Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-10
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the great s-yeax-o,ds at the fair 10 the b,
colt Wessgleamland. by Wessland. A-yea,
!. old record, a.3i 3, dam Clean. Consssala
ton, secoad dam Lady Hudson. IS, b,
Hendrick Hudson, third dam LannisaI
4 mare. dam Of Nigga Baby, III Ia. Thi
i tolls eau pull sulky very fast. and fas
eoough TO int line the folks to think he 10 I
rosssr. Westsleamland 10 owned By Rd
vasd Fletcher Of Portland. 6ylvanul
Foster Of Cumberland Centre sent his J ear.
! Il z chestnut Ally Westlawn frcm Gray fail
to this horse show. Al Gray the ally val
winner OF second premium among . great
lot Of yesflings. Westlavn 10 by Colonel
D West. dam Highland Maid, BY Stsrsls
Hambletorian.
That gsmey stallion Robinson D.. form.
efly known as Baby Dean. 10 inspected sith
interest BY evsry lover Of good horses 1t the
fair. At the race st Gray Driving Park
last week, which he won in three straights.
Robinson d. tfot.ed the fret quarter in So
seconds, half in l.loA, three q aarters iu
l444 Ii will be seen that the third quarter
wss tfotted in 81 seconds. JNon RusselPs
tfotter, Black Nathan 3 29t, son Of Robin
son D., comes in for we'll earned share Of
the honors Of this great horse show. Mr..
Dean txhibits the six-year-oli bay mare.
Belle Chase, by Robinson d, dam BY J1hn
/ Bunysn. This mare 10 PAGER and has .
record OF 2 33t, and last week at Bsngor
was timed = lie in her r.ce, in 2 rs fat
II 10 believed that this mare will beat %
this fall quite gap. il the 10 nsrs gsd
right.
Another good one in Mr.. Deans strirg 10
the 5-yeAr-old Nellie d by Robinson -.
Her record 10 81 l2. and horsemen say
10 sure 2 80 performer this season il
called on for . fast mile. Nellie ID. 10
Iowned by james Thompson Of Sumner,
and Belle Chase BY Jude Records, South
Paris. Mr.. Dean exhibits finely turned
4 yeas-old stallion (Ffed Diamond) by
Robinson d, dam by John Bunyah, this
colt being . full brother to Belle Chate.
This colt went a mile at Canton q few
weeks ago in 2 So. first quarter 81 12, q
half in l IA.
Another great colt, Havkeye, 1 years
old by Robinson D., by Young Bonner, Fad
dam by ST, Lawrence. 81 dam by HuDton
Horse, has shown mile and repeat in 2.40
over sal d track. This colt Is owned ,lnt
~ by Mr.. Dean sni Il. o. jordan Of Buck
field Daniel Tottle of Bnckfleld shows
his 2 year old by Robinson ID ,-alarge colt
that can 20 right to the buggy and show
| D w L lp. hluth r ulleE Va CAuiVAth
two standard bred colts (very extra ones)
by Robins d out Of = mare by wh.lr-
bone Kaox, End dam by Winthrop Morrill,
That beautiful ard proud-stepping vii e
stallion from the stable Of d. r LsrrAbee,
Dover. is proving q drawing card for the
horse show. He Is all style and active in
harness; everybody admires him and wants
to know about his breeding. He is great
bred one. as we'll as great individual, being
no less distinguished = horse than Nam
brino Wilkes, 2.2S "a, in whose
roll OF honor are .ueh noted horses
as Arthur Wilkes, 2 22 4. r NJ Wilkes,
25 4. julia Wilkes (trial 2 25), Elliott
Wilkes (trisl 227 l -, Tommy Wilkes
(triai q 81 l-2). C,ntoowok ttrisl 33i
quarter 81 seconds>,, Mischief 2.36 4
(trial half in LID. Joe 2 80 l 4 (ttml
| quarter, half-mils track, rate 2 27 12),
Bertha WILKES, three -yesr-old record Sc |
Mambrino Wilkes is out Of Hattie Fltca,
| by williams Mambrino. grandson Of Nam |
brino Chief; second dam by Msmbrino |
Chief. third dam daughter Of Grey Eagle. |
the great four mile racer.
The Dsvons.
Quite display of The small but beautiful |
and uniform Devons were on exhibition. |
Charles B G Imam Of Solon had herd Of
ten animals, viz: bull Ajax. Q years old /;
bull Pride Of Somerset. year old; bull
calf Gen. Grant, 5 months old; COW II gh |
land Flora, 4 years cid; heifer Highland
Mary, 2 years old bull calf Gen. Sheriisn
COW Mabel Martin, years old; heifer calf
Myrtle, months old; yearliDg heifer Flos-
sic G llmap, l year old. and Nettie, heifef
calf, 2 month old.
A herd Of IA animals is exhibited by |
Luther II Maxim, West Sumner, viz: bull
Riverside, years old ball Gen. Hyde, 4
years old bull Schoharie 81, 3 years old. |
aud bull Jove. year old; cows: Vevere, |
years old; Flora Martil, years old
heifers: Venus NJ, years old; MAbti
Martin I'd. 2 years old, and three calves
Maxmus, months old.
Gov. Burleigh will be upon the Park.
Thursday, and will visit several Of the de-
pArtments Of the fair.
Itr,quires fifty tons Of pressed hay and
fifty tons OF straw to supply the stock upon
the grounds during fair week. Two thous
and bushels Of grain are also consumed by |
stock on exhibition. More oats are used
than any other provender. next comes corn
meal, then crscked corn and last shorts.
The society charge exhibitors $l4 ton for
hay, and furnish straw free.
There are Is tenement cottages and over
100 tents in Princes grove that are occu
pied by visi'ors ard exhibitors.
The track was In excellent condition on
Wednesday.
The headq uarters and stables Of W. II
Haley Of South Gardiner, the stables Of
the remarkable colt Haley and his com
panions on exhibition, are beseiged by
visitors constantly, and Mr.. Haley and his
grOoms are kept busy all the time in ans
serirg questions and sho~iog the animals
Mr. e A Packard Of Readfield Depot pur
ceasee Wednesday the magnificent pair VI
grade Hereford steers exhibited by Mr. X
W Paige Of East Livsrmore at both Safe
fairs this fall. TIE steers are one year
old girth six feet two inches, and weigh
2ll0 pounds. The price paid was long
one.
George W Bishop, the New York horse
buyer, was ono Of lie most pfominen,
visitors upon the fair ground Wedneday.
II was estimated that there were 20, 900
people up n the Park Wednesday af.er-
noon. The grand stand was we'll flied
during the afternoon races.
Two trains went up from B,unswick,
Wednesday morning, delivering st Lssis-
ton an immense number Of people from
RoeklAnd, Bath, Wstervilie and towns all
along the main line of the road.
A, the F.rmers' Meeting on Tuesday
evening, Dr.. X Saith Of Turner pres del.
and rem ,rks we're made by Hon w. II.
vinton Of Gray, B. Walk r McKeen Of
Fryeburg, president Of the Board Of Ag'i-
culture; Hon. Il A Gilbert, secretary Of
the Board, Turner; Rev. @. N. PARK Of
Pre,que Isle. and d. J. Briggs, E,q., VI
South Tnrnef.
Praise OF the gentlemsnly conductors and
otliging train men Of all lanks OF the
crowded Maine Central trains ID spoken by
every visitor At the fair.
George W. Leavi Of Boston, the great
Boston horse Dayef 10 upon the grounds
and has headquarters At DIR brakes stable.
He brought down with him q great horse to
start in the free for-a.l on Saturday--Dis-
moDd II, by II .ppy Medium. II ,faer
Bfe~.tsr, the driver. is very much plea ed
with the way ihis great horse IL acting this
week IL turned out that at his Ban 9 II race
Diamond trotted with . nail ia his foot, Al
when, after III +. race his shoe WAS removed
as one nail was takea out, blood f1~ed
from his foot.
The expert judge in the horse depsrt-
ment Is .df r W Goodrich Of Bristol, Vi,
ss,i,ted By Joseph E Alexa lder Of R.ch.
mond ~ secretary.
A ,mplimeLtsry dinner vas rendered
Gov Burieish and ash 1t Roske's restau-
rant, Wednesday noon, by Hon Luther