Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-07
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good brood mares, all OF which ne 10 ofeeu-
ing to Eelair. A gray mare BY Oxford
Boy, dam by Winthrop Messenger; black
mare by Tom PAscaen, dam by Morgan
Hazard, Another that is half sister TO II,
Pc, is by Gen Garfield, out of an Eclair
mare.
Sacols reputation for goo. horses isn't
suffering any by reason Of the show
ing Jsre c. Shaw's handsome bay mare,
Eva Wilkes. is making. A, Old Orchard
July &. she got record Of rs ~, the
firs, mark she has ever had. She won her
race. cue that was fought for from first to
finish, beating Fred Wilkes and the field, a
good one. The following week she started
At Mystic with fast lot TO compste with.
She finished fifth each heat, the winner
trot,ing one 10 2.l9 l-2. OF course Eva must
have stepped that mile in - or thereabouts,
T. ID. Marsh of market has been hand
ling her and so far has stssined most eS-
eellen, results. Eva Wilkes was foaiei in
1857 and bred by T. W. Ewing of Owens
vile, XIV. She is well formed bay, an
-ttrsctiye animal, She is by Ethan Wilkes,
, So l-2, now owned at Greencastle, Ind
Her first dam is BY Standard Bearer, aud
second By Bradford's Telegraph. Ethan
Wilkes was sired by George Wilkes s.e2
first dam Lady Ethan, dam of Queen
Wilkes aa3 81. Lady Ethan was by
Ethan Allen e25 l-2. Ethan Wilkes second
dam was by Topsy, very famous brood
mare, dam of Hambletonian, and the third
was Favorite by Mambrino Chief
j. A Palmer. Benton Falls, is the owner
of the fine black stallion Mordaunt, by
julius. by Constellation; stands 10 and
weighs 1850. He has nice clean limbs AMI
his colts are credit TO this sire.
,Isyhawker, 2,li 81, by Jay Bird, is a
great three -year-old, and some think he will
make better race horse than Allerton.
A remarkable ease of green oil age il
that of the Morgan mare owned by A..
Williams of kingmsn, Kan. She is thirty
one years old, yet she had ti.ly in 1891 =,
another in 1892, and has recently dropped
a colt, all by the same horse. The young
s,ers are all strong and vigorous.
The staff of the Horse Breeder has be, II
strengthened by the engagement of Mr.. j..
w. Thompson, the noted Maine turf editor
and writer.
Bethlehem's coaching parade takes place
August %.
MIR. Freeman II. Morse of New Glouces-
ter has four-year-old stallion nv Bayard
Wilkes that is a beauty and promises to be
a wonder.
Z. j Gilman Of Mt. Vernon has coed
week old colt by Richards Grayson by Elec-
tor
1t is a notorious fact, says the Horseman,
that the pedigree of the great horse George
Wilkes, as registered on the dams side, is
a fraud and Misrepresentation. The dam
of George Wilkes was a mare of unknown
breeding, and il is not in the interest of the
breeding business that she be handed down
to history as daughter of Henry Clay, or
of anv other progenitor. 1t has been
proven that the alleged Henry Clay mare
wa. not any older than Wilkes himself, and
that fact alone is sufficient to discredit the
whole Wallace theory.
Augustus Love has bred his fine mare
Mildred c, by Kentucky Knoxsto Bayard
Wilkes.
Many horsemen are anticipating livel,
race at Bethel, the 90 and oath in the trial
between Griffin of Andover and Owoissa of
Bethel. Owoissa has trotted thirty nine
races and has never failed of capturing Part
of the purse excepting in one Pace. He is
a beautiful black stallion, standing IL bands
high, and weighs 1875 pounds. He is very
kind and gentle, with, as his owner says, u
perfect disposition. He is son of the not
I'd campaigning stallion Onawa record 2 22
l-2, and which has been in rs races, win
ming first money in 81 of them. His dan,
standing i6 hands and weighed 100
pounds She was chloroformed at her
owners stable in Danvers, Mass, Mt III,
advanced age for horse, of Pc years. Her
owner, q. n. Fernala refused $3.50 90 foI
her the morning before but he would let no
one else own her and hal no further use
for her himself. If all horsemen were So
merciful there would be fewer pitiful oil
horses to be seen. At the stable owoissa ha'
hung his blankets. towels, pictures, and vari
Gus other ornaments, with buntirg prettily
festoo ned around. In this stall he stands IL.
year round never being hitched in any man
ner never disturbing anything in any way
Ills owner, g. w Fcrnald, has another ba,
stallion Tommy + by Eclair, five years OLD.
weighs 1850 pounds and is very fast but
the pet of the stable is ten months OF
hlly, Gladys by Owoisss dam by Prescott
l. he by old Prescott. Gladys is owned b,
Mrs. |. NJ. Durkee, but is being trained b
Mr. Fernald
A Canadian exchange states that the
rumored new track at Montreal is prac:i-
cally an assured fact, and that the enter
prise will be backed by American capital
The approximate value of the plant will b.
1925 900, and will include a grand stand
with "A seating tanacity of 5000