Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-04-17

ly foaled . ally by Nutwood. 2.lsl, sire Of
thirty -four in the 80 list at twenty years
of age. There Is trot,ing blood for you!
Our Corinna correspondent says that Mr..
Siisby of Oakland has just purchased q
valuable colt bred by Samuel Copp, Esq.,
Of thst town.
Mr.. W. L. Shaw Of Burnham has sold
his fast trotting Harbinger colt 10 Mr.. Geo.
A. Alden Of Wsterville, for $1,000. Hi.
name is Silver King, a beautiful bay with
black points. l6 hands high, weight close to
100 lbs. He is the second of Hsrbinger's
colts, Lis first being Harebell, and 10 trot-
ter of high merit Mr.. Shaw thinks he is
the fastest green horse in Maine. He
trotted one half mile this winter in l.lG
with perfect ease.
john Splan says: q" There is one thing
have always been sure Of, and that is that
Maud s. is capable Of lowering her
mark of 2Os3. As drove the runner with
her when she made that record feel as
though were in q position to give an opin
ion in regard to her merits. 1t is an easy
matter for the Cslifornans to tell what they
are going to do, but they will find that from
10 to Q 0s4 is very much further than they
imagine. It means the first half in 044
and the last half in 04" And the ultimate
speed problem thereby receives . very
probable argument in favor of limit.
American trotters are being heard from
il France. In = trottins race 1t Neuiily,
Feb. %. two American horses came together
Eagle Boy and Wat. There was collision
at the finish and the spokes few. The race
was given to Esg!e Boy and Watt was dis
qualified for foul driving The time vas
5.4l. 5.42. and G 55. Dis .ance, two miles.
At = meeting of the Ell cutive committee
of the Franklin County Horse Breeders
Association, held last week. the committee
voted to admit PAGERS TO 2 40 class only to
make the race for foal, of 1888 half mile
heats; to govern the trots of this Associa
ton by the rules Of the National Trotling
Association and waive distance in all but
40 class and free -for-all. But where
does the force of the National rules come
in when distance is waived?
N. Drummer Son of Weld, have fine
bay gelding, Knox Boy. by Harry Knox
out Of Dre~ ard PAtchen mare, that
stands l53 hands and can show 2 40 gait
Page. who trained and drove R,rus in his
early career, ard once owned and trained
the PAGER f AMMAN, does not like the ever
ability to pace at his best, wilhou, boots or
toe weights, to the fact that he taught him
t. pace and 60 to the top of his speed with
out pulling his head up with the over cheek
II alSays gave him his head" says Page.
"when speeding. and he learned to take
care Of his leg,. Rsrus never required a
knee boot until he went on. Of my hands
Maxey Cobb had been spoiled when 1 took
hold Of him, and therefore l hal to put
boots on him and en- over-eheck."
Colman's Rural World rays that when
Robert Bonner vas ut Columbia, Tenn.
last May he claimed that he could invxri-
ably tell from the looks Of q horse whether
he was PAGER or trotter. This statement
being challenged be commenced to exam
Inc come Of the horses there at the fair
grounds. One Of the fret ones exhib ted
was the great PAGER Daplex, record AHA.
After looking him over and wisely exsmil-
ing his conform .tion he pronounced him .
pure gated tfotter Duplex is not only q
natural PAGER. but mas not drop OF trotting
blood In him, and unlike most PAGERS is not
inclined to trot. The fallscy of the con
tention that the pacing gait is controlled by
the conformation is illustrated over and
over again by the fact that nearly all the
fast PAGERS are also fast trotters by the use
of little seight. Little Bro ~n Jug, 2II}.
when three years old could tro, faster than
he could pace. Brown Hal, 2.l2A. has .
wellsuthenticated trial trotting record of
2.2l. and nearly always trots in %. while
Boneseiter, with t;oiting record of 2l9,
was a natural PAGER aud took many prizes
in the saddle-rins before he entered the
trottiug arena"
Alexander era sford Of the famous
Stony Fo,d Farm, Orange County, N. Y,
gives the following excellent suggestion on
training. IN the Chicsgo Bree 'ers' Gazette.
He Gays: II use kindiess. patience and