Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1890-05-22
A Good Horse,

" no docs not like a good horsc
Beecher once said man who does not
like flowers is 10 be pitied like one
born blind. SO one who mas no special
fancy for fine horse in this day OF the
world. seems to have a vacancy some
where III his makeup, and must hc
classed among the oddities of creation.
The growing interest in Maine in the
breeding Of fine horses, and the lIber-
alily with which the press i opening
il, columns to Tie discussion Of fac
points 10 blood ana breeding. ate a sign
OF the times and au4ur much for the
future.
In 10 section Of the State j. the qucs-
ton more ircquenily asked than in
Hancock county. where can ] find a
horse that has all tho essential quail
tie, Intelligence, disposition. size,
speed, spirit. OF desirable family and
Gcutlcman's driving horse For those
who are breeding for ready certain
profits are looking 10 this class more
than any other.
The man must have long pocket in
this age Of horse development. who
breeds for extreme speed. and the man
who breeds for draft-horses only. can
not expect much when the best Of that
class is dull at $3.50 to 5000. but there
/, a class tina, ranges from $500 Ia
$1,000. that the common breeder can
hope for reasonable degree of success
and handsome profits in breeding. One
OF the finest stations OF this class that
ha- recently been introduced into this
section OF Maine. Is Riverside. stand
ard brcu. No. i6@2, recently from
Massachusetts,, aud Kept for service at
the stable of NJ W Howey. East
Bucksport. Riverside i a fine spcci-
men OF horse flesh, weighs 100, stands
l53 hands high, i, stylish and hand
some. has spleudld trotting action, an
ambitious roadster, and has gentle.
quiet disposition. With very little
handling has trotted a fill nile over a
hali-milc track ii 3l1. and with prop
CT training could easily drop into the
POS
lie has splendid pedigree behind
him. and one that commands the atten-
ton OF all breeders in this section.
Riverside was sired by Mambrino
Wilkes (staudard 1851. he by George
Wilkes, which il is said ouirauks all
other stations living or dead as a sire
Of trotters, and the founder OF family
of trotters
His stud career did not really begin
until he went to kentucky in 1913. mt
the age OF II. lie has now seventy
in tn" 50 list, among them Harry
Wilke, l2.l55). Guy Wilkes (2.l5H,
Mike Wilkes clip.
The dam OF Riverside, Deceittul, Was
very fine road mare. and has 23i J
as five year. old, made at Augusta.
July 4, 1871. and has troued a half
mile in 10. and is the dam of sey-
eral very fast colts. two Of which have
been sold for Sl.00, $500 respect
lively. Dcceitiul is standard bred, and
j. recorded in the fourth volume Of
Wallace Register, and has been Sold
for nearly $4,000. Hattie Fitch, the
grand dam Of Riverside, vas one Of the
best bred mares in the world, her pedI-
gree being full Of trotting blood, and
las recently been hired by Nelson to
breed hjs horse Nelson TO.
Riverside has yearling FLY that
trotted halt-nile over Beacon track,
the first time she was ever on the II. * :,
in 1924, and the manager of the
celebrated stallion Jumps, offered
$1,000 for her. Riverside took first pre-
MUM at New England Fair in sept.
1884, as a -four years old, and his colts
are showing very fast.
Penobscot, May s.