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


pigby Park and Next Years Prospects,
&C., &C., &c.
In proportion to it's population it is
doubtful if any city in the country can
make better showing of fine horses
kept for private use than Portland, and
the beautiful animals may frequently be
seen on ou streets and promenades,
affording their possessors much pleasure,
and healthful recreation. Among these
stylish and valuable turnouts may be OBJ
served the following
Matched Pairs.
Gen. Francis Fessenden's stylish pair Of
chestnuts.
Hon. J.. p. Baxter's handsome
and pretty moving bays.
Daniel. F. Emery, Jr., fine pair of
chestnuts.
Mr.. Daniel F Emery, pretty pair of
browns.
Hon. w. f. Milliken, choice pair of
bays.
Payson Tucker, particularly beautiful
and elastic moving pair OF bays.
Chas. R. Milliken, an exceptionally
large and handsome hitch-up of bays.
Hon. VIM. G. Davis, a stylish stepping
and especially finely bred pair of blacks.
DIR. S. G. Gordon, a handsome and
spirited pair of blacks.
L.C. Cummings, nice PARROT bays.
James H. Smith, fast and beautifully
moving pair of bays. one Albert Nathan,
mate the valuable mare Blanche. which
Mr.. Smith recently purchased from Mr..
LIP. Hawkins of Deering.
DR.. Fl. Weeks a noble pair of bays
that stand upwards of sixteen hands
high and will weigh in the neighbor-
hood of 1890 pounds. This fine team
came from Montreal, derived from we'll
bred imported stock.
Lyman Cousens, pair of roans,
hardy, stylish and fast shoppers.
All. Wright. handsome pair OF bays
that move beautifully together.
J.Henry Rines pair of bays that work
together prettily and can step along at a
rapid road gait.
Hon Fred al. Richards, superb pair Of
chestnuts, standing sixteen hands and
weighing upwards of $500 pounds.
Elias Thomas has very stylish pair of
bays that are closely matched and step
handsomely together.
Al. Trafton of Westbrook, pair of
black posies by Tom Patchen that can
trot singly or double in three minutes
or better.
In the single teams, perhaps the most
desirable one is that of James C. Hamlen,
dapple grey weighing .1403 pounds,
hitched to Victoria.
VIM. HI. Milliken has sold his pair of
blacks to New York gentleman for
$1,000.
Probably the finest and hand
soonest saddle horses in this section are
the black owned by Rev.Dr. Fem and
the bay Kentucky thoroughbred saddler
of Hon. W. H. Clifford. Both gentlemen
ride great deal for the healthful and
invigorating exercise afforded.
A Fine Deering Stable.
Mr.L.P. Hawkins, the large manu-
facturer of shoes, in the pretty and en-
terprising youngrsister city of Deering,
has long been an admirer and breeder of
fine horses, and has owned many of the
speediest and best. When your reporter
called to look, his pres emit stock over, Mr..
Hawkins, was in Boston but the superin-
tendtnt of the stock, Mr.. George H.
Hundoon, attended to the matter. This
gentleman has had long experience in the
care and training of horses. He was
ten years at the Lakeview Farm in
Meredith, N. III.
Mr.. Hawkins has in his stable at the
present time sixteen head of choice bred
horses, at the head of which is the
Kentucky bred four year old stallion,
Ocean Wilkes by Bourbon Wilkes, one
of the most successful speed producers
of the sons of Geo. Wilkes. For this
addition to the select Maine horse family
the public are indebted to DR.. Morrill,,
the dentist, who sent his finely bred
mare Miss Wilkes, 2.29 l. 2, all the way
to Kentucky to mate with Bourbon
Wilkes, and Ocean Wilkes is therefore an
interbred of this distinguished equine
family, like number of the fastest and
most noted horses of the day. In his
present four year old form Ocean Wilkes
is a splendid specimen of a horse. Pure
bay with dark points in color and
standing sixteen hands high and weigh
ing 1900 pounds. His development has
been so rapid that he has not yet been
fitted for speed, but in short spurts at
Rigby while ago he showed perfect
action and great speed. 1t would be
surprising with such breeding if not only
great speed but enduring lasting powers
were not found in Ocean Wilkes.
Gardiner Wilkes is three year old. by
Arrival, the head of the Pine Tree Stock
Farm at Gardiner, whose sudden death
recently was regarded as quite loss to
Maine horse breeding, for Arrival was
valued at SO, 0o0-just what for it does
not appear. Gardiner Wilkes is a perfect
bay and very symmetrically conformed.
He scored within one point of the winner
at the state fair as yearling.