Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-11-03
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soil to @ orse C, SIX lion. of Bedford.
M.s.. 4 foar-aoash.-oii FLY for $50.
This COLI i, by the Frenea eesea sallsn
GemAre-
oae of tie NJ Are horses whose sssrins
has b.en sisen = boom by Nelson's per-
fo. marce. is Rolfe n. Nri.sns flu l brother
and /, full brother. a~n,d ov A T Nesl
OF Lexissor. Rs'fr n Is now * years
Old a-d In s,l saaij con ion fer a lop-
nens. He 10 strong and sp,i ell, itsaes
sixteen IA Ids hieh AID j. 3 cel ho s..
M. L ~ N-'sos is ssxiaus - have BIN
and says be can p sly put him into tie so
Isl TIE Il s. sess;n-
A irotttr2 puk wss surveyed Oct q
in Mil, ard i, noS ss;d To BE- a sure thing
The morey is raised and sn arrangements
made The ne~ park II built as consrm-
plated will be appreciated by the hos men
Of that tosn ard vicinity SIS they vii be
e1s bel to exercise thsir sseed' en- a COED
tack which will be eensebiert'y located.
The Eas.port Sentinel says; ''Shsll
be shaped or old-fssh;onei circular
track tia, Eas,port will haves" That We
must have tsottirg park sppears TO De
sevi.atla, 70, with so much Iroitng stock
owned here there must be chan e pro-
vided to show VIII CHI i. ths bert horse. The
latest ACC ai.i!i,n i, The horse knswn as
Billy Patcaen," purchased last week BY
Dr.. Jonah.
A group of Auburn hoYsemen were dis
cussing the probable record Of Nelson had
he been taken out West, kept in one place
ard fitted the way Maud s. was when she
b at the worlds record The estimate
varied to be sure, but The highest was only
2 % and the loves, 2.01.
The trot;ing match between the horses
Kneebuckle aud Rsttler, the former owned
BY G. W. Ross of Vsnceboro, aud the lat
TER BY W. L. Eaton of Cslsis, thst has
been looked forvard so with considerable
Interest by people in Calais aud ST. Stephen,
came off at the st Stephen driving park
last Saturday. The roam stallion Rather
Won, and tn best time made was 2 80, Ii
is said there was a large number present
sud considerable excite Bent and good
d al of money changed hands - Eastport
Sentinel.
There was quite little get up in Strong
Wednesday. Something rev in the shspe
of horse trot. The best two out Of three
a Stances l-3 of a battle-ground measured
from near the BENZ Delsno house to the
Tay lor Hill road in frost Of Dageeit Bros.
store. Premiums, twen., one bushels of
oats. Competi ors, Will Staples horse,
Belmont; Ii. J. Bates. kaox Boy; J. NJ.
Soule's Jerry Smith; Fred Dagse,t's Mid
night; III J. Kepnedy's, Lldy Moors. Bel
mont won the fl ret premium Of ten and one
half bushels. There WAS some misunder-
standing between the owners of Knox Boy
AID Jerry Smith ard the owners decided TO
divide the remaining cats, ten snd one-balf
bushels. eqdally between them, as they
were second best. After the cat trot.
Albert Dagge,t and Msj. VIM. E. Bates,
had a social trot to show the speed of their
horses, Gao oats or money up. Taking 1t
all in al. it was quite get up for Suoie
and Or 4w out crowd Pennington Chron-
icte.
Mr.. Jesse W lson of Belfast has a We Y
promising ca 1t. full brother to Elmbrook,
its dam being one Ct the famVu, C1opsr
mare'.
Amor the mIny fine horses owned in
Pennington is the promising young stallion.
Star Patchen owned by Mr.. A P. Carvill,
of Pennington Falls. This cot is by Tom
Patchen. and is one of the finest of the
Pstchen family. Although but three years
old he already weighs 1850 pounds, stan Is
sixteen hands high, and is msguiicen'ly
proportjoned. He is coal black AMI a
beauty in every way. Already he can show
gait much better than three minutes, and
W tn age and proper training he will doub.-
less give good account of himself. Mr.
Carviil may we'll be proud of this splendid
colt.
d. L Sawtelle, Esq, of Oakland, re-
Gently sold two Nelson cote, of one ard
two years respectively, to Appleton Wetb
and Mr.. A. X. Yates of Waiervllle, for the
mhkt sum Va Ui i'p't
One Of the most extraordinary perform
snces on the trottirg course WAS that al
Independence, Ia, on Fridiy las, when
Mr.. c. j. Ham in of Buffalo, N. Y, drove
his two mares, Belle Hamlin a1d Justina, a
mile ia 2i3 l-3. All the conditions were
unfavo' able, the weather being cold and
wet, and $ # wind blowing up the home
stretch. The track at Independence is OF
the rev kit 4-shap.d form, which i, reck-
oned about one and one half or two seco nd ,
faster than the oval course, but this advau-
tage wac just about offs BY the disadyan
t,ges already mentioned. Both horses
were bred by their owner and driver, who
is seventy years oil. They are hilf-sisters
and haze Morgan cross in their pedigree
Bro. Thompson in late number of his
Maine Hor.e Breeders Monthly make.
some very good suggestions ia regard &c
calling the most i'm portaat rscss on ,ht
programme of a trotting meeting early IL
the afternoon, so ihit they may be fini.hed
bef)ie people have to leave the grou nds, tc
catch traas or to ride long distance by
carriage to their homes in the e)urtry. We
entirely agree with Brother Thomp,on a,
ia, rs he goes, but we would go q steG
further and euggess that all the races Sc
for days trot,iag be Gale earlier
say at one O'Clock sharp, or better still
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, tai'
would give plenty Of time to trot OF
four races by 1 z. NJ. with al
hours incoming, AMI if a split heat race
should be unfini,hed a. noon, litrls rest
wculi do the centending horses no la m
After the closj Of h, races in the after
noon the commit ees on awards could &c
ia their work just as well as IN the fore
no IN, and those who come and psid 'hei
m ,ney TO see The trotting can see i; al
through and then get back before dark
The last and deciding heats of a stubborn'I
Tough. race are the ones that all are mos
interested to see. But under the prese5
order of things such heats are generally
| not t-oit d until sunset or after, and tbs
grand stand is generally almos. sart. d BY
that time.
The Boston Evening Record says tina
the recent performances of Melon durinI
his starring tour through the West ha
do-e much to make the prb ie believe tht
his owner was unju.t'y dealt with by tbs
National Association when it de ;ided Il
suspend Mr. Nslson, and remarks: Their
is TO depbs of 'he .uperiority of the stallior
| Nelson over all thu stsl i,ns en- the 'rscl
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