Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-06-15

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I horses and beat them, all but one In her
( laat race AZ Mystic she made her last quarter
I in 81 "a - gait Diana las already been
entsfe1i q; Mystic. Lewiston and Bangor for
the fall races. Another, handsome Sly at
Mr.. Conaors is Juno. 2 years old, full
sister to Diana. juno stands Is hands,
xsighs Sz5 lbs, 10 q dark chest
nut and almost f2altlsss in makeup
She can rot 10 so. and is to be bred to Mr..
Nelson's Wilkes. Another three-yezr-old is
Dido, by Harbinser; dam BY Won Moitke.
"a dam by Gen. Wirhers, which has since
been bred to Pickering. One of the mosi
promising Young stations We found on ou-
entire visit vas next led out. This VA
Harry c., fo1r-year-oid stallion by Har
binger; dam by Black Sultan, BY Gen
Knox. The year old horse colt, Conner,
was next shown. He i. by Harbinger, out
Of the dam Of Diana, stands 1913 l-2-
weighs no lbs, and is in the Maine
STATE and New England Breeders stakes.
He is beauty all over; as is
AArV W ChA"h iiHNSF oNt Va
Harbinger mare. This one weighs 800 lbs,
and stand. about IA hands. The FairbaLks
mare, dam Of Diana. now owned By Mr..
Common recently dropped horse colt BY
which measured ~ inches tho
ia, he was foaled and i. As clean shaped and
handsome as thoroughbred Mr.. CoBnor
has many more good horses At his stables
which We had no opportunity of seeing a.
We found our time narrowing down and
there were many places yet to visit
From the list given above it
will be seen to what a large e1-
tent Mr.. ConnOr is breeding to Harbinger
which is good evinence of the value of this
horse as sire simply because Mr.. Conner
has made a study of breeding, is building W
breeding in those lines which he believes
will give the best results. 1t is easy to see
TO what an extent his faith is chained to the
little Almont stallion.
Ride with Charley Dustin.
little dash with that vel known whip"
jolly Charley Dustin, brother of the equally
celebrated trainers James and George, wa
the next move in our half days outing and
one We had not expected. The unexpected
always happens sooner or later. So to his
surprise the Journal man was humping over
the road at gait something inside OF
three minutes, h lding on to one end of
paper collar streaming in the wind and cinging
with both feet to the foot-iron of the dasher.
For Charley was drawing reins over tina,
smashing old trotter Sir William Wallace,
owned by Hon. A. Linn of Hartland, 100
horse, tall, large and rangey, with a ire
mendous sweep of gait and spread of entire
length, who is expected TO go in 30 this fall
Like the wind" is no comparison to the way
went for about half a mile Our great
comfort during this ride la the sight of
big hill way ahead of us, and we thought if
Sir william would only lessen down his
speed by the time he reached The foot of it,
we would go in for his pardon if ever con-
demned to be hung and qusrtered as his old
Scot namesake was, six hundred years ago.
All, Charley" we said, as Sir William in
stantly slowed down at the word. We
never want to go like that agan-at least on
so rough road But tha.'s nothing to you
probably"
NO, answered Charley .th- boy has Mt
been doing much lately and is full of the
devil. | thought Ia let him have some OF it
out. Sober him down by t,ll guess"
You've driven many good ones l sup
pose, asked the Journal man.
Yes I've put three inside the thirty cir
Gle and that amt bad for one l..tle fellow -
What were they
well, put in Surprise, Aroostook Boy
and Plumed Knight. Surprise is by Gray
Dan, by Gideon AMI gave him 28t at
FautielA in 1889. in race which it took
five heats to decide one of them dead one
Next at the State Fair at Lewiston in 1888
drove Aro0stook Boy to the 2.3l dot This
gamey little horse is now owned in
Pressure Isle, The next year | gave Plumed
Knight > 3l4 at Skowhegan. No, he is not
owned in Maine now; owned by somebody
in Lynn, Mass, | believe. What This one
am driving? Well, he is by Constellation,
has a record of %, and is . years old. He
must reach 81 this fall, sure"