Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-04-03
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

The stallion Jaybel recently shipped from
Boston to Pennington, Me, for the season
is handsome nah ,gany bay with left hind
| corontt white; stands IL hands nigh and
weighs LOO ounds, and was foaled in
1887. He is son of Jsy Bird, 81 and
Buttercup, 9 IS; second dam, T,psey, by
St. Elmo, . 50; third dam, dam of Sti'letto,
2.35, by Tecumseh, by Captsin Walker !;
fourth dam by old pacing Pilot.
! DR.. Louis Robinson in recent article on
wild Traits of Tame Animals, says; alt
| is difficult to understood how the legs of
horses stand the wear and tear of work in
our great cities, where every step of their
iron shod hoofs is upon a hard, unyielding
road. There is no other creature living,
with the exception of the donkey or the
mule, wbiah can long bear the constant bat
tering entailed by rapid locomotion over a
paved surface. But if we look at the
structure of the horses legs we see how it
is that the jar and vibration DO not ipjure
him more. His 'pasterns,' the part just
above the hoof, yield little at each step,
and so break the force of the conclusion.
He is, in fact, mounted on springs. This
is one chief reason why he is pleasant an
imal II ride"
AL. Burrill, the horseman, formerly con-
nected with the late Senator Stanford's
stock farm at Palo Alto, Cal and now To-
csted at Hartland, int nds to locate in Ban
gor. If be so decides he will take along
bis speedy Elec,ioneer maze, Lily Mack
and will have quarters at Msplewood.
Nike B., dam of Iona S., [2l7 H.,
owned by William Gregg of Andovcr, has
been booked to Nelson, as has Oceana, by
WarreDer, dam the dam CT Golden Boy,
2.2S IA, owned by George Bearce of Lew
i,ton.
Berlan, 2 80, by Action, has wintered
well and doubtless will be BOD horse this
year. We understand his former owner
drove him full mil, 10 2 G last season.
He is very steady and reliable and j. c.
Horne, hi, present owner, hiss right to ex-
pect good things of him.
Any enc who has a trotter or PAGER he
intends to clmpa gn this summer is request.
ed to send his address to A. II. YATES s, pro-
prietOr of Fairfield trotiing park, 20 that
he may get it on his mailing list. They
will then be sure of rec, living notice. and
entry blanks.
}. 5. Coxey, the commander of the Com
monweal army which is marching on to
Washington, was formerly proprietor of
the Dixiana stock farm. We believe he
had some transactions with G. II. Nelson,
purchasing Kate Drexel and one or two
other FLIES by misunderstanding Mail.
n. c. Crawford of Warren he's a hand
some 2-year-oh FLY by Arrival, 22iI-4,
out OF fact mare by Constellation, End
dam By Gideon.
At the Auburn stud, Bell Dorr, by Pc
/ quawket, foaled a fine large bay colt by
The Seer March &c, ard on We'd
nesdsy noon Princess Cotha,d by ST.
Gothard, dam by Happy Medium, foaled a
beautiful bay flly. Bell Dorr belongs to
gentleman in New Hampshire, snd has ne IN
at the. Auburn stud for the past ye.r. She
viii be brtd sgsIn TO The ser. Princess
Gotfard Is fun sister - Queen Gothst,i.
2 II LIZ. and 'wo oilers in The lit. Her
dam. Mignon Medium. ]. the b 8, projuc.
ing daughter of Happy M-di.m. having
three in ii list hs.ides being half sister TO
the grea; Nancy Hanks, . OF.