Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-06-13
Track AND srasl1 GOSSIP.

+. W. Warl of China, has sold his brown
Ceiling by Onward. dam, Nonpareil, the
son OF Miss Wilkes. a.ea l-s, to 20 to New
York, for Ssso, this is cheap for tins kind
of a horse. with his color speed and size.
nsas Oliver Wendell Holmes who wrote !:
HORSE racing is not republican instita-
t,on horse trotting is The tratter is essen
TALLY and daily usefui.and only incidentally
tool for sporting men What better reason
do you want Tor the fact that the racer is
! most cultivated and reaches his create s,
perfection in E-siand, and thai the tro,uns
horses of America beat the world:"
The parties having in contemplation the
organization of a society to be known AS
the Passport Driving Park and Agricultural
Society, have in view suitable piece of
land upon which a good half-mile track
could be made, aai they will put on the
market $50 worcestershire shares at SIo
each; quite number have already been
taken
Milton, ho as every horseman knows is
MIR. G. Hatch of Pennington. tells heap of
truth in the Horse Breeder when he writes /:
"A Maine writer says that good horses are
plenty in Maine. lie, the gentleman start
out 10 pick a good, sound Young horse of Il
certain type or pattern, and see how many
he can find. There are many good horses
but some are held too high to enable the
purchaser to sell at profit; Others will have
blemishes. if not actual unsoun,lness. II
was but the other day saw a Young mare
worth certainly $500 if sound, being driven
along the street. There was gentleman
present who was purchasing such horses as
suited him; Sl1j was the most he would
give for the mare unsound, said he. 1t is
true they may be run off through agencies
or auction sales, but good. sound driving
horse is rare article, and worth good
money"
Writing to Spirit of the Hub, under date
of June ri, Mr.. Appleton Webb of Noun
tain Farm, Wateryille, SAYS: Il am hard
at work now at Mountain Farm. am
working my stations little slow at the
track. My horses are all well and move as
though they would be glad 10 hear the bell
ring calling them up for race. shall
not start any of my. stations until after the
season in the stud is closed They are all
being well patronized and am very well
| pleased to have Moun,aneer in such good
demand. He has a patron every day and |
have some booked 10 him to be bred in june
and July. Appleton and Pickering are eacl
having heavy season. My track is il
very good condition; think it is much
| better for horses to work ON than il was last
year for it was new then. Your old favor
lite, Resolute, is in prime condition"
Says ''Neritas" in the IIorseman Ne
tohoggan slides for trotters, on which trot
ters of no nerve force and stamina ma,
| gather momentum as the distance increase,
10 the end of the mile, should be tolerated
Quite right.
! L. X. Wooiman of Pennington. ha,
!
lately arrived from 4. ID. Morgan's stocl
a. - L. va" seven 'orSe'
which he will summer ON Franklin Park.
The Year Book index of ,rotting and pnc
'"s '''' 'o'so" ''o"s ''''' over l''""o per
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against time.
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p''Ae' 80 - ne Is Hooa iooker' a.
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l'oo Poo'uS' ana II ne doesn't make
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VI Ho'''' S'"'ie'''" ionh nofse-
"t''" 'o'" io''''ei' cut young anu 'efiief
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ioi "''N'S I" uai'in@ 10 cooi them Out
''o'''o ''t TRAINERS prefer II 10 green grass
wen ""''e fel''a'es grass "hen the latter
gus y ''o'''c ofee"crS OF experience fee'
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vi '''e' u'i''S week ana say That 1t make'
''ie'n gro" III great shHpc' Inc colts like
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~ if"NH'ehce' H. L. has been In this State
ai'er IL" sood ones lie bought one o
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