Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-01-12
TRACK AND s4ABLB eossrP

gives Every indication Of developing SON
q the tsotting qualities that hsss made bel
sire the king Of the turf. Several vculs
De Purchasers have examined the 6lfy anS
~ thss she has more Of the characteristic,
81 The vosf3-renownsd stallion than any oil
hts pscGeney. A. results Of thess exani
ssfions the doctor has received Offers tnai
show that others Iesiae himself think sasl
there IL The making Of "hyesr in the
animai. oae offer which the doctor ha.
received was for $1,000 in eeoi cash but hs
refused to consider it.
4 A Maine Correspondent Of the Spirit Of
the Hub. Boston, writer very enthusiss
tscaily Of Elmbreok, after . visit to the
stable Of Mr.. G. r. Ellis in Belfast. The
writer ssys: II will predict that under
favorable conditions Whenever sen.
70 beat bis record or even 10 cross
over 70 the charmed side Of the 20
mark, Iimping time viii toll after him 10
vain. snd from the gems he has clustered
| sround him, one Of which IL his perfect
counterpart, save that nature has endowed
him With An indeanabIe grace that never
vas his sire's. indication points to . bril-.
liant future for Elmbsook - sire. do
Ike 70 zee credit given we're credit 10 due
and ~ Il 10 eviden. that Elmbrook 10 Iv-
ing testimony ID the virtues and spss d
transmitting powers Of Hambietonian
| Chief"
George 0. Bailey of Belfast, has sold hi,
horse, Pedro. half brother to Elmbrook,
70 Capt. J. w. Green, OF Deer Isle.
Mr.. Worrall Reed Of Woolwich, was in
Boston last week and bought two heavy
horses for bis extensive ice business on
Lake NsquAsset. Mr.. Reed is very
shrewd Judge Of q horse ard Of course
bought right and in the best place. There
vas day when worrsll lead all the boys
home from the csTairy singing schools. and
it Is said his son Winthrop. is cut out like
| his father.
| The enter prising horsemen of Skowhe-
gan are talking Of constructing mile
track in that town. good site can be OBJ
tanned, and the Interested ones there have
plenty of cash to carry the enterprise
through.
Horse and Stable Boston, Mass Of
Jan. 0, says; The market for fancy Maine
bred horses is very good, buyers from
other states being frequent visitors. They
have learned that while the prices asked
for ordinary horses is fully a. high in
Maine as in other states, fast trotters, well
bred stations. brood-mares and colts can
be purchased much lower than in many
other horse breeding states.
Mares OF Knox descent are beginning to
be appreciated for their value As speed
producers. and those who osn them are
aware that they possess good thing that
it will pay to keep.
The Wallace Trotdag Register Company
week. th.s veteran turf writer, Mr. John
| II. Wallace,. being elected President and
| Treasurer. Mr.. Wallace is besides the
editor OF the publications Of the Compa i,
Wallace's Monthly, 81 so year, the
rrotting Register and Year Book OF the
Turf. The Company declared a dividend
Of twelve per cent for the past year.
One Of the famous lovers Of horses in
the country is Mr.. John Shepard, head of
The great Boston business house Of Shep-
ard. Norwell & Co. who has Owned many
famous trot,ers. He was ons of the first
wealthy men Of tho country to rscogniz,
the superior qualities of the trotting horse
| : healthful recreation from the business
cares Of life.
Barrett Brothers, Fairview Farm, Sum-
ner, recently sold Il weanling by Westland
2.3l IA, for $500. The get OF their st illion
Col West are we'll thought Of by their
owners, and are not for sale.
Oae of the daughters of Gen. Knox that
| 10 still alive aud regular bsesder is Knox
Queen, 2.s4. owned by W. II. Lowell of
Portland. She has produced some valuable
| colts and is now in foAl to lockwood, sou Of
Dictator out of mare by Nutwood.
One of the fastest sleigh horses In the
| neighborhood of Calsis is n daughter Of
by Daniel Lambert. She is owned by G.
8. Murchie, 4 wholesale merchant of that
Town, who also owns the Ally Nellie NJ ,
% IA, by Daniel Boone.
Mr.. W. A, williams, one of Augussa's
best known an! most careful horse train
ers was on our streets Saturday with Mr..
cival. nov finely proportional and well
developed animal. little short of wha. Par
son Murray would call "the perfect horse. :"
Mr.. Williams says of the nearly eighty colts
which he has handled, Daisy is showing one
Of the best. She has but six quarts of oats
day, at three feeds, and is holding her
aesh and weight WELL Mr.. Williams for
merly handled Mr.. kennson's celebrated
colt Appleton, AMI has now in training the
Dictator Chief colt bred by Mr. Asa W.
Townsend and owned by Fuller & Button
Of this city.
The Horse Breeder, Boston, Mass, in
| its issue of January lo.h. says; ave re-
ceived pleasant call on Thursday from
Z. L. Norcross, of Fesrnaugh. Farm, Man
chester, Me. Mr.. Norcross was out on the
Arsenal road on Wednesday. and had the
pleasure of seeing one Of his pets, Mr..
Nevens Fearnsught, (2,l9) ou.-foo: the
speedy Jack (2,l2i) to sleigh. The latter
| 10 showing up remarkably we'll bat will
probably do better on bare ground than on
the snow. The Feavosughts are right At
bone on a smooth sno~ path Ne. Nor
cross lstely sold a five-year-old chestnut
mare by Achilles, dam, sister by Fear
nsught, Jr., (2.26) to J. II. Bradford,
West Roxbury, Mass, for $500. The
stands Is 3, can show 20 AMI is one of the
| finest gentlemen's roadsters tina. can be
found. Achilles is proving = great stock
horse. Oaly four of his tirss ten foals have
been broken, but Mr.. Norc,oss states that
they can all show their ability to trot in
$50. One Of the lot is out of 8 msre by
| Gen. Mcclellan son Of old Drew"