Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-04-23
FIHB HORSES.
A Iccidsnt n Coonsct1oa win tn
Preasss # the Present City Team

The ane horses owned By the Ame,icsx
Espres Company throughout the Stsse
have s.trse ed 9 sress deal Of attention ffor,
levers Of good locking equinss. At no time
10 is history in tits STATE has the company
been implied with better tesms. The
credit for thi, Is due very largely 10 Mr..
Horace Haynes. assistant sophisticated
for Maine. Who has pufchssed the greater
par. Of them for some time past. Mr..
Haynes 10 an excellent Judge Of horses
snd the results Of his selections 40.
PEAR in the improved teams Of the COM
psny. He IL not IN sdmirer Of Western
horses, believing that 1. takss them . Ions
tine 70 become scciimsssd and that they do
10. possess the abre and nsrye Of Eastern
bred horses. As . result bis pu.chases
have been principally Of horses bred In
this section Of the country. Mr.. Haynes
hss bought number Of horses from the
Cosy Brothers in this city with excellent
results. He has also bought . number Of
NJ james Keessn. 10 this connection 10
recalled little story regarding
hell present city team Of grs,s
which has never yet appeared in
print. When Mr.. Keegan brought
these two noble horses to Augusta one vss
in excellent fash but the other vas poor
snd showed his ribs in bsd shape. No one
but . horseman would have been able to
detect his real value. When the commit
Tee Of the city government which had In
charge the purchase Of = new city team
visited Mr.. Ksegsn's stable they passed
BIN BY. Mr.. Keegan and the driver Of the
city seam-who is an excellent Judge Of
orses--sndeavored to persuade them that
be was 3 good horse and would be an
excellent mate for the other - soon
o be 60: q little more meat on hi, ribs.
They could not see it In that light, however.
They anslly purchased the plump one, but
declined to take his mate.
No. long after this Mr.. Haynes CHANGED
to meet Mr.. Keegan Ia Cbadbourne's bar
Der chop and asked him IL he had . rood
horse for use on their local teams.
Yes" said Mr.. KsegAn, II have one
tha. will last all the bill for YOU"
You always have horse for every
emergency" responded Mr.. Haynes with .
lsugh.
We'll, I've certainly got q good one
nov. and you'll say so when you see him.
Come round tomorrow and look at him "
The followirg morning Mr.. Haynes
visited Mr.. KeegAns stable, and was shown
the gray horse which the city fathers had
discarded. He saw that he was an excel.
lent horse and finally snapped another horse
for with him Mr. Keegsa paying some boot
The trade standing him in the neighbor-
hood OF $500 The horse was put upon the
local express teams and in q few months
good keeping had wrought . wondrous
change in him. He became round ard
plump and bis hair smooth and glossy. He
began to attract good Zeal Of attention on
the streets. At this time Mr.. Haynes
boarded At the same house with Mr.. Weeks
Who was then mayor of the city. Oue dsy
Mr. Weeks asked him what he would take
for that gray horse. Withou. stopping to
give the matter any particular thought Mr..
Haynes replied $500. He did not expect
The tfer TO be tsken. and wrs net
1t all particular that il should be, as
The horse was proving himself = valuable
'ns Tor the company. Mr.. Week, asked
for little time to confer with the mem
bers OF the city government. and At supper
lime gave Mr.. Haynes q check for the
do you know what horse thu. is?"
s'ksd Mr.. Haynes.
No, I don't care Whist one 1t is, so long
Is he dils the bill for US"
Well, that is horse that the city faith
rs passed by when they bought the first
Tray. They were mites aud are sfter the
same horse"
"fhst makes no difference, said Mr..
Weeks, He is the horse we want and I'll
Keep him Events have shown tat the
mayor made DO mistake in this decision.
The gray horse in question has proved. il
the more valuable one Of the two.
md With bis mate, has made q team for
Augusta that c,nDot b, beaten by any city
cam in the State.