The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-04-05
ITEMS FOR noRsEMEN.

A horse may be bred in the best produc-
Ing lines, he may be good individual. aud
yet not be a success In the stud. Look at
Peacemaker. Here is horse that was sired
by the founder Of the greatest trotting fam
lily In the world. his dam was granddaugh-
ter OF Neayes's Cassius NJ Clay, and at the
age Of % years has. stud record that
amounts to little more than a failure, and
the other day at auction passed under the
hammer for the paltry sum of S165. There
Is good deal of lottery after all in breeding
for trotters.-TMirrora and Farmer.
Our Gray correspondent, who knows
good horse when he secs ID, refers below 10
some OF the well bred animals Of that town
THE proprietor Of the Parker House, Mr..
G. 5. Palmer, has two finely bred horses.
They are Glenwood, dark chestnut stallion,
1862 hands high, weight 1928, four years old.
He was bred at WOODBURY. farm Kentucky.
Sire Woodlawn. by Hero Of Thorndale. The
dam Of Woodlawn was the famous mare
Waterwitch by Pilot Jr. Mayday. owned
by Mr.. Parker, Is light chestnut mare,
three years old, weight $50. Sire Black Pr
lot, by Roscoe, by Pilot Jr; Dam by Bush
Messenger, by Winthrop Maid. This mare
when yearling took first prize at the State
Fair.
James Z. Leighton is the owner Of three
finely bred stations. They are Kentucky
Knox, dark bay stallion that stands 1871
hands, weighs 1000 pounds and Is eight years
old. Sire General Lightfoot, by General
Knox. Dam a thoroughbred Kentucky
mare, Brighton Girl; Harry Glsnarm, dark
bay bay stallion black points, 16 hands, weight
Girl, very stylish horse; Lee Emperor, a
chestnut stallion, three years old, standard
bred ard Daisy Knox, a bay mare with
black points, star in forehead. yearling.
Augustus Lowe Of Gray, owns five prom
ising mares. They are Daisy -, dark bay,
black points, Is hands high, weighs 925
pounds and Is four years old. Sire Kentucky
Knox Knox. Dam By Phil Sheridan; Flora e.; "a
pounds and Is. four years old. Sire Ken
lucky Knox, dam Morgan M.re; Mildred
@, bay, black points, Is hands, weighs
$50 and Is three years old. Sire Kentucky
light chestnut, 14-2 hands high and weighs
$50. She is three years old. Sire Kentucky
Knox, dam by Governor Morrill,; Mayday, q
black, IA hands high and weighs $50. She
Is two years old. Sire Kentucky Knox, dam
by Phil Sheridan.
Elmer Osgood own a fine black gelding
PAGER that stands 1913 hands and weighs
$50. three years old. Sire Tomar Boone, by
Daniel Boone. Will show better than a 40
clip. Mr.. Osgood also owns Bessie Wilkes,
a dark bay mare, 153 hands. seven months
old. Sire Charles Wilkes, dam by Tom
Patchen.
DIR. Z. A. McCollster Is the owner OF a
promising FLY called Lena Glenarm. She
Is light bay, 13A hands high and nine
months old. Sire Harry Glenarm. dam a
Morgan Mare.
James L. Hancock Is the owner Of the fine
mare Bessie Redwood, bay that stands 1871
hands high, and weighs 1000 pounds. She Is
four years old.
The two-year-old bay stallion by General
Weaver Is owned by Augustus Huston Of
| this place.
Messrs. McCollister and Thayer own a fine
| ly bred stallion, color black, 1853 hands, two
| years old, weight 1000. Sire Mambrino Me-
dium, by Happy Medium. Dam by Tom
Patchen.
Mr.. Charles Clark Of this place, owns a
grey FLY that stands 141 hands, weighs 800
| pounds and Is two years old. Sire Sagada-
hoe, dam Brandy.
Mr.. +. w. Hill has dark bay PAGER, very
stylish and will show As clip. When u
| comes to good horses Gray wont be last.