Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-03-06
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP

On his last visit to Maine Mr. Il. W
Bishop purchased heavy pair Of handsome
horses Of Z T Gilman of Pennington
They stood IS hands, were uniform anc
handsome, and can trot in three minutes
together. They were purchased for Hon
Augustus Belmont of New York and tht
price paid was 81 300.
Mr.. Samuel Currier. Jr., Of Hsllowell
has just purchased through Mr.. W. ii
Lowell, the manager of the Maine Contra
Dining Rooms, Bangor, two very fine horse'
of John l. Co-mey of that city. The Are
IL the dark bay breeding mare, Kno1
Qleen, by Gen. Knox. dam Lady Ham
iltoo. 2.33, The mare is the dam Of
some very promising tro,ters, is sound ant
is now in foal 10 the famous Harry Wilkes
She is 10 2 hands high. weighs 900 poundl
and was bred bv s. F. Lyford Of St
Albaus. She trotted mile in a race some
years ago in 2 81 IL and has shown quar-
t,rs Mt 20 gait. Mr.. Lowell paid 1885,
for her. lie also purchased HarbingeI
ii y ont of the same mare for which he paid
5000 She is very promising young ami.
NAL and gives every Indication of high
speed Both horses will be added to Mr..
Curtier'- already fine lot in his Hallowell
stables.
Robinson Dean of Buckfeld has en-.
tered several of the get of Baby Dean,
2 22t in the auction sale to be held at the
the Bears House stable in Norway, March
goth, and many other promising colts and
horses have been entered. A combination
auction sale of horses, while nothing new
in the large cities, is something of a nov
may not be so conducted as to be of mutual
adysntage to both seller and purchaser.
The Boston Horse Show Association,
which held its first exhibition last year, will
hold another this year. the last week in April
bang tue date fixed upon The programme
ia almost ideutcally that of the last show
including a troopers drill contest, in which
il is expected that the Philadelphia City
Troop. the Hussars of this city. and the
Boston Lancers will be competitors. The
novelties in the show will be umbrella, po-
tato, and bending" races for gentlemen
riders. Entries to the show will close
April 2.
Hon. W. w French Mayor of Glouces-
ter, Mass. was is Paris last week and pur-
chased of Llewellyn Pratt of West Paris,
through A. T. Maxim, fine horse which
vas said to have been one of the best ami
mails that ever went ont of Oxford county.
John Looney of Salem, Mass, is the
owner Of a two-yesr-old colt whose dam is
Queen Almont, owned by Jason Lunt of
Bid ieford. This mare 10 now matched to
trot next fall with Wilkes colt of the
same age. A week ago Mr.. Looney's coli
trotted a measured mile to sleigh in 80.
Mr.. Lunt sold the colt when two weeks old
for $3.50. and Queen Almont is now with
foal by Histogs and for this colt, as SCOT
az dropped, Mr.. Lunt has ct ,nding Offer
of a good price.
The Oxford Democrat says that any one
interested in good blooded horses can spend
few hours very pleasantly at Mountain
View Stock Farm in South Paris. Thii
farm i. now owned by F. Rowland and
managed by F /. Starbird. There are
seven full bred Jerseys, all registered ard
first class animals. No grades are kept on
the farm. The list of horses numbers nine.
teen. Among them is Ben Van, sire Mes.
sepger Wilkes, % 10. aud dam by Glen.
arm 223 i.2, This stallion was foaled
in 1886. is rich mahogany bay,
Is hands high. Ben Van was bred
bv B F. +. II. Briggs, Maple Grove
Stock Farm, Auburn. Seven high blooded
brood mares are looking f nelly. Myrtle, q
foal of SO. by Ben Van. is stylish, lively
colt. good representative of her sire
There is also pair Of WiIkescolts .hrh
are all RICH, and will make fne span fol
some rich Bostonian or New Yorker 10 drive
one Of these days.
The Oxford County Trottina Horse
Breeders Association has published it,
list of stakes TO be tro,ted on the
track at South Paris and Norway on
August 10 20 next There are eight dis
tiuct stakes to be trotted; and also races
for 2 so horses 2 s6 horses ard gents driv.
ess. Races will also be held July 4. At VI hich
purses are offered for so and O. SO
classes. Particulars concerning the above
can be had BY addressing VIM. J. Wheeler,
Secretary, South Paris.
The we'll known stallion Bronze. owned
by Mr. Charles Milliken. proprietor Of the
Augusta House in this city, is looking finely
this spring ard Mr.. Milliken has had sew.
ersl offers for him to go to other parts Of
the State Bronze is now eleven year. old.
He is by Hartford. by Rysdyk. BY Rvs
dyk's Hsmbietoaian. His dam 10 Far
mer Girl. by Lord Nelson, (sire
of Jack Nelson, 2.l9). said to be
by Bellfounder Morgan; second dam BY
Imported Stag thoroughbred. Bronze
is rich bay. stands l6 hands. and weighs
ll40 lbs. HE action 10 loose and opsn,