Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-29
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

NJ. Willis Mani, Of Eas. Pists.oa has
jus. purchased .noshsr vxlazbls calls
good ons CT das arpsa-snce AID ss;io1.
A socd xslk j. . 7aluiols irsis il horse,
10 MATER for What purpose be may q ussd,
and .hoae Sho take pains to nske .neir
horses g5od "a kers Should be pad for their
trouble and in mes; CASES viii be.
A csrrs.poudens Of tie Breeders Ga
zstte ssys: In the handling Of horses how
of.en the fRtiity CT mere s;rssgih sEd
h.s.e Is ,ss.izad. fer The strongest nza is 5
pismY ia strength compared even with .
lasty ysaring. a couple Of Big. wiIlial
young s.a.iic1s have bsen bo.beT!og sooui
,aki-z the BITS in their meu:hs recently At
Preston stock Farm To cure tae:n ray
dgss s:sp xas 20 teach them TO "a. ioaf
sugar; ;hsn with lump in ny left haEd
aiosz with the BIT they s5oa became as
Anxious to .sWa.l5s' tn. bit a. they had
previously been to avoid il. Exercise ps-
tieacs AID see how admirably the scheme
works"
f. Il. Btisss Of Auburn has promising
youngster in ;he coit Viglis1' sEi one when
should be record breaker. His dam is the
dam OF Pain. 2sI4
Mr.. j hi Suaw, the well known track
maker says tina. mile t.ack could be built
cheaper AID better a. the State Fair
Grounds 10 Lewiston than a. any o,h.r
plAcs 10 ths STATE.
To cultivate q horses speed and at the
same time preserve sweet temper and .
disposition to do his bss. taxes the trainers
skill to the utmost. Th-ss colts and horses
that are worked all winter on track ~ili
hate the very sight of it before spring.
Give the young things their work OF the
r3ad. Thar will develop their muscle AID
wind
Mr.. Chss. w Morse Of Bangor, has jus:
added another speedy young horse to Bis
stables. Hi, latest pu'chsse is . brown
zeIding which weighs 1000 pounds and
stand, l5-2 IL halds high. He is By Lsdo;
dam by Slashe- BY General Kuox; sec7rd
Gam b. Red Jacket. This horse is well
made fellow With clean limbs, sad vel
muscled Aa his breeding indie ltes h !, hiss
spsed and lots OF il. He is perfectly green
bu. Il taxes 1od one TO tea. him.
At the great sale Of Pslo Alto tsoisers at
the American I7s,itu.e Building New York,
Tuesday, the iwo-yea:o!d stallion Baey
Mckee, brother to the great A'io- q 1881,
was purchased By F P. Olcou OF New York
70; S25. 000-G stout prizes for tsc-year-
old. Forty -aine horses were sold for
total Of s58 1925. or an average CT si202 IS
each.
Frank R Hayden, the well-kaowu horse
trainer, WAS sitting By the f 70 s.. Hotel
Atwood, in Auburn, Tuesday noon. II an
down to begin work on Bsyard Wilkes"
said he. His shoes have just been put on
and | shall begin to jog him out just IS
soon as possible. Bsyard will make the
grand circuit this year aud We expec! that
he will do justice to expectations. lie never
Looked so strong and active and willing SO
he does todsy and we are pleased With
him" Emma f., the 20 tro.ter that
Hayden drove last yesr in many races, will
tie shipped to Lewiston very soon. She
will be bred to Bsysrd Wilkes and will be
trotted some in the races this summer
Mr.. Hayden saga that there will be- sn
unusual field of horses in Maine, ID
season.
With moderate care and good usage
horses life may be prolonged to twenty
FIVE, thirty Ave or forty yegrs. An Eng
hsh gentleman had three horses which died
il hi, possession at the ages of thirty. FIVE,
thirty seven and thirty mine years, respec-
lively. Tie oldest was in carriage the
very day he died, strong AID vigorous, but
was carried eff By spssmodic coic to which
he vas subject. A horse il use at G fidiug
school St Woolwlch lived 70 be- forty yea,s
old, and barge horse On the Mersey, on
the Irsall Navigation Company, is said 10
have been in his forty second yeer WHEN he
died.
a new catalogue Of Appleton Webs
Mountain Sock Farm, Waserville, will
soon be issued. Il is now ia the hands Of
The printers. Nj. WEBB is an enthusiast
in the matter Of breeding and haLdiiua fac
trotting stock, and his Msuatsin farm ia
becoming known sud quoted 10 al parts OF
the country.