Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-09-05
Among the aoTsss.

| In making the tour of the horse stall
which occnpy the whole eastern part Of tn
| fair grounds, il 10 noticeable how many I'm
young colts are here, showing plainly that tn
good breeding Of the past few years 10 pro
ducing most exceilsns results. In our notes
however, we c6nfinence with the class o
older stations, which perhaps cannot bette
| be led OF, than with Consteliatioo, the fin,
old horse now Is years old which WAS brough
| to Maine from Kentucky by the late Gen
W. 8. Tilton, now in charge of Mr.. Holly
| Of Monroe. He has been = bigh prize win
ner for many years past at our leading fairs
and has 10 his credit - . sire, Glenarm
223 l-2. Henrietta. (trial 2.27), Illusion,
PAGER. 2 "a l-2, Gipsey. 2.3S l-2, and severa
others in fast time. The well known horss
Lawrence. 2.25 IA, by DIR. Franklin, is en-
tered by 4. J. Lawrence Of Fairfield. C. p
Drake of Lewiston has Glenarm here, the
best of Conste llation's get He 10 now clever
years cid, has . record Of 2 23 l-2 over
mile track. The stallion Ledo is owned BY
C. II. Thurlow, Monroe. l6 years old. with
q record Of 2 40. Ivory Grant. Bucksport
enters the stallion Young Hancock, ,ear'
old, by Hancock: the stallion Black Victor
years old. by the Stevens horse, and also
young pacing stallion by Young Hancock
out Of mare by king of the Turf"
of the class of younger stations the fine
ones are very numerous. The Messrs
Briggs Of Maple Grove stock farm, Auburn
exhibit Messenger Wilkes. Bayard Wilke,
is entered by Mr.. Drake of Lewiston. sire
Geo. Wilkes. which has thirteen in the 22t
list and Fl ifty one in the 2 30 list. Elm brook
II. G. Ellis fine young stallion, is here from
Belfast. He is by Hambletonian Chief. dan
by Gilbert Knox Orville W. WAS bred by
Col. West of Kentucky. was brought I.
Maine by Mr.. Nelson, and is exhibited BY
the Messrs. Whitney of Bangor lie is by
Blackwood and has five in the 2 30 list. T.
}. Murch of Bangor, enters Ned Hsmlin, by
Hamlin's AImont Jr.. 2 26. (tbe sire Of Belle
Hamlin, 12f, winner of the $4,000 stake,
Mt Buffalo, Victor Jr. is entered by G. +
Edwards. Waterville. Hambletonian Knox
2.2s, is owned by + II Greeley, Bar Har
tor; by Giibreth Knox. dam, a HambletOn
ian mare. pacing stallion, Cohammet
2.lS I-2, CONS from Cslais and is owned b,
Geo. Leavitt. Mr.. Leavitt also has here the
young stallion Licuroy, by Lumps, 2.2l, dan
. thoroughbred running mare. ID. A. LARA
bee of Dover. enters Diomed Wilkes. b,
Mambrino Wilkes, by Geo. Wilkes, dam by
Almont Eclipse. The standard bred stallion
David Babcock, 5G42, by Electioneer
is entered by Josiah Colsoa. Prospect
Reuben Role is entered by $. G. Rowe
Ellsworth. W. c. Marshall Belfast. ha,
his trottiug stallion, Haroidson, here. He i,
by Prescott, dam by son Of Black Diamond
Cunard. Jr. 22s IA. by Cunarl, dam By
Hiram Drew, is owned by Maney r. Poolei
Of Skowhesan--a verv handsome, compact
speedy colt DR.. I. =. Tash. of Fairfield
T.. tai Halp
dam by old Gen. Knox. Dorchester. Jr., BY
Dorchester. is entered by O. B. McKechnit
of Dover. Golimont, by Norridgewock, by
Gen Knox. dam a Messenger. is owned by
C. H. Mattocks, Ellsworth. From theiI
stock farm at West Sumner. the Barrett
Brothers have few fine colts, among them
Prince Artemss, the wonderful year-o
Col. West, by Egbert out of Emma, and
Wesiland ? - 4. u four-y year old stallion.
bred by Mr.. Nelson. Boy Harry, by Watch
man, is entered by T. Triple, Hampton
George Sweetser. of Hampden, shows the
Young stallion Waterman. A standard bred
stallion is Hsrtland. by Gideon. bred by Mr.
G. J Shaw, and exhibited by Capt. J. +
Ilawes of North Brook Mambruo
Tuurhstone is entered by +. s. Bishop
Hermon. He is by Mambrino Lance, out OF
mare by Touchstone. Young Harry, by
Harry Lee dam Drew and Morgan, is en-
tered by Lester G. Ward of Newburg Centre
A three-year-old stallion, Edwin c., BY Ledo
| out of mare by Black Sultan, is entered by
c. II. Thurlow, Monroe.
In the classes Of brood mares, with foals
young fillys, geldngs, gents driving horses
and trotting horses in the varisus classe.
there is very large number entered.
There are some noticeable entries in the
the class of heavy draft horses. The Per
cheron stallion BayArd, shown by the State
College, imported from France in 1881, at
tracts great deal of attention. He is II l I
hands and weighs 1860 lbs. The imported
French stallion Gemare, lately brought tt
Maine by Mr.. j. s. Sanborn of Boston,
whose stock farm is st Poland, 10 one Of the
finest horses of his class in the country. He
| is 4 years old, stands 16 hands, and weigh.
1850 lbs. AT the great Chicago horse show
last fall he competed in q field of thirty
in his class and took hrst prize. New Bruins
wick breeders bring up a considerable num-
Der of Clydeslales, aud their contribution
always makes an attractive part of the dis
plsy in the horse department of the Eastern
| Maine fairs. Among these are the stallion
| Lord Clyde, 6 wears old, owned by Bis,
| Anderson, Saekville. N. B., Q high winner
| Mr.. Anderson also shows two colts by Lore
| Clyde, . one year, and two year old. tbs
former weighing 100 lbs. and the lattel
| 1890 lbs. An imported Clyde mare, i'm
ported by the Provincial Government, ant
nov owned by VIM. Turner, Dorchester
N. B. 10 exhibited. She weighs 1850 lbs
A matched pair OF bays 10 shown by Johr
Coffee, Moncton, N. B., which weighs to
gether 2i50 lbs Young Angus Clyd'
Weighing l440 lbs, and standing II hands
| 10 entered by Mr.. Brennan. Fredericton
N B Lord Eilesmere, a Clyde stallion
weighing 1900 lbs got by Barrister, ia, i
sbown by DIR. J. A, Simon Of St. John.
fine Clyde mare, 3 years old. Weighing l45'
lbs is exhibited by Mr. Turner Of Dorehe.
ter. N B. ACiyae stallion years old
weighing 1887 lbs. and standing l5-2 high
is entered by L. G. NJ. johnson, of Presqu
Isle. He was brought from p. Z. Island il
1883 by an agricultural society in Ne'
Brunswick. Mr.. Johnson also shows one o
his colts 3 years old. weighing 1850 lbs. 1
the class Of heavy horses, the exhibition ha
never been excelled.
City Hail.
The display of fruit, cut flowers, pc
plants and bread and cake which fills Cit
| HAL - noA July iafHc Auu htcfesduh W
we'll arranged. The tables are arranged dill
ferentiy from what they we're last yeAl
which makes the display fer more novel an
artistic. The racks Of cut flowers makes
bank against the wall at the rear of sh
stage, while front Of the stage is display q
pot plants. These consist of asaves, b
eonias, lilies, cactuses, tuberoses. coieu
and baskets Of hative Wild flowers, fern
etc. The ave rschs Of cut flowers on Ii
. ssage cempFised . total Of fifteen hunjre
phials, embracing = very 6ne and shov
|, eroupe Of our most beautiful ANIMALS. New
have ve seen on the first Of September .
!, rich shov Of beautifL lsvers in ssch pc
feetisn Of ceiesise. Tbey cenprise sster
phlox, sinnias. pansies, nassurtions. pol
! tpaA ghieaD, peeuuiaa ssseeae.s see
il Sees. ffns, Dia11w p5nba balsan
dahlias, lilies and many oshers. Toe e
hibitors in this elass are Nm. Johas Sayag
Mrs. walter s. Hk1Des. Np- Z. 4. ~
Bangor; Mrs. E. D. Archer, AA6efst !; ~
C. c. Barrett, Brewer; Mr. Chas- Stsnle
, winthrop; Mrs. Augustus Chaplin, Orfineto