The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-04-29
of Western Names interest in the i'm
proyement of horses.
Ira p. woodbury's Stable.

The experienced trainer and driver, Mr.
Ira P. Woodbury. has in his stable on
Green street, a few fast ones OF his own
and several others that he is handling for
speed this season.
Rob Roy is four year old gelding of
ancestry illustrious for speed and endur-
ance and brought $3.50 when two months
old. He is medium sized horse, a per-
feet bay with dark points in color and a
conformation that is picture for game
and speed. His sinews are elastic and
supple and he has stifie that is aconcen-
tration of muscle that tells OF tremend-
Gus propelling power. This fine animal
is Reveille--a son of the great western
stallion Reyeille, 2.218, winner of nine
teen races and thirty heats at 2.30 or
better Reveille was by New York, a
son of Hambletonian. The dam of Rob
Roy was Molly, 2. 193 on a half mile track.
MI. Woodbury. has never started this fine
young horse for race yet but probably
will this season if he comes on all right.
just now he is looking fine.
Topaz, a two-year-old stallion, is an
other of Mr.. Woodbury. promising ones,
but just now out of condition. He has
never been started but once in race,
and then took second money. Topaz
will also be started this season if he
comes round all right. His sire was
Hartinger, horse without a fast public
record, but an offer of $4,000 made last
year that he could beat rs was not
taken. The dam of Topaz was Belle
Thompson, 2:40, a Fearnaught.
Daniel Boone is black four-year-old
gelding, the property of Mr.. Howard
Woodbury., that Ira is developing for
speed with good promise. His sire was
old Dauiel Boone, remarkably good
animal, as horsemen generally know.
Another of Mr.. Howard Woodbury's
horses at this stable is the seven-year-old
black PAGER Mason B, 2:30. Mason B
paced a full measured mile on the ice
last winter in :12, and made half of it
1 :02 or at 2:04 gait.
Tom, the property of Mr.. Thos. O'Neil,
is another famous PAGER at Mr.. Wood
bury's stable.
The well known trotting mare Gypsy
and fine Norway Knox colt, the prop
erty of Mr. Edward Clark, are also among
the horses of Mr.. Woodbury..
+ During the past winter quite a feature
he dressed off upwards of 200 horses.
On the 5th inst, with his assistant S. P.
Murphy, the horse of Mr.. Stearns, the
grocer, was clipped in good shape in
thirty minutes, which Mr.. Murphy
CLAIMS to be the best time on record.
The Floyd Stable.
At the Floyd stable on Congress street,
near the Observatory, there are two
highly bred young stock horses and very
handsome animals beautiful in form,
color and action. Both are the purest
type of bays, with dark points. Gardi-
ner Wilkes is the youngest, the yearling
who disputed the honors last fall with
.Grenadier, the champion yearling, 2494
at that age. AT the State Fair at Lewis
ton last year Gardiner Wilkes in the ex-
animation scored more structural points
than any other horse and took second
premium. Had his breeding been as
strong on the dam side as the sires he
would have carried off the blue ribbon
instead of the white.
Gardiner Wilkes's sire was Arrival,
2.244 as five-year-old; he by Charley
Wilkes, 2.224 last year; heIby Red Wilkes,
the great speed producing son of Geo.
Wilkes, with SO of his get in the standard
list of 2:30 or better. Arrivals dam was
by Alcantara, another son of Geo. Wilkes
with four-year-old record of 2.23 and
sire of A, with records ranging from
2.13f to 2.30. Gardiner Wilkes, like AL
lertOn 2094, is an an inbred Wilkes. His
dam was Lady Fisher, by Gen. Lyon,
2.33, the Richmond 2.26 and two others
in the standard list.
AS a two-year-old Gardiner Wilkes is
in superb form, weighing upwards of
ND q ranf s,1I
This colt is very much liked by DR.. Geo.
lei. Bailey and many others interested in
the improvement of Names horse in
dustry.
The Mile Tracks.
Work is progressing vigorously on the
regulation track of the Maine Mile Track
Association near this city, and the Kite
track at Old Orchard, and probably both
will be ready by the Fourth of July.
Mr.. Flanergan will have the ditching of
the Maine track all completed during the
coming week and Mr.. Seth Griffin, the
veteran fast track builder, will be on
hand from the West to contract and grade
it after his own ideas. No less than 12O
men were at work on the Old Orchard
Kite track during the present week, and
that is bound to be ready for the $4,000
purses which the management have
hung. out for the 4th of July. These
two supposed to be first-class mile tracks
are of great Importance to the horse
breeding industry of Maine. Further
more the relative merits of the regula-
ton and Kite tracks are likely to be def
niteIy settled by them, for they will be
only about ten miles apart, and MANY
horses will perform on both tracks.
{ DR.. Geo. H. Bailey, V. S., will return
his finely bred mare Jersey Lily to Cho
ralist in May. A very valuable foal by
this same royal mating was lost by acct
dent this spring.
Ansel Sawyer has a new five-year-eld
gelding, &c. J. w." bred in Vermont.
thattrots in 40. The sire was Temple
and the dam a thoroughbred
Mr.. G. N. Evans, at his stable 81 Que
bee street has two good ones. His trot-
ter Keaser, now five years old, has a
four-y ear-old trial record of 2:344. He
is one of the finest and fastest of our
young horses. His sire was Black Rolf,
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