Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-10-09
TRACK AND STABLE oosers.

Horsemsa calls BIN, msds good his owners
asssT'ioE that ne Possessed the tastes. Of
trossiy stsIiisns Wednesday, Sept. "a,
with brisk wind against him, he tied Az
tells rseard, and on Friday, Sept. &c.
tsottei IN 2.ii5, drawing % lbs over
weighs. 0s the sane i.aek Aedssa, owned
| BY Mr.. Esisoa. got record Of 2.2ei and
add one more :, Yeusg Rsife's represent
ss'ios IN tee 2.20 list.
| The schoo.boy Who wrote tbas lbs horse
vas roble aainsal was right. He might
have sdted that the horse kaors his bust
mes. A hogss knoss all about himself.
and if be had sorse Of the faculties shich
men bare, the horie eoaid cars hss e~n
ailments. There are same horses that
never get 81 their fee. Horses hsvs besn
knosn to stasd for moaihs. Sanding
seems TO be the natural attitude OF the
hSrse. lie otfeo sleeps ia thai position. A
horse that Is s!ckiy seldom IL ever lies
down. particularly II bis disease ia ia the
langs. So you see tina. the habits Of the
horse, 10 tome re pects a. least, sfs entirely
diseren. from the habits Of man.
Anothsr splerdi Lcthsir colt has baen
| purehsssd BY Dr.. Pain: Of Boston, from
III Melvin Of Sietson, for the sum Of 1926
making eight purchased By the same gen
tieman. The Lathairs are winning great
| favor and a splerdid reputation as drivirg
h9rses which, when pushed, can show a fine
rate Of speed. Several Of them are owned In
Bangor by gentlemen Who hold the N a.
handsome Bgae.
E.. a. Ingalls,, Boston, sisss., hes pur-
chased from h. r. g. +. II. Briggs, Au-
burn, q promising four monlhs-olj colt by
| Rockefeller, 500 u EIscteneer, dam Sadie
l. foil sister to Nelson, 2 ia. Sadie L.
is al excellent ildiyidnal, with lots Of
spesd, and Ia now Ia foil 20 the Messrs.
Briggs young stallion Warrener. full
brother to Sunol, 2 l0i.
| There were 2si British stations exported
to British North America during the seven
months nded July 81, agains. iis in 1889,
and 1863 to other countries, agairst $40. 1t
would tars appear tina: the falling OF in
the foreign demand is chiefly in that from
South America and Canada. The total
GunbeT Of horses exported was G,9i5,
against 6 ,66i In the corresponding period
of last year, and 5s2 in 1888; the sslre
having been f32S,s3l, compared with
ei2s $50 in 1889 and f4l4 ,G25 in 1888.
The stallion Ail-So, owned by NJ. T.
Pooier, Skowhegan, is now a. Mystic Park.
He made quarter n 834 seconds on Skow-
hogan track recently, making the mile in
222 The track At sko shegan is said to
be hard and slox.
Mr. Geo. NJ. Hatch in tbs Horse Breeder,
axis what hiss become Of cur Maine bred
FLY, Lizzie Mllr. As yearling she
t-otted IN 2 81, and saoaId have been heard
from somee hsrs this season.
The Clicago BorSemqn says: Doubt
iess tue discriminating mind of the Inv
makers Of tbs National ard American
grotiing Association, will take action 80 es
70 protect AID preserve the records that
ta9c tesn made on the regulation tracks of
iher members snd eise the kite-shaped
track such status as it deserves. The truth
Is evident tia: turns, according to their
grading al alb; uptness. arrest speed. This
fact is made quite clear on comparing the
time male on a hslf-miie tack with eight
lures aud the records Of champion PEI
formers on tbs average mile track with It's
four turns; y,t in a. iaisting Nelson's per-
fosmaaoe a. kankakee it should be remem-
hsred that his driver weighs 80 pou1ds or
| thCrcabOuts which is handicap of one
second or uiorr. It is therefore reasonable
20 rrosume that. given good day and track
and : determined driver ike orrin Hiekok.
Nelson ought TO accomplish a mile in 2.ll4
or better at Cleveland
The Mexicsn Government has set On
foot, .hronzh ia consular agerci.9 IN this
| county. ssiiss of Inquiries concerning
torse-b.eeding The points covered in the
ioquiry are. in short, breeding, ,ize ard
utility Of the horses, and the climate, psstur-
age, etc. most favorable to their growth.
4 Mexican market for American horses IS
among the possibilities.
! b. d. Whicomb, president of the New
England Breeders Association, DR.. George
| II BAILEY Of Portland and F. l.. AtTo1d ef
I Sienehsm. Mass judged the entire trot log
/ brel exhibit, stations, brSoi mares and
/ colta. at the great Broekton fair last week.
/ In field of fourteen Of the best bred sal
/ lions 10 New England. Wes'land, owned by
Barrett Brothers Ct West Sumner, IVES a
wsylsd sccord premium. Wes;lapd is GU:
of Aubine dam, second dam the lam of
/ Nelson. AHA,
/ A sAed5w ia cas-. over the sta'oment going
the ruurds Of the press that c. II. Nelson
/ will ,ro. his stallion Nelson over the kite
/ shapel track at TerIe Haute TO break his
record by the fact that there il no kite
I sAsp,l track a. Te.rs Hlu'e. The track
there is oval ard it is the ose upon Which
/ Ax,el broke the snllien record. Nelson
l,as tow4ed this upon the kite track and
/ proposes t, 10 the sama upon IN oval track.
/ iiis friends ia Maine believe he will sue.
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