Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-09-22
TRACK AND erABLn oossIP.

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herses had won heats.
1t is not likely that strictly pacing bred
: horses will In future cut much dgure Al
sires Of PAGERS, because the trotting bred
: and trottiDg stations are furnishing enough
PAGERS each season to measurabiy supply
, the demand, and As long IS. frst-class eide
: wheeler can be secured that are by vel
bred trottiug sifes the ones that are BY pac'
ing stations will not be in great demand
unless their performances make them par.
ticuIsrly valuable, - is the case with GER
tain members Of the Tom Hal family, which
strain Of pacing blood 10 unqusstionsbly the
best.
Up to September /. 467 new performers
had entered the 2. 30 list sgAinst 81 for the
same period q year ago. The indications
sre that the list will reach 1900 or more
Def IRE the season ends.
Allerton's shoes weighed just FIVE ounces
In front and three behind when he re duced
his mark Monday to al. He wears only
such boots Is prudence suggests for pro-
lection against possible accident, and noDe
from necessity. He is checked only to his
natural position, and wears no blinds. He
can trot at his best clip without pulling 3
pound on the bit.
The Wilkes family now holds the year
ling trotting record, Freedom, 20 Il;
the two-yesr- trotting stallion record.
Monbars, 2 20; the three-year-old trotting
stallion record. Axtell. 2 10; and the cham
pion trotting stallion record, Allerton. 10
A daughter Of George Wilkes brought
Manager, which holds the two and three
year-old stallion pacing records, the former
2.Is 4, the latter 2.ll a. Monbars aud
Allsrton are both inbred to the Wilkes
| strain. and are both from developed snces.
tors.
The American Sportsman has = good
word to say for the kite track. The defects
that have been urged against the kite shaped
track are m,re tb an balap ced BY what can
| be said in its favor. II 10 true that it 10 not
an easy matter to see the horses goiug sway
| or to tell what the drivers are doing, but it
must be remembered that the fastest
horses can lead the party to the turn. and
that pockets are not easily formed -
on the regulation course. Outside of .
| strAightawsy course the truest way to tros q
race i, over kite shaped track. This. to-
gether with the time made, settles the fu
lure of the new style of course on firm
foundation. Nine.tenths Of the race going
public only look for close finishes and fast
time. The other tenth are those that play
the races. Which help the association
most to balance its accounts and look pre-
sentable?
We have been unsble this fail. owing to
the great pressure upon our columns, to
publish in full the details of heats made in
the several races that have occurred
upon the various tracks in Maine
much So il would have satisfied
hor.emen could We have done so. Sum
ma,ies Of races have been all we could give
room for.
Won HeImont is entered in the 2 so ard
2.2s classes 10 be trotted at Rochester, N.
H.. next week and Louis T. in the-free-f for
al. Mr.. Edwards is not sure, however.
,hs. be will staft either horse in these races
as the co editions allow for both trotters and
PAGERS and he wishes to save both horses
for the Breeders meeting at Mystic this
fsll when he intends to give them each
mark. Won Helmont will undoubtedly
compete in the 80 race at fairfield week
after next. Won Helmont now has record
Of 2.29 Ia, but has not gone hardly up to
his gait this year. Louis P has record
Of 224l4
Never be afraid to give colt q horses
ration il you make him d, a. horses work.
The farmers Of Piscssquis county are
msking up their minds that it will pay to
raise good colts il any. Five msres have
been bred to Mambrino Wilkes, son Of
George Wilkes, aud number to Judge Ad.
vocate from farmers in the sirele town Of
Atkinson.
Up to the present time the ownership Of
a trotting horse has been an expensive luz
ury, whereas in the case Of an animal that
is capable Of tro.tins-in SO or better this
msnifestly sbt uld not be the case. But IL
. man 10 called upon to pay 10 per cent. Of
when il he wins he gets only half the money, |
it actusly means that be pays 30 per cent. |
on his greatest possible winning for the |
privilege Of starting his horse, When to
this heavy tax is added the expense Of .
driver and Of shipping horses from oue |
place to another, it Is . sels-evident pfopo, |
sition Il al 20. ore fret class trotler in ten |
can NIKE his expenses, let alone placing |
spythins TO The right aide Of the account. |
Five per cent. el trance fee is the thing
Oae very important step 10 the improve
ment Of breed Of horses /. the sett,ng rid |
Of the o.i.h ones Horse breeders, =. .
Glars, do nos appreciate the Importance Of
bree dics for hrsius.
The biggest transaction in hors A seb tn II |
vas completed during State Fair week VS.
the purchase by Dr. T. n. Drske Of Pitts
Geld, Of the two ,e.r-old stsilisn Bos.
phorus. By S lissp, 2 "a sire Of SambouI. |
3 IL, dam Rate NJ. by Gorge Wilkes,
second dam Yorick by Lexinston-for |
go COO. he IL nov 1t bis new quarsers in |
that town under Fred Davis hands aud 10 .
good sized brown colt. smooth snd pretty
- picture. He il ssid TO be the best bred |
colt In New Eoslaad. Early Bird vili be |
brough, home about October 18th, and will |
be kept on the Hathorn stock farm here
after.
Ten thousand dollar horses are &c ting
plentiful 10 ihs State. aud the nsn Of |
Pitsfeld has several. AZ the STATE F.ir |
H. ]. Brsckes Of Piupash was offered |
$40 900 in cash b. . wealthy Ne~ Yoke.
for his stallion Hs'hinser. ard the oeer
i. coed for several weeks. H~.hir ger
m . vAiaabl. stock horse, I'D earns q