The Portland daily press., 1890-03-01
THE BOOT ON THE OTHER LEG.
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FACTS ABOUT HORSES.


g. N. Harlow of Boston, was in Wilton
last week and purchased eight horses. Large
crowds collected on the lake to see the step
pers strike out. Ten to twelve hundred dol
lars changed hands for the horses bought.
r. A. Dow Of Avon, has very nice wean-
ling, of good color and stands up well: sired
by Gideon Chief, he by Gideon, by Handle.
tonian 10; dam by Robin, by Black Hawk
Chief, by Vermont Black Hawk, 2nd dam
untraced.
Rumors of speedy youngsters come in from
every hand and unless all signs fail, the re-
cords for 1890 will surpass anything yet seen
on Maine tracks. Somebody is determined
to break the one, two and three year old re-
cord and we trust it may be accomplished.
Monroe, the Foxcroft horseman. has a
span Of elegant blacks which he is exercising
about town. They are we'll matched. good
steppers, and attract marked attention as he
drives them on the street. Whoever secures
them at round price will have splendid
team.
Mr.. James Hill Of Calais, has weanling
FLY that promises to be very valuable. ne
exercises her daily down the street. leading
her beside his pung She is chestnut il
color, and weighs over 600 pounds, and it
takes good horse to out-trot her. She is a
high bred one, being by Olympus, dam by
Geo. Wilkes, Jr.
The fastest yearling ever seen in Eastern
Maine is owned by Hugh Love, of ST. Ste
phen. She is blood bay, sired by Olympus,
mr. fhnrn t.l...
With but little handling she trotted quarter
Id o. seconds, and her gait is as pure as any
trained trotter. with an immense open stride.
George Goodwin of Waterville, has recent
~ purchased of +. l.. C0nant a fine pair of
four-year-old Clydesdale colts, bred in In
diana, that promise to develop into about
now weighing 1900 pounds each. These
animals had never been shod until they came
into Mr.: Goodwin's charge, but he proposes
10 put them into active labor at once.
The lesson In breeding is the same this
year as last. We must produce a greater
per cent. of sizeable, stylish, upheaded, good
acting horses. If we would find profit in the
stock, or with that below the Standard Of the the
would-be purchaser. The lesson is obvious
when two noted buyers examine one hum
dred, and find only one that fills the bill.
Raise the standard of breeding by discard
Ing inferior mares. Get something of merit
to start with; have a foundation to stand
upon, and In this business it will be found in
the brood mare. We must come to this. and
the sooner it is adopted, the surer will be the
reward.
There are a number of very promising
colts In Prospect and vicinity. Among them
John Il. Libby has recently bought a two.
year-old flly by Ledo, dam by son of Dirigo.
which shows considerable speed. e. l.,
Grant has two-year-old stallion, Forest
King, by Gray Dan, Jr., which makes first
class showing. VIM. Heagan, of Frankfort.
also has two.year-old colt by GRAY Dan
Jr., said to show better than three minutes
Frank Gould has two promising colts. one
by Day Dawn, sire of Forepaugh, the other
by Gideon.
N. P. Harris, of Salem, has purchased of
X. ID. Richardson, of Clinton, the Standard
lilly Belle r., sired by Gideon, dam by Gil
breth Knox, for breeding purposes. She is a
dark bay in color and Is as good a shaped
one as a man ever looked at. When lacking
something Of being year old she was en-
tered at the Eastern Maine State Fair. 0pen
to Maine and New Brunswick, and classed
with stations and fillies, in which over 800
competed, many being from sixteen to eigh-
teen month"; old. She succeeded in bringing
away the third premium, and many a COM
potent and disinterested judge thought the
color Of her ribbon should have have been
plue. Mr.. Harris is expecting great things
from her.