Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-01-15

las. seeks issue Some Of the promiber;
h3rsemsa Of Maine think tha, Lewiston is
he place for = good mile srscx. Few better
i7essioHs csn be found il Msins for drawing
yste money, ous i. the character Of the soil
suca =. to insure very fast track? Maine
breeders need as fat mile track - can
De bails. Elastic hu, well drained land il
one Of the requisites"
Ten thousand dollar horses are gettir q
TO Be quite plenty in Maine, snd the spec
ia is,a are reschicg ont in every direction
for the beat blood Of the ,un,ry. Within
the mex. too years COLI Will be shown in
aumoers got By the representatives. Of the
hishe,t priced blood il America. This ia
toe opinion Of 3 close observer.
"rhere is one publication" says Bro.
rro.t, editor Of the Spiri. Of tae Hub,
which We greet once . m nth, IS We would
welcome ore If the boys from NJ zine whom
we kue. in the years lang syne. 1: 10 the
Maine Breeders Monthly, and in its De-
cember number i. proves its righ! TO lhe
name. We wonder if the average Msir
breeder, and seme who ought to be way
above tie average, ever think what J. W
Th1mpson has done for Maine bred horses
|, is straightforward. upright journal and
deserves a generous recognition"
Stories Of the blood Of rhs Eaton horse
1922. are touad quite often smorg the pedi,
gree Of Name rotting horses and it d Je'
not seem to hu,t them in the least. Walk
er morrill,, son Of Winthrop Morrill,, oui
Of the dam OF Sam Curtis, 2 IS, which wa.
by the Etton horse gets q fast lot OF pei
formers both at the rotting ard pacing
gsiis. Walker Morrill, was bred ia Maine
and is now owned in Marylsnd or Virginia
we believe. Rlbinsou, 223 4. had Al
Exon mare as his second dam sad, in fact
We M gh, mention lots Of instances which
Prove desirsbility Of little Of the blood
f eceioneer now has an even 100 sool
AID daughters with records of 2 80 oil
pettcE. uc idet " CutCE VIC list - tuc 81
year old stallion PJmous, which 60, ,
record of 2 90 IL at Augusta, Ca Dec 2
There are some things that can b quick
est done by taking plenty CT time TO dc
them. One Of these is training or breakiel
the colt. 1t cannot be done in hurry
Fac man in hurry is a nervous man. A
nervous man room makes a nervous suimsl
and then comes Contest of temper.
Lou Seer osped by II. W. Hutchins OF
Auburn, is believed by many to be tht
fastest yesrling colt in Maine. Lou Sci
is by The Seer, 2 10 3 and her dam Mes
Sc ger Wilkes, sire of Grens1ier. q ~
2 48 Ia Palm. g yrs 2 % la. and other
veil known colt Gel. btities. The Seer Wal
by Gen. Benton, and ont Of 0 Iette, BY
Electioneer, while the dam of Lou Seer i,
gu. Of . Brady wine mare representing ,
veil known Maine family. Lou Seer is 4
well shaped FLY, rich in perfection of COZ
formation aud coloting. Her ambition
seems unbounded.
BE careful to blanket your horse aftel
hard work. says Lewiston man. II va
down TO Liston Monday and coming home
ssw q man hauling off horse thst had d,=t
of cold. The horse was worth to my
knowledge $500 He drove him hard snC
then left him over night without blanket
ua ro, onlJ ar 4 NTH sorno ;rtaynal t,orbl.
RESULT, thereirom died. There isn't ont
man ia blu ldred knows enough to care
for horse properly"
Mr.. Il E. Haley Of Monroe, is now tn,
owner of the stallion Constellation b,
AImont, dam by Starlight. he by Blood
Bsck Hawk; second dam BY Msmbrint
Chief. Constellation is the sire Of Gen
sm, 2 % 2 I7d' pendence. 2 80 ard Illu
sion, (pacer) PA E. H. Nesley o.
Monroe, has q speedy trotter ia HiffJna
40 IA, by Gray Dan; dam by Dirigo.
]. P. Max-elI Of Weld, has your,
horse in Gleneye which should De SUE Cess
fui stock horse. He is by dlenarm, 2 q
/ 2, the gsmest Of Maine race horses, ant
is out Of q mare by Volunteer, the sire O.
30 many fast and game performers. Their
was some doubt about the paternity Of Hip
penhemer, the dam OF Gleneye, but lat-
ter frt m her present owEer would indicat,
her bteedil had been successfully traced
81 d to The URGE from which it has slwsy
been clsimed she came.
The cruelty Of making q colt endure tht
strain Of loug drawn out rsces demands I
merciful rule thst will terminate the coz
tests az point vel. within the limits Of tn;
powers Of the youngsters. This can only
be brought sbou. by char ging the rules tina
decide the winner only after he has won |
certain number Of heats. THIS could easily
be remsdied by char aing the rules so tina
the money should be divided according Il
the positions at The end Of certsin number
Of heats This number should be limited
a. c1rding to the age Of the contestant
ard should never be grester than five fol
COL VI uSaiit MUM hse, onu . iess mum
her for younger animals This plar
would answer double purpose, that o.
saving the mace -nts aud Of preventing 10 ,
certsln exten: the peraiciou, practice, tina
Of laying up heats to rob the public By
manipu ating the pool box American
/ Trotter
Berry Brothers of Rocklaud have pur
chss d the grey mare Ledo Girl, 2 80 4
Of Leslie HAYES Of Prosper. This MARI
is very speedy, and the purchasers have 8
bargain.
Mr.. Bishee B. Merrill Of Brewer, i.
the owner Of one of the fnest 81,
months old colts to be found in thi
vicinity. All old horsemsn who have
seen the colt pronouace him 3 foe
spec! men OF a horse and the best they
ever saw for his age. The colt has good
pedigree being .ired by Riverside, ris
mile 81 2, he by Membrino Wilkes
record E IS 50 RiveIsie's dam was De
cei.fui. record 2 SO l-2, she by GsribslAi.
son of Cd Drew The colts dam va.
sired By Ditigo, 2 80, 500 OF Old Drew.
The colt hiss already been brtkel to the
harness ard IN few months will probably
receive little tri7irg about town.
The Bsth Times says; II looks As if the
mile track was coming this way. As is
vel 1asvl the half-mile track at Thomp.