Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-01-29
OXFORD HORSE TALK.
Communication ,cr ..i, s..s.%,s. .,. .scss

i NAlueu 90 blkniy W tbeu oNhs'rs tuss
those Who would buy could no, saord TO
on secoun, Of the high price. Nk'd for
them. The writer. in company With .
gentleman Who wanted to buy . good
sir.d and stylish horse With . little
.p,.d. visited . number Of persons own
log such animals 80 we're wanted; but
nearly every man. although complaining
Of hard time. and . scarcity Of money.
seemed to care nothing about selling.
even -hsn offered . price which would
give him liberal prof, on the COS, Of
h. animal: they would sell Il they could
g,, about $50. more than the horse vas
worth.
We hear . great deal said about the
sfes, danger Of . slut in the horse mar
k,t causing low prices, bu, the fact u
plain 10 ell ,hose who are posted, thu,
the supply Of good, speedy ssn,lemen''
driver, ihs. are for s.le. Is no, nearly
equal to the demand; and. moreover. the
demand 10 increasing much faster than
th. supply. Western horses, Canada
horses. and plugs Of sll kinds are lo-
and will be lower II folks persist In
breeding them. We have lately dis.
o,sred number Of hu, quality gentle.
mems drivers that can be bough, for .
fair price. but they are no, plenty.
Those having horss to sell make . great
mistake 10 pretending not TO care any
thing about selling when buyer comes
around. for the buyer Is lees likely TO
-.nt to buy Of them than II they said
they wanted 10 sell.
We think that when one has . nice
horse that Is fully ms,ur,d aud In good
condition. II be Is ever TO be cold. be
should be of,rrd for sale q, once. and
.old 10 the fr,, customer Who wants ,hs,
kind of . horse. and will give . fair
pree that will pay . good prod, on bis
eo.t We have one man in mind Who
profs.e. TO be = man Of sres, 'hre-d.
ns.. and !. very economical. Who owns .
good mare that would sell for about,
$3.50; ,he 10 abou, seven years old aud
there !. but little prospset Of her ever be-
coming worth any more. Yet when
visited recently by . man ,ks, would
give him $3.50. be stated ,ka, be did no,
e.r. to sell. bl, .,ill be would for $500;
and rish, close By there !, large. prom
ping two-ysn old colt for sale for
si25. that would do hi. driving and be
Increasing value ell the ,ims; bat OF
eoar,. . man has rish, to do what be
please, 9TH hi. own.
Mr.. Frank wsusn Of Hartford has .
two. y.sr-old stallion by Geo. Logan. son
of Gen. wiihsrs. that Is reported to be
very speedy. lie !. certainly . good
ro.d,r, good color aud very stylish.
Oh.on jordan Of same town b. .
fOur.ys.r.Old g,ldiDg Ly Baby Dean,
thu, stand. 10 hands. is we'll shaped aud
stylish =, both ends, and can show quite
bgr, Of speed.
T.. NJ. Th.y,r Of South Paris has
recently purchased Of Rob Dean one
half intsr,,, In . ysarlins colt by Baby
Dean, that is tall and ,nsy and very
nice gated. and to = halter Is fast. Ei.
be, also purchased q y,srling Of ID. NJ
Foster Of Canton. that i.a good one.
lie recently cold hi. f.s, bay sslding by
Tom P.,eksn. TO John l.. Horne. 70, the
Boston ms,ke,.
Joseph Tah. Of South Paris ws'
recently offered st2S. for his four'yesr-
old g,lding by Glsnsrm. lie can show
. $50 gel, With two men In sleigh.
Timothy Lun, Of Boekhsld h.. been
offered $500 for hi. ,hree-ysN-old roam
selding by Record. Blackjack. He !.
/. hish.h,.ded and hish-.'spPins colt and
can show better than . tLree-minu'e gait.
The Iri.t brothers Of same place have
speedy gray mare ,hs, is good one.
Randolph Thoms' Of Bsesheld b. .
chestnut g,lding by whslseOne kuoI
that /. an ideal sen,lsmsn'' roadster.
Wilson shaw also drives nice looking
three.yesr-Old 20, by Inca, 'on OF Con-
.,ellstion.
One Of the hsnd.omes, yearlings In
ljoekfsld |. Owned by Cy. spsuldins. and
vas 70, by J. Y. Js~s,i'' Cyril, BY Glen
arm. Cynl can 20 on, and show 40
clip to the read slmo', any day. driven
by Mr. George COyle.
Mr.. Je~.,t has . yeafling by Cyril
ths, /, OF fine ioim aud extra good gait
ed. HIS ,~o-y,n old gelding by Die
t.tor Chief. dam Gip.y. dam Of Cyril. !.
developing into tell and finely formed
col, with . ,ls.hirg gait. Pliny. by
Prescott. Who i. nov |. gsldins. !. re-
m.rksbly hsnd.ome aud good gated,
With gr,a, style. We understand be Is
for sale. A we.nling colt from Gip.y.
go, by him In hs stallion form. n
r.i,ler.
MeKu.ick |. said to have greatly
changed and improved in LOOK. since last
fall. Two parties who have mares IN
fo.l to him have been offered sl0O ior
the colt.
George Record has yesrlipg PAGER 20,
by Records Prescott ST. llion, that s said
TO be able to pace q ,hree.minuis clip.
Ezra Marshall Of Hebron has . mare
by Andy Psteten that some cay can
,how . 40 gait. While Others say che
can no, ,ho~ better thsn three and halt
gait. Nothing can be learned about
horse by hsspay.
Two horse trou have been held on
M.rshsll. pond in HsbrOo, this winter
the winner in each case being II. l..
whi,nsy's chestnut mare, Nellie Casey,
. big ID. hand bsy sslding BY Billy Knox,
son Of wbslebons Knox, Owned by Clin'
Howe Of Oxford, being . elose sseond.
Nellie Casey 10 said to have . record ol
about 2: ~ bu, her name does no, sp'
pear In the lie, Of horses with records OF
2: 80 OF better.
A con Of Joseph Hibbs Of Hebron,
owns . beautiful fve-ysar old mare go'
by Robert. Jr. dam. the dam Of Olivetis
2.27f. by old Brsndywiue.
Ezrs Marshall has . matched pair oI
t~o-y,sr-old coils With good action. ou'
got by Record's son Of Prescott, and ths
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