Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-12-28
1aAcx AND s,.sle GOSSIP.

B.r.&F. II. Briggs of Auburn, of the
Maple Grove Stock Farm. have sold Gren-
adler :osA. II Merrill of Danvers. Mass,
for $500. Grenadier is by Redwood and
has a three-year-old record of a.2s.
The ,hree-year-old running horse Morello
has won ssh 69o for his own,rs since he be-
gan 10 race. SslyStor was on the turfa year
longer than Morslo has been and has sll4,-
| $40 TO his credit. Morello is nov in Cali
fornia with the rest of bis owners stable
and il is doubtful IL be viii ever race again,
as be wrenehed his ankle badly in the Ran
cho del Paso stake race not long ago.
| Augustus st. Gauaens, the well-known
sculptor, has obtained the loan of Mr.. Wal
ter l.. Clark's hackney stallion Hopeful I'd
| 67 (3o4H. to be used as model for the
horse on which he will mount Gen John A.
Logan in the bronze equestrian statue he 10
making for the state of Ohio, to be presented
to the city af Chicago. Mr.. st. Gaudens
1 saws that Hopeful I'd is the most perfectly
proportional horse that he can tiud in this
country, aud is thoroughly in love with lin
as well for his beautiful manners and kind
disposition.
The Camden breeders are taking quite
stand in Hackney breeding. They have
imt orted some splendid individuals, strength
eued it'll plenty of the pure, old-fashioned
Hackney blood.
OF the 40 trotIers having records of 2.l2
or better, 80 are by sires which trace direct
~ to Rysdyk's Hambletonian. Sixteen Of
the number trace to George Wilkes, max
ing hi N the mos. prominent son of the old
Hero of Chester. Two others trace to
Wilkes through their dam.
"Directum, the king of trotters, individ
ually would not be picked out for the great
trotter and race horse he is" says an ex-
change. "He is understood, badly ribbed,
over at the knees. drops away from the
coupling 10 bad manner, bis head is but
continuation of HE neck, and lastly has q
lpair If bowed tendons that would be the
despair Of nine out of every ten trainers.
Out of harness all of these imperfections
stand out like quilts upon porcupine, but
when they hit the little black rascal down
the back they melt away ard yoa can only
see the greatest horse that ever lived"
An experiment III horse.breeding which
will be watched with much interest is that
projected by Mr.. Charles Miller, New York
city, who has imported three highly
Hackney mares from Mr.. Burdett- Coutts'
BrookGeld Stud. which he will breed to
hiet-acaiag trotting stallion of Morgan
fblood. Mr.. Miller has been breeding trot-
terra on his farm near Poughkeepsie but has
failed to obtain the sort of horse he wants
AMI in this venture lie seeks to combine
something Of the speed Of the trotter with
the shape, substance and action of the
Hackney. The cross Of the Hackney stall
hon on tro.'ing bred mares has proved a
most palpatle hit in the production Of
carriggc horses, as has been shown on
the Virginia farm of Hon. Henry
Fairfax, aad we confess 10 some curiosity
as to the outcome of the reverse of this
cross, says the Breeder Gazette. So far as
the mares are concerned Mr.. Miller will
work v it'll very choce material. One is by
Rufus out of Denmark mare, another IL
by D4negeit cut OF iireaway mare, and
tie Il I'D is dsu,44.r vi Blaze I'd. All
are the highest Hackney type in form and
finish and better material with which to
work could not be asked. At this time
when Hackney affairs are moving so swim
ningy i. seems little hard that such
mares should drop out of the ranks and be
: bred to tfotiog stallion. Nevertheless
the experiment will be followed with much
interest. 1t is another evidence that trot-
ting-hefse men in aiming solely at extreme
speed have turned aside from remunera-
tive tield-the production of high-cass
csrriage hDisis.
French Brothers Of Sandy Point have at
their stable fine blooled brood mare that
has record of 235. She has very prom
isiuy young colt sired By Dave Wilkes
which they refused an offer Of $3.50 for.