The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-21

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nized-Maine's Good Work in Contribu-
ting to the Standard List of 1S93-Fash-
ienable Stock and What the Leading
Speed Producers Have Been Doing This
season-Time Takes Tumble on a
Griffin Track. Etc, Etc.
Mr.. Ira T. Woodbury. has recently re-
ceived u very handsome and valuable
present from a liberal and wealthy Bos-
ton gentleman. 1t came about in this
way. After Woodbury. had driven and
Mr.. M. T. Pooler's Mahlon of Skowhe-
gan, record 2.22 1-2 in the fifth heat of
race, the Boston man said to Ira, I'm
going to give you half of the four-year-
old colt, Arthur Cleveland; take him
home with you and see what you can do
with him. This colt is full brother to
Mahlon, and they by Alcantara son of
George Wilkes, the founder of the whole
Wilkes family. He is size larger than
Mahlon, powerfully conformed, fine ac-
ton and blood bay in color. The young
stallion has never been handled for speed
but Woodbury. took him out to Rigby
Park a few days ago and he trotted a
mile easily in 2.45, going the last half in
1.2O. This colt will be valuable addi-
ton to the standard bred trotting stock
of this section.
The fast horses in this vicinity are get
ting into winter quarters. At Broad
Cove Farm, Falmouth Foreside, Burn
ham & Morrill, have some forty head,
ranging from weanlings up to the head
of the flock, Norway Knox. Dandy, the
fast four-ycar-old, has his shoes off, and
will live in clover until he appears next
year in his fve-year-old form.
Thomas O'Neil's Dolly H. is still with
Ira P. Woodbury., where she has been
upwards of year. Dolly has not low
cred her record, made in the fifth heat of
a race at Saugus, near Boston, last year,
of 2.25 1-2, but she has shown her friends
some wonderful speed by trotting quar-
ter in thirty seconds, or two-minute
gait. Woodbury. also has in his barn
Topaz, the speedy PAGER Ned Rollins, the
fast and gamey looking Boothby mare
Bess, besides his new Alcantara four
year-old and others.
The Fashionable Breeding.
Of the 720 odd horses in the United
States that have made themselves stand
ard by performances thus far this year,
that is. to trot or pace mile in 2.30 or
better, Maine contributes upwards of 10,
which is a remarkably good showing, and
perhaps the best in the country in pro-
portion to the number of horses bred for
speed. Nelson, 2.09, leads off among the
great speed getters of the world by fif-
teen of his children trotting or pacing
into the charmed circle this season.
Dictator Chief, 2.21 IL, by Dictator,
comes next, with five in the list this
year. Messenger Wilkes, by Red Wilkes,
has three to his credit; Daniel Boone,
2.21 1-2, by Hambletonian 10, three; Har-
binger, by Almont, three; Lothian, Jr.,
2.3O, by Lothian, 2.29 1-2, three; and the
balance of the honors are divided among
some thirty Maine stations who have
contributed two and one each.
Taking the country at large, the most
fashionable and successful line has
Teen the long established and finely
bred Wilkes blood. The Nelson family
are all still young, but by the way they
are coming on it seems certain that the
great Maine bred stallion has founded
an illustrious line.
The Wilkes family is SO largely repre-
sented in the horse raising industry of
our state that it will be interesting to
learn what the get of the sons of George
Wilkes have been doing this year in
swelling the standard list: Onward,
2.25 1-2, leads with 80; Gambetti Wilkes,
2.191-2, has 16; Alcantara, 2.22 1-2, has
II; Red Wilkes, IA; Bourbon Wilkes,
sire of L. P. Hawkins's Ocean Wilkes, Of
Deering, put in - this year; Guy Wilkes,
2,15 1-2, has IL; Wilkes Boy, 2.24 ID,
10; Jay Bird, 10; Stranger, Z; Wilbur.
2.19 1-2, scores 5, as does also Wilkie
Collins,Wilbur, 2. 10 1-2, and Woodford
Wilkes; Young Jim has 5; Dennison
Wilkes, 6; Baron Wilkes, 2.18 1-2, gets
six, and there are dozens of others of
the same line that has stepped in this
season.
The largest individual contributions to
the list are made by Nutwood, 2.1s IL,
by Belmont and Robert McGregor,
2,I7 IL, by Major Edsell, both being
credited with "a. The Nutwood family
is quite well represented in Maine.
Among the other famous horses Elec-
tioneer puts IA on the 90 list-three be-
hind Nelson-and Stamboul, 2.07 1-3, 6,
or nine less than the Maine stallion.
Time Takes Another Tumble On a Griffin