Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-02-28
Track AND STABLE GOSSIP

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! On Thursday M. =. 4 Dlshop q Hs,.
nos, sold to Mr.. 4. ". Davis Of Bessuo,
Zofoc. handsoms 10 hand, Il yer sd
bay mare BY Durse, - Of Judge Aavo-
este; dam By Gideon; price 600. She
shoss ane tzossins action and her speed will
be developed BY her present owner. Mr..
Bishop has raised three Ane colts from this
mase, toe Oldest ally BY Hsrbinser COM
ing three years old. stsnds Isl hands With
ont shoes and 10 strong made one all over.
This FLY is natural tros.er and viii be
kept for brood mare.
When Mr.. 4. X. woodman vent 70 Lev.
iston last week in response to Mr.. Nor.
san's telegram and learned what va want
ed OF him, he said, ''One objection TO ny
gong TO New York is osn Ace stallion
and Who shall leave him With p What
do you ssk for himl~ said Mr.. Morgnn
II ask e2.oos,' vas the reply. II will
take him 1t those dsussss" said MORAN.
without any hesitation and the trade vss
soon completed. The stallion il Gideon
Chisf, I've years old, bay in color, stands
Is ID hands high and weighs HOO lbs.
Gideon Chief iss son Of Gideon, he by
kySyk's Hsmbletonian dam, By Car
rsoasset. 20 3lA3, by Norridgevock, BY
Gen. Knox. He is . ane looking animal and
shows fast clip.
A correspondent Of the Wilton Record
finds . very nice lot Of colts In the stable |
Of g. X. Buck, in that town They we're
all BY ID. NJ Fosters noted stallion Albriuo. |
he by old Almont, and GU, Of Mr.. Buck,
Ane brood mare Keturah, IL years old, BY |
Hindss Knox. She IL chestnut 10 color, IS |
hands high and weighs 1000 pounds The
nrst Of the colts 10 Belle Almont 3 year,
old, 10 i2 hands high and weighs 1000
pounds, OF . light chestnut color, we'll |
broken TO the harness and very gentle and
intelligent animal; she has never been
worked for speed but can show . 30 clip.
The next Of this family 10 B. D.. owned by
b. ID. RUSSELL. year old, dark sorrel, with
white stockings, stands ID hands high and
10 . beauty this colt has got speed in him
and it will probably be shown next year.
The third on the list is Albins, weanling,
darx chestnut. and 3 likely colt
Mr.. Samuel Currier DR.. Of HAilowell was
on our streets Tuesday with = handsome
twenty months old horse colt by Nelson,
which good judges pronounced q perfect
type Of his sire. Mr.. Currier has . fne
string Of very promising youngsters and is
giving good deal Of attention to breeding.
Mr.. Frank p. Beck Of Augusta, has pur-
chased Of Mr. Thomas Dsggett Of Foxcroft,
the Percheron stallion, White Cloud.
White Cloud is by Monarch Al imported
Percheron stallion dam Percheron mare.
White Cloud was bred by Mr. NJ. W. Dun
ham Of Wayne, III one Of the largest i'm
porters Of French draft horses in the West.
Monarch, the sire Of White Cloud, was sold
to b. T. Babitt of New York, by Mr..
Cloud is very stylish and light
travelling horse, and his colts have been sold
from $4,000 to $500 90 per pair. He has
left some very fine colts in the northern part
of this State. Mr. Beck still keeps the well
known stallion. Kennebec. by Independence
(2.l6t), to pole. by Gen. Knox. These
two horses will stand at Mr.. Beck's stable,
on Western Ave. the coming season. 1t
10 Mr.. Beck's intention to place the service
of these two stations At such q price that
every farmer can afford to use them and
all the farmers Of this vicinity will do we'll
to breed from these two fine stations. pro-
vided they have fine class of large, roomy |
mares With su h cross the results can
not be other than satisfactory.
The first combination sale of horses
At public auction ever held in
Maine will take place at the mammoth |
House, at Norway, March 18th and 9Th.
Mr.. A. T. Maxim, who has charge of the
arrangements, having found large surplus
of horses for sale in Maine, AMI knowing Of
many parties in New England who wished to
purchase. has adopted this sale as the best
method Of bringing buyers and sellers to-
gether This custom Of disposng OF horses
las been successful for years in great breed |
ing States. Already large number of the
prominent horsemen of Oxford county have
made entries for this sale. large lot Of
carriages, harnesses. &c, will be sold at
that time. Entries will close March 18th.
Catalogues ready March 18th.
The Oxford Democrat reports that Star
Gazer. formerly owned by A. Z. Russell of
South Buckheld. has been returned to
Maine, q gentleman at Pennington whose
ma me 10 not given having traded for him
Star Gazer was bred by Andrew Newcomb
of HARRISON, and is now ~ years old He
IL by Farms xorth Patcben formerly Tom
b Pstchen) by Tom Ps'chen dam said to
he A Drew He got record of rs IA at
GRAY, Sept. "a. 1886, and we believe has
,nf lnuerel il since