Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-08-21
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There is = report 10 the effect that NJ. +.
Poolvr is about to take his son, \, G. Fool.
er, in par,' ership with him in ihI owner.
ship of Faivicw Stock Farm.
madison has more fine horses, nov than
ever before. and they are the finest brcd
too, that are raised. writes a correspondent
of the Somerset Reporter. The best are
the Wilkes strain which is way up just
now, on account of the very fast time re-
Gently male by st Croix' in ?.20 which,
for half mile tracks, in not the best condi.
ton, rather proves him good one. We
have good crop of colts that will soon bc
ON the turf after this same horse. Our
trainer, Mr. Peter Murray, can be seen
most any day out ON the road behind some
COOL one, and by the way, he never drives
any thing Different
Nj. +. &. Pooler of Skow hogan expects
a dozen horses at Maplcwood park for work
| in preparation for the Eastern Maine State
Fair. Also, the grea, stallion Of the
| Pooler string, is entered in the 2 10 class at
| the fair. and although little sore now from
| , slight injury, is expected to be in coed
shape to trot by the time the races com.
mence.
Indications have pointed to favorable
meet at Milo.
There is quite an interesting article by
J. Is. J. on EARLY Speed" in the current
| 'ssue of Wallaee's Monthly. After review
! ing the history Of Dexter, Lady Thorne,
American Girl, Goldsmith Maid, and others
# the old time favorites and celebrates.
| he says, The old motto wait and win has
grown antiqua,ed, under the impulse Of
| Early speed developme Mt. In the days Of
Driver and Goldsmith Maid 1t was consider
I'd fatal to develop and race colt, and
trotter was not deemed tit for campaign un-
| I'll his ply steal powers were fully matured."
We are Just old fashioned enough to think
so still Show us one of these phenomenal
youngsters that are not knocked out AS
| a four or fve-y car-old if you can. It's all
well enough to talk, but 'you cant have
yonr cake and eat it too 1t yen eyhiust
colt you will spoil him ninety nine times in
one hundred. why, Driver trotted one hun
| lred and sixty seven heats better that 2.J0,
| aud Goldsmith Maid did the same trick
| three hundred and thirty three tines, It's
all well enough if ,ou have got stud horse
to boom, to preach the beauties of early
| development. but the old proyerb ,tilI re-
mains true, EARLY development means
early decay" lie says the only .ires hay
ing two yearling performers are Elcctoneer,
Sidney and jerome Eddy. why didn't he
tell US how many we're knocked out getting
these two each!
| II looks nov ~ though the stallion Nelson
stood n good chance to win the title Of
stallion king again. His y, rformance last
| Saturday was very creditable one. This
| horse was always considered soft by the
greater portion of the people, but glance
| 1t hat he did last Saturday shows that be
| did the last half al the same rate Of speed
| that he did the fl st half-each being in
l.0i -. In this respect he shows up 10
| better advantage than did Nancy Hanks Al
| N, site the same day, as his mile wa. with
IN threc-four,bs of a second as fast as hers
while she did her. first half full minute
f,ster than the stallion did. We should not
| be surprised to hear that Nelson had tfotted
a mile 2.07 in the near fu,ure.-Lewiston
Sun.
A. II. Williamsous PAGER, Jennie }. st
Saugus, Mass, recently got mark in 2.2o
and won the race in straight heats. This II
the fastest tim. ever made by any horse own
ed in Oxford county.
In .pite Of obstacles the Rigby mile track
is to be the scene of some excellent trotins
before the season closes. Nelson il to
start there Oct. iih, 10 lower the stallion
record. It has been reported that Budd
Doble recently stated that he would match
Nancy Hanks or Stamboul against Nilsson
for 5000 side. IL Mr.. Doble wishes TO
start either of these horses under these
conditions over Rigby park it is only hec,s-
sxry for him to post a forfeit.