The Republican journal., 1892-03-24
Some Belfast Trotter s.

follows to the American Horse Breeder:
letter recently published in your
paper giving some account of breeding
matters in this vicinety, alluded to some
of my horses, and you will pardon me, l
know, if / supplement the mention by
more particular statements, My expert
ence, too. may encourage other small
breeders for l think it-limited as it has
been, and prosecuted more for recreation
than protit-remarkably successful.
Having mare, Queen, that | had paid
5000 for, account of her speed and
beauty [ concluded a few years ago to
''try my luck in breeding her. l now
have two stations and three mares from
her. The mares have been put to breed
ing when three years old, and have pro-
duced five colts and fillies. One of the
| two stations out of my mare, Queen, was
| by Gen. Withers, son OF Almont and the
other by Prescott, he by Harold, out of
| the famous brood mare Primrose, by
Alexander Abdallah.
| The Withers stallion prince Withers)
stands 16 hands and weighs about 1900
pounds He is high headed and very
| stylish, and has the gift of speed. He got
three year-old record without training
of 3. OF, and has never since been train
| ed to fit him for a race, as his stud duties
continue through the Summer. His old
est colts were four years old last year.
| One of them, Sea Breeze, got a two year
old record of %, half mile heats and
! last season took a record of > 443-4 He
showed quarters in 81 seconds.
The other stallion, Haroldson, as a
three year old and in his first race, got a
record of =. "A IL. That season he Won
| the three year-old State stake, and races
at State fairs at Bangor and Lewiston and
| elsewhere, never losing heat, and get
ting a record of ,. 80 1-2 He also won the
| three year old stallion cup at State Fair
/ AS a four-yea old lie won the four year
old State stake and all four year old races
he was in lowering his record to =. 3D.
AS a five -year-old, and in his first race in
| August he Tapped out Elmbrook in
= 2S u.
Last year he got a record of 2. 3: II in a
race. He has never been lucky in strik-
| inc the track in good condition or in meet
| ING slow horses. or he would have been in
the 80 class long ago. That he is hand
some, we'll made and individually a good
horse, is demonstrated | y the fact that at
Lewiston State Fair he was awarded first
premium-getting 96 points out of pos
sible 100, according to the award of eX-
pert Borden of Fall River, Mass. He is
15.21-2 hands, and weighs 1000 pounds
solid, bright bay.
From daughter of Queen. full sister
of Prince Withers, have a young stallion
Wilkesmont, by Kaisar, son of George
Wilkes, and colt, Nelsoner, by Nelson,
that will be three years old the 14th of
next June. The colt is Is hands high,
and weighs about 100. Being so growthy
he had no training OF driving even till last
season, and then he was only given
eighths of a mile at speed. Even with this
mild training he improved very rapidly,
and showed wonderful speed He soon
showed eighths in 20 seconds, and then
lower and lower to II seconds repeatedly
and once at least in Is seconds. He was
given very few quarters, but Mr.. Mudgett,
who lately bought Phillips, son of Alcyone
says he timed him quarter in 81 seconds.
He is up to this time PAGER, and no at
tempt has been made to make him trot
Ii he could speed so fast last year as q
| two -year-old what ought he to do this
year? But | shall not allow him to ht
speedcd too much on long distances, as Inc
has grown SO rapidly he needs strength
and had better wait for him to get it.
Wilkesmont, as a three year old, lappec
out Lycurgus at Bangor fair in 2. 40 u.
He won all other three year old races he
was in, and also the three year old stallion
cup at State Fair at Lewiston in 2 40. A.
a four year old he won the State colt stake
at State fair and all four year old races hi
was in. He has taken first premiums il
his class at the fairs at Bangor and Lewis
ton. | consider him a perfect horse
having not only the beauty of form, color
style lofty carriage and graceful action
but the speed, ambition and disposition
required in the gentleman S road horse
He is Is 81 hands and weighs about 11Ot
pounds. His record is 2.34 II, but h
has been timed in race in go. | will
not now speak of any young things, though
| think they are promising.
Hunters near Caledonia, Pa, are ex
cited over snow white deer seen severa
times recently in the mountains. 1t i
said to be a large buck, with spreading
antlers and as feet as the wind. A part
of hunters who saw the amin fired at
but failed to hit it.
Gen Nelson A. Miles should, in the reg
ular order of promotion. become the gen
eral commanding the United States arm
two years hence. In that case he will b
the first man since Gen. Winfield Scot
not graduated from West Point to hol
that place.
f Five newspaper offices in Rome hav
; been seized by the government for report
ing republican congress now being he'll