The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-07-12
ITEMS FOR HorssEmeN.
A Largo sum Offered for AxteII, tn,
Three Year Old Re cord Breaker.

| A three-year-old has now better record
than any trotting four-year-old. Manzanita
heads the list OF four-yeHr-olds with mark
of ZIG. The fastest five-.gear-old recorded is
2.lo4 and belongs to Jay-lsye-See; the fastest
five-year-old stallion mark is 214t and is
held by Patron.
Th0 sensational harness performance of
Tue year, and one OF the most notable in the
history of the trotter, was achieved July I'd
| at Minneapolis. 1t was no less an event
than breaking of the worlds three-year-
old record by the stallion Axtell, son of
J William l.. and Lon, by Mambrino Boy, son
OF Mambrino Patchen. After warming nm
tor mile and half the young stallion got
the word. The first quarter was made in
33d seconds, the half in T06a was made in
$50 seconds, the half in 1O6f. the three
quartz rs In lao, and the mile in 215b, lower
ing the record of Sable Wilkes 81 seconds.
This was trotted in the face of strong
wind and Heavy atmosphere. The next day
after the pc rformance Robert Bonner offer
cd $65 900 for Axtell. His offer was refused.
1t is significant fact that the worlds best
previous three-y.ear-old record was held by
member Of the same trotting family and by
sire of Axtell, is a son of George Wilkes out
of Lady Bunker by Mambrino Patchen, and
is an own brother to the California celebrity
Guy Wilkes, Abb. Guy Wilkes is the sire
ted in 215l last Tuesday Sable Wilkes held
the three-year-old record of the world; he
still has the four-yesr-old stallion record to
his credit Axtell is expected TO start in the
National Stallion Stakes next September.
The following are the lhree-year-old
record-breakers during the past twenty
years.
Blackwood. blk. Ii. by Alexander's Norman dam
by Mambrino Chief. Lexington, Ky- Oct. 2,lS69.
Lady Stout, CHI. m by Mambrino Patchen-
Puss frall: BY Mark Time Lexington. Ky, Oct.
Elaine, br. M. by Messenger Duroc-Green
s MS%assin 1s Mad sy Harry Clay Hartford Conn.,
oe lteinway br' f. bv strathmore-Abbees by AL.
bion. Lexington, KY. Aug. 2S, 1879; 2.s5A.
Jewetr blk. e., by Allie West-Heeland- Toe
Fanny; By John Innis. Lexington KY Oct. 10,
pm Thopsqn gr gby Red M " issS dam BY
Bells, by The Moor. Hartford Conn, oct. 3,
Hinda Rose. Dr. m. Lexington. Ky, Oct. 10,
Patron, br. h.. by Pancoast--Beatrlce, by Guy
IS Sable wilkes, blk h. by Guy Wiikes-sable by
The Moor San francisco, Cal, Oct 3D. 1887,
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Bow minneapolis, MINI, July =, 1889, 2.i61a.
HORSES FOR MR. BLAINE.
Secretly Blaine on Monday purchased
from Mr. Ma, tin Cone, the well-known livery
Stable keener a. Calais, a pair of dark bay
b"rses with h,ack noint,, which he will use
at lar Harhor and n, 'obably take to Wash
ington this fall.
A traveller in New Englan. saw Win, me ioi-
lowing sign on board that was haiieo 20
fence near a village: Horses TAN ant y
grass. Long tails. $3.50; short tails, OIL.
The traveller halted and asked the owner ~
the land why there was such difference in
the price OF board for horses. well, you
see." said the man, "the long tails can brush
away the flies, but the short ones are so
tormented by them they can hardly eat at
ALL" Mirror and Farmer.