The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-11-11

and valuable addition to Mr.. Hawkins's
brood mares
In this stock we also find good look
ing yearling by Bayard Wilkes, a five
year old FLY by Glenarna and three other
promising yearling colts by Ocean Wilkes.
A Generous Horse Admirer.
Mr.J. P. Spaulding of Boston, who re-
Gently presented to Mr.. Ira p Woodbury.
half interest in the valuable and high
~ bred Wilkes stallion Arthur Cleveland,
by Alcantara, has heretofore shown great
l1berality toward trainers and breeders,
toward whom he took a liking. He pre-
sented Getchell of Skowh egan, with a
half interest in the black five year old
stallion Mahlon, which took winning
record of 2.18 q under Woodbury's
guidance and was separately timed at
ZIG 1-2 in the stallion race at the New
England Breeders Meeting this fall.
Mahlon is now valuedssat not less than
$1,000. Mr.. Spauldingssalso presented to
Mr.. M. I. Pooler, the we'll known horse
breeder of Skowhegan, Blanche sJeffer-
son, the dam of both Mahlon and Arthur
Cleveland. She is royalty bred, her dam
being May Day, from the wonderful
mare Pocahontas, that took record as
long ago as 1856 of 217 10 to wagon
This makes both Mahlon and Arthur
Cleveland related tosaNelson, whose sire
was Young Rolfe by Tom Rolfe whose
dam was Pocahontas. They are also re-
lated ON the Hambletonian side, Nelson's
dam being Gretchen by Gideon, an own
son of Rysdyke's Ham beltonian, while
Mahlon and Arthur Cleveland are both
by Alcantara, son of. George. Wilkes, and
by Rysdyke's Hambletonian
Since Arthur Cleveland. has come into
the care of Mr.. Woodbury. he has i'm
proved wonderfully in appearance, and
of health. This colt has never been
hardenedsup for track work, but Ira took
him out to Rigby recently and he showed
a quarter in 81 seconds, a 22S gait, and
a full mile in 237. Wood bury is conf
dent that he4is good I for. 2.25 or better in
his five year old form next year. AS
the English express it, Arthur is already
worth "a good bit of money" and our
Portland trainer was fortunate to have
his efforts SO handsomely recognized.
Notes.
A great deal Of work has been done at
Rigby park during the past four weeks
in finishing up the grand stand, new
stables, driveways, etc. 1t will be a
great track next season with equipment
second to none in the country. There
will probably be meetings in June and
July, especially for the benefit of the
large mum Der of horses that will be in
training there, but the great event will
be the grand horse fair during the week
in August, which will assume inter-
national Importance by the participation
of the Dominion of Canada in competi-
tion with the United States.
S.H. Ramsdell of Deering, the owner
and driver of Winthrop Pilot, is seventy
two years old. He is still hale and
hearty and drives his horses in all their
races He gave Pilot record of 229 1-2
in race at the state fair at Lewiston.
The lowest record made this year was
2.o3 IL, by the gelding Ayres P. 1t ex-
cited but little attention, however, ais it
was made with a running mate that
pulled all the load and more too. Ayre's
best harness record is 2.22 IL Ethan
Allen used to go double in that way
thirty years ago, but tho habit never
proved popular, as it is but little test of
the speed and power of horse.