Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-11-12
In WatervilIe Stables.

It is pleasure always to call at sunny
side, for you will always see something
new or hear something you haven't heard
before. The writer rode out there on
Wednesday last, and took n brief look
around.
Nelson in his old quarters looks like a
colt. His coat is silken in its texture and
glossy to gaze upon. Twenty four in the
list and five inside 2.20 is the way his roll
of honor reads. No entire horse has ever
done his service in the stud, trotted his
miles, shown the ability to go races the
way he has this season, and stood up
smooth and fair to look upon.
A very handsome colt is Voglesong, a
three-year old by Nelson; dam Pilot Maid
| by Black Pilot 2 80, sire of Pilot Knox
2.19A having a record of 2.2O13, etc. sec
ond dam Flossie, dam of Johnnie Wilkes
227%, by Locomotive, sire of Helen >,
PAGER 22SA; third dam Purity 2.37 =,
dam of Oakland Girl abb by Winthrop
Morrill, fourth dam, dam of Ben Morrill,
2.27 and Purity 2.3713, by Columbus "a 4;
fifth dam by imp. Trustee. Here is "a
grandly bred colt, as fine in finish as any
of the thoroughbreds, and better looking
than the most of them, one that should be
a grand good sire.
The sire Wilkes never looked better and
the years come and 60 only to bring him
additional honors. His son, st. Croix
2.14A, is the second fastest Maine stallion
by the records, the only Maine bred one
to acquire SO fast a record at six years OF
age, and the only Maine bred sire that
we know to have a 9 30 performer at so
early an age.
Tarratine, fOur-year old son of
Wilkes, looks out from his stall black
colt, rated capable of going some day in
2.15, is out of Dora NJ. 2.35, and which
held at one time the three year-old filly
record of Maine Dora NJ, is the dam of
Dora May 2.27H; second dam Knox Girl !;
third dam Gretchen.
The weanlings are mostly at pasture
but are a grand lot, several of them hav-
ing a double cross of the blood of old
Gretchen. Little Miss, a promising young
mare that we especially liked, was shown,
also Matte Merrill 2.27A and Queen
219A We're led out for inspection Later
on we will look over the young stock and
give them mention in the Turf.
We had five minutes talk with Mr.. A.
r. Yates in respect to his mare Silver
Street which has this year entered the
2.2O list and is regarded as one of the
earnest of the performers of Nelson
209.
Silver Street 2.1912 is eight years of
: age was bred by Pray and Shores Of
, Waterville Her dam, the dam of Jen
! ME Rolfe 2.294, thus giving her place
, in the Great Brood Mare list, was by Som
erset knox, son of Gen. Knox; second
dam by Gen. Knox; third dam thorough
) bred.
The dam of Silver Street and Jennie
Rolfe produced but three foals, one GO
ing to New York. This season Silver
Street has been in II races and has won
eight of them, and her races have been
with some of the best and gamest in the
country. Her earnings amount to $1,000
in purses. The most of her races have
been on mile rings this season, but she
goes equally as well on half mile rings,
, or can, her record Of 2.l914 having been
made at Bangor under strong pull, and
has been timed in 2. 1917 in race. AT
Rigby Park she went most of the way in
third horses place a mile in 215, being
a close second to Haley which went his
mile in 2.14A. Silver Street altogether
has had 43 races and has won 22,and with
them Il sum aggregating S4700. She is
sound as on the day she was foaled, and
is an exceptionally good road mare. She
got a record inside the .. 80 mark at Unity,
2.2S4, and at Bangor took a record of
2.25, since which time she has been able
to win with only gradual reductions in
the time. These last records We're made
two years ago.
1t is not a very common occurrence for a
driver to start two horses eligible to the
three minute class and mark both inside
of 2.30, unless he has a breeding stable
and is anxious to make reputation as a
sire for some pet stallion that is such oc-
currcnces are not very common in Maine.
When we add that both of these horses
were from one dam and We're driven by
Il young man who this season made his
debut as a trainer and driver, we think it
will be conceded that the showing is not
Il bad one This is the record of Percy
, Gilman of Watervilc The horses are the
day mare Badoura 2.264 by Gideon and
Cheerful Charley (p) 2.2SA by F. W.
Hill stallion, Broadway 2.2912. Ba-
: doura is an eight yearold mare, has en-
r gagged in some dozen races, and has shown
herself to be a good mare. She will be
trotted next season and perhaps after that
may be paced
Cheerful Charley went four heats at
, Skowhegan, his last race, each in 22S 4.
He is fine road horse, goes with lots
of action for PAGER, and has speed to
beat 220 easily He has met with an
accident or two which has kept him from
starting many times.
Axtell Belle by Axtell; dam the gray
mare Myra, full sister to Comrade, is Il
brown filly, promising us regards gait
/ Axtell 2 l2 is the greatest of young sires
having put six two-years olds in the list
this season, and Axtell Belle is the only
colt by him ever bred by a horse owner in
Maine.
These horses Were bred by the late
Charles Gilman and are in charge of
=, Percy B. Gilman.-G. Nj. II. in Turf,