The Portland daily press., 1891-11-24

-Four Of these horses, Arrival, Ben w.,
Griffin and Dan. Ripley were bred outside
the state; the others are to the manner
born.
Arrival Is owned In Gardiner; Black Ma
than by Mr.. Jason Rus sell Of Buckfield; !;
Ben V. BY B. F. and F. W. Briggs of Au-
burn; Brenda by Mr.. John D'Afeney of
Vassalboro; Cephas by Mr.. Kimbali of
kennebunk; Col. Osgood, owned In Massa-
chusetts; Daisy Rolfe and Edna by Mr.. G.
Il. Nelson; Griffin by Mr.. GREGG Of Ando-
yer; Jim Matt by Charles Milliken Of Au-
gusta; Miss Wilkes by DIR. W. b. Morrill,
OF Deering; Meuntaineer by Appleton
Webb Of Waterville; Scipio by Mr.. Foss
OF Cornish; Westland by J. II. and r. w.
Barrett. Grover Cleveland has been man.
aged this summer by Mr.. Pooler of Skow-
hegan. IS
These horses, the best products of Maine
stables for the years racing, belong to
few leading horse families. Nearly all of
them derive their blood from imported En-
glish thoroughbreds, and the names of
Messenger. Geo. Wilkes. Hambletonian,
etc., occur very often In their pedlgrees. In
fact this list Of Maine horses are generally
cousins. more or less intimately connected.
They are patrician group, elevated above
the common herd, and apparently held
there by excellence Of the blood In their
veins.
Redwood. owned by NJ. T. Pooler Of
Skowhegan, leads all the sires In the num-
Der OF his progeny In this list. Four Of
his, Grace, Grover Cleveland, La Mont and
Scipio are In the list. Redwood is a SON
Of Belmont, which was a son 'of Alexan-
der's Abdallah,-a Hambletonian. The
mother OF Redwood was Blandina, a
daughter Of Mambrino Chief. The mother
OF Blandina was the Birch mare, which
produced Rosallnd, 22lf. and Donald, 227.
The mother of the Birch mare Is said to
have been an English thoroughbred.
Dictator Chief Is also the sire of four In
the 2.30 list. but Of only three of this year )
list: Edna. Testator and Hazel N,
Dictator Chief Is son Of Dictator, Ham,
bletonian. Dictator Chiefs mother was
Judy, daughter OF Plato. Judy's mother
was daughter Of Louck's Kentucky
Whipp, an English thoroughbred. The
third dam of Dictator Chief was the Ira
Hawkins mare, daughter of a grandson of
imported Messenger. Dictator Chiefs
mother Is the mother also of Red Hawk,
22SA.
We come In Colonel Osgood and Brownie
to the Wilkes blood. which Is we'll repre-
sented In the list. Wilkes. the son of Col
onel Osgood and Brownie, Is eight years
old, which is young horse to have two In
ths list. He Is q son Of Alcyone, Ham,
bletonian, son Of the great George Wilkes.
Wilkes's mother was Molly. daughter of
American Clay. Molly was the daughter
of General Roblnson's flly, by Peck's Ida.
The mother Of the Robinson filly was Fan
ny Fern. by Star Denmark.
OF this Wilkes family Is also Miss
Wilkes, daughter Of Kaiser. 22SA. son Of
George Wilkes. Kaiser's mother Is Fair
lady, daughter Of Dictator, and the mother
also Of Noblesse, 2.31a, and l. 'Empereur,
2.25. Miss Wilges's mother is NOnpareil.
by Morrill, Champion.
Nonpareips mother Is said TO have been
of Messenger descent. NonpaIeil Is also
the mother OF Gallant trial 2.2S). Nancy
Bassett (srial 2.27) and Lamont trial 2.36),
and john w., 2.32.
Arrival is the son Of Charlie Wilkes, a
son Of Red Wilkes,a son Of George Wilkes.
Ben ", another of this years list, Is a
son Of Red Wilkes and Rena c., daugh-
ter Of Messenger Chief. Rena C.'s mother
was daughter Of Foreigner. thorough
bred. Rena G. Is also the mother Of Mes
senger Wilkes, 2.23.
is the son of Young Jim. son of George
Wilkes.
Cephas, which holds the four-year-old
record, If a son of Cyril. sen of Glenarm,
son of Constellation, a son OF Almont,
Hambletonian.
Young Roife, the fine father Of Nelson,
has two In the list: Mounaineer and Daisy
Rolfe. Young Rolfe was a descendant Of
Pocahontas, 217f.
A Mile Kite Shaped Track.
There is prospect OF a mile track in this
region. Hon. II. N. Jose has offered. at
valuation to be agreed upon by dlsinter-
ested gentlemen, the land situated be-
tween the Boston and Maine and Eastern
RAILROADS.&C. the know nothing crossing, ,one
and one-half miles from Portland, and
agrees to take the stock of the association
In payment. Civil Engineer e. G. Jordan
has surveyed the property, and is now en-
gagged upon plans, and an estimate OF the
cost of kite shaped track. More than
$1,000 has already been subscribed by the
few to whom Mr.. j. +. Barrett has men
toned the subject. Letters from George
Sessions, Worcester, Mass, s. w. Parlin,
editor Of ithe American Horse Breeder; w.
j. Wheeler, secretary Oxford County
Trotting Horse Breeders Association, War
rem Kimball. Kennebunk. who owns
Cephas, 2.25A. the fastest four year old in
the state, B. f. and F. II. Briggs and G. l..
Cushman, Auburn, Alonzo Libby, Sacca-
Kappa, Z. L. Norcross. Manchester, G. r.
Ellis, Belfast, N. D. Pope, Poland, @. A.
French, Phillips, Geo. Woodbury., Bruins
wick, and John s. Haines, Biddelord and
others. From the general tone of the com
munications, the idea Is gathered, that as
the worlds records are being made on a
kite track, Maine, to uphold her reputation
as trotter breeding state, must have
track Of this pattern. Ten thousand doi-
lars, 1t is said, will construct hrst class
track,