Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-08-05
Track AND STABLE GOSSIP.

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wock AMI sold To outside parties by Hon.
| S. A. I'VE, Fairfield, won the first. fourth
and fifth heats in the ESQ class iret or pace
a, New Britaia, Conn. Jnly II. Best time,
s.sl. Maud L. has iro,ied our half mile
rings in s.si.
| The new track at OH Orchard is so
sprinyy that il is likely TO disturb the STRIFE
of the tretters. Several who have been
working their horses there have returned to
the State Fair track, which never was IN
better condition than today. In fact ii
promises to be the fastest in the State this
wear. The kite track will be all right after
winters freeze and another seasons work.
Maine Farmer.
There are a hundred and one ways 10 rig
a tro,ter, a thousand and one kinls of ped
icrees and about as many kinds of team
sters. but there is only one way 10 bring
him 10 the wire fit, says the American
Sportsman, and ,hs, is by giving him plent,
of the right kind af food. 4 peek of oats
will carry horse further at the end of a
fast heat than a pedigree that has its tail
end fast in the pilot house of the ark with
a spike driven in il by Noah before he let
the dove out of the window.
Oats should never he given before the
horse has eaten few pounds of hay. Gram
given on an empty stomach is partly wasted,
| have seen men come in with horses tired
and hungry, offering them oats the hrs'
thing, the hay afterwards. The horses
stomach being relatively small, the gram is
forced out by the hay afterward eaten by
the hungry animal. Grain, to he fed eco
nomically. should be fed only when the
stomach is already partly filled. The gram
is like the shot in the musket--the powder
must be back of IT,
c. F. Millett, Norway, still has his brood
mare, Gray Nell, by Black Douglass, 2.3o,
bv Henry CLAY dam said to have been by
Pilot, Jr., a Kentucky bred mare. From
her he has yearling by Hebron, and one
bv her side by Capt. Wedgwood. He has
the 1-year-old mare. May Almont by Al
brino dam by Chieftain, he by old Vermont
BLACK Hawk. From her he has a 2-year-
old filly by Hebron that stands something
better than Isl, and weighs about $50 lbs,
promising FLY, bred this season to The
Seer. He also has a ycaring gctiing from
/ NAV Almont, by Hebron, fine looking colt
and one byher side by Messenger Wilkes.
large and rangy, very much resembling his
sire. Mr. Millett has l-year-old gel'iing
by kinaldo ,2S, liam by pickpocket, which
he would like to sell.
Charles Marvin says colts cannot be TED
too literally during their first two years OF
life, especially if they are being trained
Ground oats and steamed ground oats and
barley are good, but with both horses and
colts good hay and grass are essential 10
perfect health. Give colts all they can eat
up clean. but it is not so easy to fix the
ouantity with horses. Horses differ in the
amount of food they do best on, Just as
they differ in the amount of work they re-
auirc. \ limited proportion OF cracked or
Ground food is beneficial in all cases, and
essential in some. Horses WHO are inclined
To bolt their oats, in whose solid eNcrement
are observed whole grains, will get more
nourishment from broken than from whole
grain. Good. clean bran. well scalded, ma,
he used judiciously to cool advantage when
the horses bowels need little loosening.
Don't put a harsh, cruel or torturng bit
in the horses mouth--for nearly all animals
of nerve fight abuse the greater the torture
the more vicious the animal will become.
One of the bright Young trainers i'll this
State is James Millett of Bath. Tie has
been with horses ever since he was small
bit of a hoy and he liked them. lie has
cared for the fastest stallion on earth over n
regulation track aud he was there taking care
of the mighty horse when it was done. lie
is a, the Bath Driving Park now and has
four good colts in bis charge. The first is
Emma Nelson, three year old chestnut
Gllv by the northern king out of Blacksmith
Maid, full sister to Daisy Knox, that which
sam Jordan sold. with Oko, to New York
parties for a large amount. Parole, which
which Tom Mclaughlin beat a heat with
Fitchburg Belle at Mystic in lSSl' was SAID
tc be Sans old Oko. He was good horse
at any rate. This hlly is Il good one, but
Sam thinks she is made of white oak and
iron. She isn't, but she comes mighty near
it. James has several which he is bringing
along slow. He docs not believe in the hot
house, rushing system and he is nearly right
Charles w. Morse of Bangor sold Mon
day to Herbert Penny of Amherst, hand
some span of gray horses for 500 and a
span of BAYS for $50. Mr.. Penny will
take these horses to Bar IIarbor for sale.
avery tritiing change in the method Of
rigging ont or hitching up trottcr will
sometimes make a very great difference IN
the speed or ability to utilize the -becd of
the same horse.
The double team trotting record on reg
ulation track was reduced to PIP IA AT
Philadelphia on the 26th of May by Belle
Hamlin and Globe at the Belmont driving
park. The team was hitched to a skeleton
wagon weighing less than 100 pounds, and
they trotted the mile without skip. The
worlds double team trotting record was
2l3, made by Belle IIamlin and Justina
over the independence, Iowa. kite-shaped
track. Oct. 81, 1890. The fastest previous
time on the regulation track was 2.l5, made
at Baltimore last week by the team that
broke the record above.
Some people never stop to CONSIDER how
much horse may be injured by havinga new
driver put up behind him in race. Many
track horses have their peculiaritles, and "a
strange driver is not apt to know anything
about them. Said a prominent New Eng
land trainer to the writer the other day
Here is case in band which illustrates
this poin, one time last seafon | was taken
down from my sulky and new drives
put up The heat was ,rotted anil my horse
finished poorer than he did before. The
cause of it was that in the first half the
horse made break and the driver instead
of letting him square naturally gave him
sharp yank, which unbalanced him more,
and he did not get square through the mile.
You may not believe it, but it wa. five
yraaks h.. fare ,,.,f that hnrs. trnsf,ny suuar,.