Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-08-28
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NV ssvenssen yeazs "a, but ness "a
asar want their hossss % Dsss him ~ ~
ssne. he haa record q rs and essasd
. nile fss vseks ego, right from the hay
aeh in siI4
| C. C. Paris Of Diver owns tve-yeas.
Old eo,s which 10 showing up VEIL Ina
other day be frosted . half in ~, and good
Iindses ere Of the opinion that b can naks
hi, half in i.15 under favorable circun-
ssa.sss. This colt VS. aired by The Win
nh hos,e. he BY Lo<hair. Jf. His dan
rs By Brown Harry, and 10 owned By
Frank Packard Of Sebsc.
Lou Nc" owned By Msssfs. g. W. and
W. L. whitney Of Bangor, sa very pro
missing animal, - 10 well known to many
| Who s,e interested in horses. On Saturday
last be did . half mile u the Maplsvoed
track in l.s., Considering that is va the
i,,s time that be has ever been driven In Z
,ulky ON time. the record il . remarkably
rood one, sL,u Nc" will be heard from
later.
There il some prospect that . half mix
rack viii be bull. ct Hampton anothei
sessaa.
| Admirers OF good horse iis.h Who attend
the Gray Park Association's exhibition
Sept. l, 8. will have the pleasure Of seems
George Moody Benton, son Of Governor
Benton. 22a. as this nne stallion will be
exh b!ted each day Of the fair. For sty's
lad action this OIL & stallion has few q usis
He 10 standard bred ard combines the bio d
Of three brothers, Gen. Benton. Msjor Ben.
ton and ], # ,rson Prince, making him the
most intensely inbred Messenger in Am .r'
les.
| Nelson Jr g, the youos stallion owned b!
lie. W. Simpson OF ThomAstou, has only
been in the sulky to be dfivea on the trAcs
four times this year and eich time he shows
decided improvement A few days aee
be did the mile in 45 the last half beicl
l2l.
One Of the sensels ss..as we'll Is inhumar
practices Of horsenan nowadays, is the
cutting Of the foretops of their animals. A
prominent veterinarian gives it IS hi, opia
ion that the foresop was intended 70 protect
the brain of the horse, in q measure, fro 4
the hot rays of the sun; at any rate, nsturs
has placed the long haie Of the animal fol
a wise purpose. and it looks like cruelty tc
see it shorn close to the skin.
| Mischief, the horse which for years his.
| figured in the 2 40 class, has been sent By
her ~ner, C. G. Andrews, 10 the s'och
farm Of Ira B Gardner at PAtten, wbe's
she will be bred to General Grant. Thi.
stallion i. the sire Of Hubby. recently sci
for 500 to Hartford parties BY j. P
Tucker. Her present owners refuse $1,000
for the animal now.
Mr.. f. NJ. Bust and other Saginaw h ,rse
men have Purchased the stallion Rolfe N
from A. j. Neal of Lewiston. The price
| paid was S25 900 The horse will be placed
at Oakland, on the farm Of Mr.. Rust
Rolfe N. was sired by Ycurg Rolfe, the
sire of the famous stallion Nelson, and il
one Of the only two sons of the great Young
Rolfe living. The dams Of Nelson and
Rolfe N. were out Of the same mare, thui
making Rolfe almost full brother to Mel
son.
i W. II. Bailey of Canton, has good goipl
Harbinger colt. He has also fine brood
mare, nine years old, by Phil Sheridan
| She is now at The Pines breeding farm
Andover, to be bred to G,ifin. Mr.. Bailey
has also Elk yeAr-old, jet black, by Ven.
ture B ,one; dam by Black Hawk, which il
good one.
Spirit Of the Hub says: LAS. weeh
Appleton Webb had horses at Exeter N H.,
and Augusta. Me. This young man likes
to hustle. Tue Webbs were horsemen from
away back AS long ago a. 1872 when N,thsr
Webb of Wonlsich Owned the Lightning
Mare"
The tastes. two-yeAr. old ia Piscaaquis
county is sid to be the colt Owned by c. G.
Farris Of DIVER.
One Of the heaviest Redsood colts in
Maine is without doubt that owned by Mr
Lewis 7. Bradford of Turner Center. Thi.
colt is not four years old till the spring Of
| '92, and now stands II hands high AMI
weighs 400 pounds. He is not fat and
might easily carry 20 or 100 pounds more
| flesh. This colt is lorg bodied and proper
toned all over in conformity to his height
and weight. He is q bright bay and hs.
fee style under harness.
Auburn Gazette: Isaiah Pompilly has
been engaged as starter for the State Fail
races. This is suffi cient assurance tina. tn ,
job will te done pretty nearly to perfection
No msn ever lived who could start races
and never have . complaint, but Isaiah
Pompiily comes about as near to it as any.
one in Maine or New E9gIaud for that mat
ter.
The JOURNALS representative, Mr.. J. NJ
Croes Informs u, that one Of thu best colts in
Western Ksnnebec i, owned by Mr.. E. J.
Mumford of Win,hrop Centre. He is by
Messenger Dlomsd; dam Lucy Patchen by
Tom Pstchep: 81 dam by Winthrop Nor.
rill, 8 dam by Genl. Knox; i, three years
oil ! and b. auty.
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