Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-10-27
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

Horsemen will be glai to know tina. siace
tia: eli standard magazine, VILLAGES
Monthly. passed into The management Of it
new owners, the American Tfoiting Register
Association, Cnicsgo. 1t hiss met with TO
special charge either nee oar icslly, in its
general makeup or in the quality and value
Of its contributed AMI editorial articles.
The same style Of page is retained, the
cover unchanged. excepting in color OF
paper, the margin being = little wider which
is an improvement. Among the articles in
the October issue sre: Examinations for
S,undpe.s; Problem. in Farrisry; The
Cleveland Bay; Ailments Of Horses and
How to Prevent Them; Local Bords u
Review; The New STANDARD; Runners VS..
Trotters, and South American Horses in
England. There are besides the usual
amount of able editorial m .tier, q l4st,oDs
and answers, the official regis'e', and trot
ting AID pacing rec ords Chic G., H.,
The Railto Building; $500 per year.
Opposition to yesrliog races i, il cressicg
among breeders. Indepe' defc,. Iowa, has
treclalm ID ;bAt it will permit no more year
ing contests over it's course, and horsemen
in other states are talking in . similar vein.
Not few New Hampshire breeders we're
heard to exprese the opinion at Tilton last
week thst i. would be better for the trot-
ting horse interests Of their Stse il year
ing races were done away with. TIE i'jury
me every year TO promising cots In their
yearlicg form by the forcing process is far
greater than the bans q s derived.
"Suno.'s perfnmu ce DOES lot surprise
M. - said Mr. + II Briggs to G.z tie
reporter this mornipg. II knew shs vac
gcif fast, WAS in as go5d condition as she
ever was. and | expect to see her better the
,he 208 IA little. This i, only
her second trial against the cord,
nd the other you remember vas
course the performance doesn't place he
record Gu: Of reach. Nancy HaLks has
trotted in % and is liable to do much
better. She is out Of condition now, how
ever. and once horse gs's out OF con iiton
this late in the season it is hard to get ii
back This horse surprised me some this
fall, sad Mr.. Bfiset. referring to Messen-
serser Wilkes. the handsome snimal he
and the writer were ridiag behind. HE
reduced his record to 2.23. as you
know, and expected that, but
he showed me quarters much fast
er. Tw, days aft.r thu breeders
NEE tin he trotIed q mile in 227l2. max
inc the quarters in 80 ll6. 1856 227l2
Ths, makes the last O. arter, 32l-2, az 10
gait, He has repested by shos ~ me quar-
tiers in from 80 IL to 81 II The weather
had continued favorable should have kept
him at Mystic and marked him il side Of
20. think be will be able to trot in 2 Is
or 10" How about Gren.dier2" wss
asked. He hiss gooe into winter qu.rteis
and hi. shoes are takeuef worked him
once on the track after 'tu mig from B1s-
ton" Gfenadier is the third col, to bring
the New Eas snd yesrling rec nd to M.ple
Grove. the ether being P.lai and Granieta.
Auburn Gazette
A lsuahsble incident occurred At the rae
e., at Exeter. Hon. John Rogers Of Stet-
son, owner OF the tro,t Molly wi.he-.s'-
10 owns Shepard dog which i. very ford
Of the mare, and vha the htrses Srtei in
the first heat Of the 2 40 si,.s the dog came
on the track aad uoitsd away Ahesd of hi,
equine friend. Molly Withers coon drew
GU. Of the field and took the lead. but lhs
dog easily kept six CT eight feet ahead Of
her the frat time around. l tie second
half the dog held bis lesd until thy sruug