The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-10-28

Wilkes, SoId-A Railroad Man Has
Pair of Fine Colts at Gorham-
Some of the Speedy and Well Bred
Glass Races at Gorham Among Local
Horses-Daniel I.ambert's Progeny Com
ing to the Front-Nelson's Good Work
as Producer of $50 Performers for
1893.
G. F. Swasey, Esq, of Standish has re-
Gently purchased of the well known
Maine breeder, Mr.. Briggs, the fast geld
ing Palm, now six years old. AS three
year-old Palm made record of 2.2S over
the Mystic track. He is superb animal
standing 16 hands high, weighing nearly
HOO pounds, fine conformation, and a
bright bay in color. One of the chief
beauties of Palm is that while he can
now go to Rigby with a few days fitting
and trot mile inside of 220 his dispo-
sition is so gentle that a lady may drive
him anywhere with perfect safety. Palm
captured the blue ribbon at the Horse
Breeders meeting at Mystic Park, in
large field of New England's best. Law
yer Swasey has owned number of valu-
able and speedy horses, but never a one
before that suited himself and family
like Palm.
J. F. Feeney of Gorham, baggage mas
ter on the Portland & Rochester railroad,
has pair of colts, two and three years
of age, that make fast-stepping, fancy
match. One is bay, by the Hudson
horse of Boston, and the dam Blanchette
by STEAMBOAT. The black is by the Han
son horse, Charles III. Wilkes, of Cor
ham. These youngsters take along
buggy at better than a three-minute rate,
and individually promise to be fast, es-
pecially the bay, who, through his dam is
but one generation from STEAMBOAT, 2074.
Alonzo Libby, of Westbrook, is quite
an extensive stock owner for this sec
ton, both in cattle and horses. In his
stables in that city he has about dozen
well bred horses, and in the spacious,
barn tie-up and his two farms rear BY,
no less than sixty head of choice dairy
stock-Jerseys and Ayrshires. Mr.. Lib
by has his cattle for milking purposes
only, having two large milk routes, one
in Portland and the other in Westbrook
In Mr.. Libby's horse stock we find the
handsomely concerned roam Lon Wilkes,
by Messenger Wilkes, 2. Is IL; dam. the
gray mare, Lady Independent, 2.s9 IL,
Maine Patriot, by L'Empereur, 2.1S IL;
Guywood, by Redwood, dam Maud L.
Guy is a fine ANIMAL glossy brown in
color, standing Is IL hands, and weigh
ing upwards of 1000 pounds.
In addition to the three stations, Mr..
Libby has the fast trotting gelding, Gold
wood, by Redwood, dam, Lady indie
pendent; the brood mare Zelta, by Rock
yellow, full sister to Grenetta, 2.25 IL
as a four-year-old. Zelta was mated this
year to The Seer, 2.19 IL, owned by J.
Wesley Hutchins of Auburn. In Mr..
Libby's string is the six-year-old brood
mare Barbara, by L Emperor. dam, Old
Maud, with six months old Westland
colt by her side, and Bellewood, by Gold
wood in his stallion days; dam, Belle of
Fitchburg, 2.29 1-2, and four months
old Westland at her side. Both of these
colts are large and fine looking speci-
mems of the get of Westland, 2.29 49,
of the adjoining city Of Deering. A two
year-old FLY, by Maine Patriot, dam,
Belle of Fitchburg, is another promising
youngster in this group.
MI. Libby is certainly progressive
breeder, both in cattle and horses, and is
a valuable citizen TO Westbrook.
Another promising young horse of
Westbrook is the bay stallion two-year-
old Dictator, by Dictator Chief, 2.2ta
The dam was by Constellation from
Brighton Girl. This handsome and finely
bred youngster stands 15a hands and will
weigh about 1000 pounds. Among his
good points, he is gentle as a kitten in
disposition. Dictator is the property Of
Freeman Brown and he gave the colt the
name of his celebrated grandsire in the
West.
At the stable of J. A. Trafton, in the
Cumberland Mills section Of Westbrook,
we find the fast chestnut stallion Gold
beaten, pacing record 2.20a, recently pur-
chased by Mr.. Trafton. Goldbeater was
by Alcantara, 2.23, son of Gen. Wilkes,
2.224, and the dam Flora Belle, 2.22a. He
is ten years old and was given mile re-
Gently at Rigby Park in 81 doing half
of it in 1.051, or 2.11 gait,
At the same stable is the large gray
Percheron stallion Fabius, imported from
France and weighing about 1850 pounds;
also pair of black ponies, both by Tom
Patchen, that can trot Is miles an hour
or trot mile single or in double harness
in three minutes or better. They make
iaunty as we'll as speedy little team.
The owners of fast trotting horses in
Westbroolz, Gorham and vicinity were so
we'll satisfied with their afternoons sport
of tho Gorham traoL On Tho 1c+b ;,,+