Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-19

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One OF the most celebrated breeding
farms In Maine is the Mill Brook estao-
lishment of the Eiiiots Brothers, IN
Bowdoin, the stud Of which embraces
over twenty animals
At the head Of the stud Is lneiScafor,
finely made DIP horse, hay, With white
hind patterns and standing over io.J
hands high Without shoes. That he Is
horse of remarkably fine proportions Is
evidenced by the fact that be outscored =
large field Of competitors at the Maine
State Fair in 1889 on his makeup.
He was sired by Beausire. he by Hys-
dyk's Hambletonian. The dam Of Beau
sire was the famous Lady Bach, by Hiram
Drew, a3la, who got Clondmsn. trial
| half to saddle In l OF. He also got other
fast and game trotters- The dam OF
CIoudman was by old Eaton. The grand
dam of Beausire was by Old Eaton, thus
making Lady Bach sister in blood to
Cloudn,an. Old Eaton got Stranger,
$50. shepherd +. Knapp (al-a mile
record in i. Ia, an average Of - !. per
mllel. He also sired the dams Of three
in . 80. Beausire was sold at the Kellogg
sale in 1878 for s5l50. His daughter,
Parhenis, made record OF 30 il last
season. then showed trial in Az. and
WAS sold for private driver, Beauclsre
by Beausire got Bethel. two-year-old
record of !. 40, three-year. old record OF
2sSl-a. aud second in three year-old
colt stakes in a.3. Thus We see Beau
sire with his limited opportunity shows
his ability TO breed on.
| Lady Bach, the dam of Besusire, was
also the dam of Duncan, 81, Echo,
trial, 2.a6; Violet. nial, 2.3, PequaW
ket, , IS. and Gen. Sherman, all of
| which could trot in the twenties Her
son Peauawket. ISL, whose life WAS
short, got Sadie $, 2.2SA; Stella Blake,
ASA: Sweetness, 2264 and others close
to a.30. Pickpoeket 2.32 by Pequawket
is sire Of Mamie W., , 27A, and Pick
pania, . IA, and others with fast records.
The dam of Indicator was very hand
some and speedy bay mare of very pure
trotting action, and had she lived longer
might have made fast mark. She was
sired by Volunteer the liking of game
Sires, !" he by Hambletonian, dam Lady
| Patriot. Volunteer got st. Julien, I'll /,
| and 2? others in $50 He has Is sons
which have sired $50 performers. and
his daughters have produced II with
records in 2.30 or better. lIambletonian,
Mambrino Patchen, and Almont are the
only stations which have As many per-
formers in the second generation Lady
| Patriot also produced Sentinel, = 29i
and two other sires of speed, and her
daughter Heroine Is dam of Shawmut,
III, and Hero of Ihorndale, u speed
producer. The near ancestors of lndi-
Gator that have proved their ability to
transmit speed generation after genera
| lion are Hambletonian, Lady Bach, ' OIL
unteer and lady Patriot. With all these
great speed producers Indicator should
certainly prove great sire; and
he has already demonstrated
that he ia fine roadster.
lie has five foals Of ~. his earliest get,
and three have shown their ability To
trot fast, The other two Though prom
isng have not been handled any.
Sparkle, one of the foals of =. is "a noble
looking chestnut mare standing II 3,
very strong in makeup, and speeds with
big clear gait. She Is entered in the
Maine State Fair Colt Stakes. Partner
is another three-year old bay, stands
l5.2. u handsome and stylish colt and II
model gentlcman's driver. lie can now
speed quite fast.
| May Basket is Il very beautiful chest
nut tilIy and perhaps the fastest of his
three year-olds.
| We saw but few Of the two year-olds.
hut those were strong limhed and good
gated. Among rhe yearlings was u re-
markahly well developed colt owned by
l.. NJ. Haines, West Bowdoin. He is a
dark bay, no white, and stood AL hands
and weighed $40 lbs. the day he was one
year old lie is very strong limbed and
though from a small mare will make a
large horse. Another yearling owned
by Sidney SHELTON is very fine tilly.
| One of the finest twovear olds that !
have ever seen is the stallion Morrill,
Wilkes, lately added to the stud at Mill
Brook. He is rich dapplc seal brow n
with tan TANKS and muzzlc, standing
l5.l lie is very strongly made and has
immense muscular development and
will weigh about 200 pounds at
maturity. He was sired by Mes.
-engcr Wilkes, 2.291: LIST dam by
Winthrop Morrill, (ninc in 2.3O) by
Young Morrill, (sire Of Draco, sire Of
dam Of Dung Rolfe) 2nd dam by Dol.
bicr's Ethan Allen, by Ethan Allen.
, 25t, by Vermont Black Hawk, sire Of
Ind dam of Nelson. This colt is fash
producer of trO-ters. Like Nelson, 2.ll,
he has large percentage Of the blood
of hambletonian, Young Morrill, and
Vermont Black Hawk. He was bred by
Rev. $ I. Record of Bowdoinham, now
| of Bethel.
Among the brood mares at Mill Brook
are Nettie, by Bowers Manbrino Pilot,
bv Pilot, Jr. Dam of Nettic by Tom
Hal, sire of Little Brown jug. 2 u,
Brown Hal, 2.l24. Argyle, 2.IGi and
other fast PAGERS: Ind dam by Grey
Eagle, Thoroughbred
| The mare Rose Morrill, dam Of Morrill,
Wilkes, has been lately added to the lot
| of brood mares and has since dropped y
very fine colt her fifth ut eight years old
and her fourth by Messenger Wilkes
Among some Of the Younger mares
that will probably be bred this season or
next are Evening Star by Glenarm,
= 23i, dam Ncttie, also a illy three
years old hv Nelson. dam Ncttic
These tillies are individually equal to
their high breeding, and unless all signs
fail are sure to make low mark, bar
ring accidents.
There are other colt, and mares de-
serving of special mention, but those
mentioned represent the different strains
on the farm. IL will he noticed that the
two popular brood mare strains, Pilot,
Jr., aud Morgan, are well represented
and We shall look for This farm to have
some speedy representative in the near
future