Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-06-11
TRACK AND srAsIE ooss1P.

Our agent and corrssroEdens, J. II. c..
vxi1ss - that ''Mr. E. H. Psffesson Of
Winslov, il breeding some 6Ds cclfs- He
- s.s bay fIly tue years old b. Col
Wsst; dam By Onward; also one ysasliag
y Hefslishs. dam by Gideon.
Jaa.s C. Pierce Of East vassaIbees. has
. tvo-yessed bay colt by Dictaaae Chief.
also one three weeks old silly BY Red Hawk
wilkes. They are hard to best
II. Z. Haley. of Monroe, has cold his
yearlins colt Moonlight. by Constellation.
dam Empress BY Emperor Williams, record
s.27 2. to Csps. Z. Il. Parks, of Sears-
port.
! o. j. studIey of South waldoboro, has
. tso year old colt. IA I-2 hands high. bay.
blsck points. kind and we'll broken, out OF
. Knox msre-Harrisoa Hofses-vhieh is
very promising. james Benner Of the same
town. sold . two year-old colt to George
Bennef Of Friendship for 800. Mr.. Ben
nef has since been offered $50 but refused
IL.
Justus Cochrane, Of East Corinth. has .
nne colt sired by Nelson. for which he has
refused tso0. J.w. Hunting, Of the aame
place. also owns . number of fine steppers,
with which the horsemen are much pleased.
A handsome arch containing the announce
ment: Courier & Nelson, Pine Grove
Farm" Haiiowell, will soon greet one enter
ing the beautiful stock farm in which these
gentlemen are nov interested - partners.
Mr.. Nelson viii send there within two weeks
three of his leading stations, including
Brilliant. half brother Of Nelson, who has
trotted better than 2.2J. Later in the sea-
son, Mr.. Nelson will make his home and
headqua rters there. Extensive improve
ment, are now making At the Farm, and
with two men Of the business energy of
Messrs. Currier & Nelson, Pine Grove
Farm will blossom like the rose, with bush
ness and improvements.
DOT" the old family mare of Mr.. W.
Z. S. Whitman Of this city, was shot on
Saturday, having passed her days Of use
fulness. She was thirty years Of age.
Mr.. Whitman bought her in the fall Of
1867 at high figure, and she had been in
his possession nearly % years. At the
time of her purchase she was entered for a
race at Riverside park. Cambridge, Mass,
and was being handled by the famous Billy
Woodruff She was of choice strain
being by the noted Young Morrill,, dam by
Ethan Allan, and among horsemen at the
time of her purchase, Was recognized as q
speeder, having male mile in 2 3sA with
out the usual training. Once she was
driven by her owner, accompanied by
another gentleman. in top buggy, from
Augusta to Gardiner in twenty-five min.
utes. Peace to her n anes.
j. A. & f. A. Cilley of Fairfield. sold on
Friday last to c. II. Nelson. of Waterville,
a very fine colt by Dictator Chief; dam by
Sterling. This colt is two years old, is a
PAGER. and is thought to be very fast. The
price paid was $500, but those who ought
to know declare that he never will be sold
for any such money again. The Messrs
Cilley have several other fine colts, and TO,
one of them, a yearling filly, they have re-
Gently refused the handsome sum of 5000
Five horses for d. A. Burnham arrived
q. the western division station at Biddeford
Monday morning.
Don A. II. Powers rotter which ha,
been under the handling Of a Newpor,
trainer has been taken to Houlton. Mr.
Powers has been offered 5000 for the flyer
but has declined it.