Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-01
At 1aB PARK.
Yestefdsys Races and Exhibttion Of
Young Stock.

Young Stock
Postponement brought pls assnt weather. |
and solid work. m exceiler; track and as
twelve O'Clock yesterday everything looked
promising for an exhibition of good stock |
aud some good races At the i agusta Driving |
Park DR.. II. T. Johnson, sho managed
the affair. had srared no pains 70 make il |
suecessfui Journal r. porter made a round
Of the stalls and found some excellent oang |
hSfsss IN ezhi' tion.
Mr. r.. W Hanks Of This city was driving |
about neat little colt Of good action and /
excellent proniis. and told the reporter the /
col, vas but four moth. old and had been
taken Up out Of pasture but the day before
She vas a sprishtly, veil built animal and |
Ia. the following excellent backing by way |
Of pedigree She vas sired BY Nelson's
wilkes. he BY Alcyone. Her dam vas Ken
nebec, grand lam BY 3 grandson Of Vernon
Elsrshask and her thiri dam by Holman's
Me..-nger Mr.. Hanks feels justly proud
Of ,i... Young colt and expects considerable
from her IN he way Of speed and is willing
10 sell her for s2O0 il another can be pro-
daced IN New England which can equal her
as she stands. In another stall vas hand
some two year Old mare owned by Winfield
fony. She sired by Iulim can.
horse which irotted veil in thi, city at the
July races Mr.. =. Carrier of HaliowelI
showed two handsome animals, one of them
being ". y Nelson and the other Dictator
Girl. The Nelson colt is 10 months, weighs
$50 lbs and !. beauty every way. Dict4-
tor Girl IL years old, weighs $50 lbs. and
both These colts. as their names would ndi-
cate, are standard bred. Other good horses
sere .hoxn and the exhibit one which
interested and attracted many horsemen.
At 30 the time for calling the races the
number OF people present vas some here near
300 and large majority we're horsemen. A.
J. Libbey, proprietor Of the Pine Tree stock
farm Of Farmingdsle acted acted A. Marshal
and the judges were u. l. Norcros. Of Man.
chester. Fred Bean of Halloweli and Isaac
Thompson Of this city Promptly at the
time appointed the warning claog of the
Judges bell called the horses out for the
first event which was the 2 81 class. The
entries in This class were india. Daisy G.,
Cushnoe, jr. and Doctor y The latter !
horse entered hg Mr.. Fred Tl,on Of this
city did not appear on the track. but the 9TH
ers responded to the judges call. The race
was a good one and bat for the incident
IL -. 81. Ia. kaa |
would haze be.n of considerable value to
the winner In the last heat the two horses
trotting broke when coming down the home
stretch and changed places owing to which
the judges di.ranced both horses and the
money vas divided between them The fol-
lowing IL the summary
2 30 CIA---Purse s25 hest three in Eve,
mile heats.
India. m. LELAND Moore. Card
ner, 81
DAISY g.. eb M, BENJAMIN Gardi-
ber, Augusta, Z2
fashnoc DR., James Mooney,
Whitehead, 3 DR.
Time. 2 5s, 2.57 IL. 2 81, 257.
The second event was the 9 45 class. and
was interesting throughout. The Gardiner
horse, Billy : trotted in excellent shape
aud had the bret heat dea to rights but for
bad break he came under the wire,
sIlo~iog the grs, To pass him and take the
heat. 'ihe other heats were good but the
little black one proved hardly the slayer
necessary aud the gray, which was sired by
J IT, Grants cushnoc. won the race in fine
shape, evidently possessing many of the
qualities for which the sire is noted. The
follo~ing Is the summary
2.45 CIAss Pure $50, best three in five,
mile heats.
Billy 5, hk z Peter Houiehsn.
t.ardiuer, 2
Gray VIC or. $. Geo. Boggs.
Windsor, , |
King Philip, John Curtis. 3 > dr.
rlme, s. 2 SO. 254 H. ? 30
The Free for All. which was for a purse
Of SIS, ~as not trotted AS but two of the
horses entered showed mp The entries were
Geo. H.. b X. owned by Leland Moore, ID. J.
T.rg owned BY Fred Tilton, and Lady
Franklin. owned by A. I. Story The last
two horses were on the grounds and anxious
10 ,rut but the third was absent.
The races were good and were appreciated
hy the crowd present which should have bee n
mach larger ~ he lay and track were per-
feet. The affair Was not financial success