Daily Kennebec journal., 1893-07-31


white hind feed feet with stas in forehead,
aud a great roader. Lawrence sold her to
Albert Johnson, who afterwa ards moved to
Cam len. One of her colts was sold to FL
bridge johnson of China. Me, which was
once the home of Mr.. Nelson's father, and
this colt might have been the mother Of the
trotter. The writer well remembers the
mare Mr.. johnson used to drive her from
Camden to Warren every week while he
owned her.-Warren correspondent, Rock
land Tribune.
The WinnecoOk stock farm at Unity, c.
J. Bartlett proprietor, is pleasant place
for anyone who likes to see good horses to
visit. There are seven colts of which MIR.
Bartlett feels especially proud four of them
are the produce Of one mare, and all are by
the great little sire, IIarbinger, an Almont
horse which some are getting to think is
quite a sire of speed since the performance
of Van Helmont, 2I3 l-2; u very game
reg horse, Halle 22t; 10, in the last part
Of seven heat race which she won Diana,
which took 2-year-old record of &, and
will beat 80 this season; llarebell, 10
-, asa 2-year old, and later as taking
record of 2 80 L. the colt records being
State records when made, and there are
others of the get of Hsrbinger which have
performed prominently in public Mr..
Bartietts brood mare was got by Won
Moltke, and out of a mare by Gen. Knox.
Gen. Knox had good credltable number
in the . 30 list and his get made very de-
sirablt road horses as they had trot1ng in
stinet very strongly impressed upon them
and were extremely sensible horses, free
from fear and Objectionable qualities.
OF the iG2 sires that have so far contri-
bu,ed to the 30 list this season 62, or more
than one third have records of 80 or bet
ter themselves.
W. A. Bibbet's stallion. Ben Franklin,
who made a record Of . 80 , on the Tops
ham track last season, goes into training
under Vet. witham at WatervilIe the last
of July. ami is expected to trot ia the =. 10
class at Fairfield next month
Yankee Luck. which beat such good
feli at Mystic Park on the i2th inst, tax
ing first. second and fifth heats in 2.2t
IA, 222 A. 2 90, is BY liamhietonisn
sire and out of a Morgan dam. lIs sire,
Blackstone Jr was by Black"onc. son of
Rysi,k's Ilambletopion. His dam was by
Uolabir,ls Ethan Allen, son of Ethan J Hen,
(2.25l2,. by Vermont Black Hawk.
Cephas vinuer of the ~ class, - bred IN
similar lines. hi. sire being the inbred
Iia,uble tonisn Cyril, by Glenarm 80 l.
q; dam by Matcbless, son of Prince Alb, rt,
by Hale's Green Mountain Morgan, strong
Iy-inbred Morgan whose sire was Wood-
bury Morgan and whose dam was a
daughter of Woodbury. Morgan. Ned
Winslow, which won the fast pacing
race in ~ 81, PIG (, 2fi l-2, is byi
Tom Benton, a son of Gen. Benton, and isI
considerably inbred to the Vermont Black
Hawk s,rsin. His dam, Brown Jenny, was
by David Hill, Jr., son of David Hill, by
Black Lion, .on of Vermont Black Hawk
second dam By McCracken's Black Hawk,
son of Vermont Black Hawk. The dam
of Tom Benton, sire of Ned Winslow, was
by California George NJ. Patchen t2.21,)
out of daughter of horse called Green
Mountain Morgan, whose sire was Ver-
mont Black Hawk. Fesrnaught, which
won second money in the 2 10 class and re-
duced bis record to 2.l7 IA, is from a
Morgan sire, gu, Of a dam of Hambetonisn
descent. Mischief. which forced Puritan
out in 2.l9 i-2 in the 2 q class and got
third money, is by M,mhrino Wilkes g 2s
3-4 y dam by Col. Cross, whose sire was
t..e Inbred Morgan Draco p 2s l-2 II
American Horse Breeler.
II il singular fact that the more horse
i. hurt by the pressure Of any part of his
,srkli q. the grester II he hi. resistance
10 il. A horse with a SIRE mouth will pull
harder on the bit. If fay young horse is tied
with = broad leather strsp around his neck,
~ that when be pulls violently back il will
restrain him eifectuslly without hurting
him. he will often not pull & second time.
but if he is tied up with a chain that
cuts into his neck, he will generally
pull st il again and again, and not
unfrequenily until he kills himself.
horse will stand in the stall and bat
ter his legs all &c pieces by kicking, and
the more it hurts the worse he will kick.
If 4 horse takes to kicking in the shafts
and cuts his legs st each hi with the
splinters or iron of the carriage, he will
kick a. long as there is a splinter left. He
will not. however. kick long at bundle of
straw swinging behind him. II the bride
is taken of young horse quietly, so that
the bit comes out Of his moath easily. it |
will not be long before iis will assist in tax |
ing it od but IL he il hurt by the operation. |
be will throw his had to one side or jerk |
back every time the bri.iie is removed. |
There ehouid not be the slightest hitch |
about taking the bit from the mouth of q |
colt. BY this process mary . colt has been |
ruined Spirit Of the Hnb-
Trainer Augustus TAyio who is located |
ct Mystic Park with 10 horses owned by w. |
+, Todd, Calais, Me-. has some - we'll |
bred ones ~ can be found in long journey. |
The handsome stallion Etgards CO 20 i-2) |
10 the fastest Of the lot by the records, and /
il in ane condition, but the pacing mare
Fortuna, by Jay G,uld q 81 1-2l, dam By