The Portland daily press., 1893-05-06

FAD IN Sutkies. A4s
The speedy and game bay mare Dolly
H.. formerly owned by j. Scott Jordan
of Cape Elizabeth, and now the property
of Thomas O'Neil of this city, is again in
the hands of Ira P. Woodbury. for the
racing season Of '93. Dolly H. is already
in fine health and trim and her owners
are expecting much from her as an ex-
tremely fast representative of the Knox
family in the seventh year of her age.
Dolly began to distinguish herself last
season in the hands of Mr. Woodbury. by
race record of 2.253 at Saugus, near
Boston, and little later on half mile
track she trotted fast enough to force
PAGER to 2.23, and her head was at his
saddle at the finish. Dolly is fine spec
linen of game trotter, with the same
kindly devil in her eye that has charac-
terized nearly all of the great race horses.
Her sire was Kentucky Knox, The by
Gen. Lightfoot, an own son Of Langs
Gen. Knox, the founder of the Knox
family-that happy combination OF
Morgan and Kentucky, thorougbreds.
Dolly's dam, was a very finely bred mare
from Kentucky thoroughbred stock, and
she was also the mother of Prince, half
brother and year older with d record of
2.19s, and his Massachusetts, owner says
he does not regard 2.12 as his limit.
There seems to be no question but that
Dolly, from her recent speed development
and the steadiness that comes of years
and good handling will make a distin-
guished record this year. Woodbury. is
confident that it will go inside the '20's
and how far into the teens is a matter
of conjecture. She is mare of great
speed and surprising possibilities. Dolly
has already been entered in the 2.25 class
of the New England Breeders meeting
at Mystic Park in September. She is
representative Of Knox stock with gam
ey mixture Of thoroughbred. Her per-
formances passes peculiar interest.
A Frasier .'byken sulky to weigh Al
pounds has recently been added by Mr..
Ira P. Woodbury. and it will soon appear
on the Rugby Park. Ira says this is the
best SO far developed in the market and
if there is anything better he is waiting
for it.
The half dozen or more youngsters
entered for the State Fair colt stakes
will probably receivea preliminary edu-
cation upon Mr.. Geo. Burnham's eighth
of a mile track at his summer home and
stables, Broad Cove Farm, Falmouth
Foreside. Then for the further educa-
ton and finishing touches they will prob
ably pass to the hands of Woodbury. with
work on the new mile track of the Maine
Association. The horse stock at the
Hart Farm, East Deering, at, the head
of which, are the well. known horses Col.
West and Westland, wintered in good
condition, and to the number of about 80
come out Of an exceptionally severe sea-
son under the care of Mr.. John ]. Bar
rett.
Mr.. P,sH. Lennon, the furrier on Fed
eral street, has number Of fine colts at
his home in Deering. One of his trot-
tiers greatly distinguished herself for
speed on the snow Of Portland street
last winter.
Mr.. Hawkins's "Ocean Wilkes, of
Deering, is in superb form this year.
This animal, both ON sire and dam side,
is one of the best bred horses in Maine.
Winthrop Pilot, of Deering, is ready
for the local racing season, is in excel
lent form, and his owner, Mr.. Ramsdell,
is confident that he will surpass his eff
forts of last season for he is still young
horse and one that ''still keeps coming
Fred Maxwell is working Gen. Weaver
daily and to correct his gate has put the
new hobbies upon him. This is an in
genious bit of harness that hangs COM
fortably over the horse but if there is
any uncertainty about the animals gait
it may be adjusted in moment for trot-
ting or pacing and the horse speedily ac-
commodities his movements to it.
The latest novelty for reducing time
appears in the West in the form of the
aluminium "byke'' sulky made from a
clay which may be fashioned into any
form and by chemical process is made
stronger than steel while it is much light
er. About the lightest s'byken sulky
ever made weighs forty odd pounds,
while the firm that is making the clay
sulky announce them to be of but TWEEN
ty pounds weight and can be built as
light Of eighteen pounds. Aluminium
has already been successfully used for
horse shoes with saving in weight of
three or four fold over the street shoe.
II the sulky proves a success it will save
from % to 80 pounds as against the by
cycle sulky now in use and from Is to Is
pounds against the old style 35 pound
hickory and steel sulky-the extreme
Aghtness of that class. What with
aluminium shoes and sulkies and the I'M
deniable fact that every ounce must tell