Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-01
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judging Of the Oxfofd races Augss Is.
vhicA u rvs ars serious snd osshf % be
invesissssd. Tbs nance Of The ssnsisnss
mentioned y judges have heretofore essn
8 guaranty Of honsss judging. snd 4 ~
Democratic sastsnsnts szs nus 90 Of thsm
--vhon il 10 undssslosa hes bsen engaged
= stsrssr for ths Ssan Fair RACES q Lsvis-
son-should nes b allowed % 20 into the
stsnd.
J. C. HON shipped last weak 10 New
York one Of he finest lot Of gentlsmsu's
diving horses thss has ever been ssns OFT
Of the Snts. The horses are ten in mum
Der and Ms. Horn paid all ths way
from s400 to $500 for each. Among
thsse is one purchased Of Hon. s. L.
MiIliken Of Belfast for 5000 that win show
q ssis Of q SO, one fist one from Pistsdeld.
and another bought Of Wesley Hsrsom Of
Oakland, that eau tfos in 2 80. The animals
were Ill nns specimens Of Maine bred
dri ing horses. sound ~ . dollar in
every psrsicuia, and With not IN ont about
them. They were gathered from widely
different portions Of the State BY Mr.. Horn.
Mr.. Manley T. Poolsf has made An i'm
portant addition to his string Of hoeses u
Faifvisv farm, Skovhegan. Won Also,
the first son Of Also, hne black stallion
that shows . fast gait, although not handled
for speed. He was owned In L. Crosse,
Wisconsin, and arrived from there Tuesday.
M. Pooler values him highly, and be il
certainly ane looking and we'll bred animal
Mr.. Ed. Chensry Of Dsering has sold
his three months old chestnut colt Wood
ford, by wes,lsnd out Of we'll bred mare
by Robert McGregor, to Mr.. Ball and the
Woodbury. Bros. Of Duck Pond for six
hundred dollars.
Sell the horse you don't need il you can
get reasonable price for him before win
ter II does not pay to keep surplus horses
unless they are growing into money.
The opening races at the Maine Central
Driving Park At Dexter, will occur on
Tuesday, October 9Th, beginning st A.
M and they promise to be Of much inter-
est. The entries should be directed to the
Maine Central Driving Park, Dexter. Me.
The entries close Monday, Sept. 2ssh.
The purses will be divided - follows;
Fifty per cent. to first horse, % per cent.
to second horse, Is per cent. to third horse
And 10 per cent. to fourth horse.
The races will be conducted under the
rules Of the National Trosting Associx-
ton. Horses dis.Ancing the field will have
first money only. In oil purses there must
be five or more to enter and four to s:aft.
The entrance fee is Ave per cent. Of the
purse, and An additional five per cent. from
winning horses only. The officers Of the
association are o. E. Blackden, E. G. Aver,
d. Il. Mudaets, J. X. Greenwood, F. H.
Hayes. directors; J. W. Crosby, secretary.
We are Down East" to Chicago, here at
Augusta, and do not know who our neigh
Dor Of the Breeders Gazette means by TIE
folio wing, the truth Of which however no
one questions: "a down-East editor who
evidently likes to hear him self talk said COL =
earning 9 recent decision BY the judges Of
horse race in regard to the settlement Of
certain betting points: To contend differ.
emily in the face Of the rule and the ad-
mitted facts is to step from the domain Of
reason down into the bog of defamation
and to chatter A better illustration Of
what was intended could not have been
brought forth than this very sentence"
If there is any one thing demanded in
horses now it is quality. The want Of an
outlet for the poor and middle class horses
has sent prices for this kind away below
the cost Of production but the increase in
wealth and business has enlarged the mar
ket for pleasure horses-saddlers, drivers
and coachers-and those which draw the
loads on city streets. Those that want the
former style, want finish and gaits that go to
make fine horses, and those who are after
the latter, want only horses that can work
every day in the year and work q good
many yeats; 80 that for whatever market
we breed We must strive to produce "as
good IS they make EN- to avoid the COM
petition Of the great mass Of medium infe-
rior horses.
C. W. Gilman Of Waterviile, purchased
this week from Mr.. Clark, Of Vassalboro,
q 2-year-old FLY by Dictator Chief, dam BY
Constellation. She is rangy bay, stand
ard bred, and is at present quartered at
Silverlswn. Mr.. Gilman also has just sold
fine standard bred mare by Harbinger to
q. P. Bush.
The earliest records known of the pacing
horse are in sculpture, dating back some
400 years before the Christian era. On the
frieze Of the PArthenon ct Athens were
represented many horses in action, and
quite 3 number Of them clearly and un-
mistaklbly show the lateral or pacing habit
Of action.
There is only old news to the following
editorial item clipped from the Chicago
Horsema1 Of last week, and We copy it to
show the opinion Of the editor about the
prospects Of the great horse from Maine"
ION Saturday afternoon the stallion Nell
son trotted the Independence track in 2.l0.
The day was warm and the track fast, Of
course. The champion stallion will. it is
now proposed, start on an earnest trip
sgainst the record on Wednesday, August
90. The great horse from Maine has .
good prospect Of returning to winter quar-
tiers with the fastest .rotting record bla-
zoned on his banner"
The following are the amounts offered in
the trotting purses ct the East Somerset fair
at Hsrtlsnd, Sept. IA 1G: sl5 fer foals Of
1890; s25 for foals Of 1889; 800 for three
minute Class; $40 for S,yeaf-olds and under;
500 for $40 Glass; 800 for $50 clsss;
s20O for free-for-alI. Gov. Bufleish and
sat will be present at the fair on the Sec
ond day.
W. A. Palmer Of East Wilton has stall
lion that is destined to be very fast. He has
had but very little handling for speed and
as yet but little y known Of his merit. He
has however, trotted quarter on the out
side Of the track il 81 seconds, with perfect
ease. Mr.. Palmer ssys on good track he
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