
away he had him ridden by a boy and he
showed speed: In the fall a. man drove up
my, field, and want you to come and get him
and pay damages Winn went and got the
colt up, had shoes put on him, and put the
boy on his back to show his gait, tut the
colt had lost all speed. and Winn said he
would never let another colt go to pasture.
In four or five days Mr.. Baxter drove up to
Winn's and said, 'Winn, you have got my
colt Winn was glad to give up the colt
with new shoes on, and treated all around.
In fact for years after, when the story was
told, Uncle Tim would always set them
up 1.-THE American Cultivator.
Our Camden correspondent writes the fol-
lowing interesting letter concerning the fast
ones in his vicinity:
III. M. Bean, ESQ.,, has added this week
another fast one to his already famous stud
of horses. A five-year-old Judge Advocate
colt, chestnut, stud, Is hands three inches
high. and weighs 1000 pounds. The price
paid was close up to $1,000. Horace J. Tib-
belts. Esq.,, who lives just out of the pretty
village of Rcckport "a retired gentleman) has
several good ones. The famous. pacing stall
lion Joe Horne, with record of 2 235, is a
beauty. Mr.. Tibbetts just bought him and
It lessened his bank account $500 He sold
in February to Boston parties Coleman,
record 2:29a, by Tom Hall. sire of Little
Brown jug, 2l13. He also sold in February
to Western gentlemen the chestnut gelding
Sir William Allison, one of the finest road
sters ever owned in Knox county. Since
1875 Mr.. Tibbetts has sold 70 fast ones, some
of them having records inside the charmed
circle, 2.20. He has IA fine stable fitted with
office, box stalls, running water, ETC., etc.
W. o. Corthell of Rockport, has sorrel
gelding Dan, 16 hands high, weight 1850, by
Joe Irving, he by Whitcomb Fearnaught, he
by Old Fearnaught. Dam by General Nc
Clelan.
S. ID. Carleton. Esq, firm of Carleton, Nor
wood & Co., has fine four-year-old mare by
son of Saggust's Abdallah. Dam Fear
naught, beauty.