Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-06-04
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

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Sunol that is owned in Maine, is out Of q
mare by the champion stallion Nelson.
This is combining fast blood lines-Breed-
ers Gazette.
Give horses water before feeding. In
France some worthless horses we're killed
for dissection on purpose to determine the
effect of giving water immediately after
eating, and some of the grain was found
undigested in the ints stines. 30 feet beyond
the stomach and it had caused inhamma-
ton Of the mucous III IN 5rsne.
Not long ago Marvin said that Smug9ler
was the best horse he ever drove. That is,
a California paper says he said 30, but
Marvin must have forgotten Su1ol and
PsIo Alto, both OF whom have records
much faster than the Is IA Of Smnggler.
O! the thirty-hree t,ntters thst have
records Off ;l5 or better Only Is have trot-
ted as good as 2 10 in races
A number of horses for general purposes
were shipped from Philadelphia to Scot
land last week
The Horseman gives the following in
teres.ipg facts to show how the common
affairs of stable economy have been re-
duced to q science by the large corpora
tons: The Broadway, N. Y, horse rail.
road used to keep 5000 horses, and from
800 to 400 of them were in the hospital.
Then experiments and close calculations
were made, until it was found that by four
important changes the work could be done
by $500 horses, and only seve1ty-fve Of the
number relegstsd to the hospital. Cut
feed was abandoned. homG psthic specifies
used in medical treatment, particular
style OF shoe adopted and veterinary dem
tist employed. Professor |. M. Bishops
services for the past year doing dentistry
work amounted to Sl7C0.
A very good thisg to have about the
stable at this time Of year is solution Of
csrbolic acid. If the horses have sore
backs or sore necks, put a little Of i. On
with sponge, and then about 30 minutes
sfterward put on little vaseline. The acid
cleans the sore and keeps away the fies.
The vsseline is cooling and healiog. Keep
the acid well corked and labeled poison.
There is 70 excuss for not giving horse
good bed in a couatry where straw Is az
cheap as it is here. II you don't think it
necessary to bed the horse well just try
sleeping Yourself upon the soft side of
board, with only two or three inches of
straw over it. Don't be afraid Of using too
much straw, for the deeper and softer the
bed is the better, provided that the wet and
dirty litter is thrown out every day. Sleep
ing in foul stall will cause the skin to
scsld, and the hair to come of.
Horses are human in at least one respect;
they do not relish 6xed ration. but enjoy
= variety as well as s man. With a slight
change in the makeup of the ration, the
horses will be KEEP. in good appetite and
ready for active service. While coed hay
and oats will always form the staple arti-
cles in feeding, a. -four does with mankind,
VIC pJosIOlc WIN iu5utc 7Afi'
ETY. and good health. Especially is the
growing of vegetables to be insisted upon
a. valuable in promotiog good health Of all
parts. The secret Of good service is 10
keep the horses in healthy, thriving condi-
ton.
The Chicago Horseman mentions two
cases of developed speed on both side. be-
setiieg speed which cana to light recently
at Lexington, Ky. Patterson Bro.' year
ling bay FLY by Erin, IA 4, dam NJ. Y.
D. Colt, 2:2s 4. by Daniel Lambert,
paced q quarter 10 sc | 2 seconds. aud the
svo-yesr-old colt Monbsfs, b. Eagle BirJ,
four, dam Lacy Maud. 2;ls IA. by Gene
raj KuoI, trottsd mile in 80 Erin was
purchased at one Of Kellogs's sales this
spring by A. KjIlgo'e, who placed him at
the head Of mis- Meadow Park Stud, Fem.
ingson. N J.
During The last FIVE years Of his life
EIectionser added fifty go performers to
his credit, 40 average Of ten 8 season.
No other horse hiss approached this show
ing for consecutive num5er of years.
Bro. Tro.t Ia Spirit Of the Hub says
"Our friend c. Fl. Nelson d not get reir-
stated. We are sorry to miss The cppor.
tuni'y Of seeing the grandsss horse on
earth parade before a Boston crowd this
year.
The Seer, 20 l-2, will b. driven this
fall 10 lower his record and he can 10 it.
G ensrm. 2 23 IL. will Be driven 10
break his rscsri this summer ard /, ia gen.
ersily conceded be viii be able 10 do 20.
Palm, . % IA. 10 being fitted for cam
psign work and is already in fine condition.
He will compete in the four-year-old stakes
in Maine.
Messenger Wilkes. 1884 ,.iu be
started late in the season. Mr.. F. II,
Briggs Gays: 'Hs is the fiaess horse ever
owned ard be is gaiog to beat his record
this fall"
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