Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-07-09
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

Editor Thompson of the Turf, Farm
and Home thinks the results of the re
cent sale of White Oak Farm horses at
Lewiston demonstrates the failure of at
tempting to breed three quarter Perche-
rons to the French coach.
Edgar Thompson of Monmouth has in
the eight years old chestnut mare Miller
Maid fine brood mare. He purchased
her of AIanson Merrill in Turner and paid
handsome figure for her. She is by the
son of Telephone, out of an inbred Fear
naught mare, called Lady Garfield, with
track record of 2 %. Miller Maid herself
has an old record of . 80 and has gone to
trial in 20. One of Miller Maids colts is
owned by Senator Hale. The young ami
NAL is a PAGER and as a yearling circled
the track in forty.
One of the most promising horses work
ing at McFaul park, Passport is Nomi
nee Prince, owned by Charlie Buxton; a
bay stallion five years old. sired by Nomi-
nee (2.17il,) by Stranger; dam, Mercedes,
by Kings Champion. This horse is one
of the smoothest gated PAGERS.
G. W. Homestead of St. Adams, has done
good business this spring, having sold
$3.50 worth of colts. 1t is evident he
knows how to breed Among his animals
is good brood mare by Daniel Boone and
one three yearold by Clarmont. by AL
mont.
The last number of the kentucky
Stock Farm" has the following: "Ro-
bert j. has again show n that the work he
has already done on the track has not in
capacitated him for great performances.
He paced mile in 2.0i at Des Moines on
the goth inst, the last quarter in thirty
seconds. Evidently the little gelding has
no intention of resi- gning the champion
ship this year, and the horse that takes it
from him will have to pace for his life
Joe Patchen has paced a mile In 9. 0S this
year and John r. Gentry quarter In
2SA seconds. The Pointer Horse
seems to be going after his old time fash
ion, having paced in 2.0614 at Des Moines
The pacing brigade is evidently getting
ready for action and when they once get
what may happen. Already some very re-
markablo work has been done on the track
this year, but 1t has been mere skirnish-
ing to what will take place when the fight
gets hot Look out for music all along
tho line.
Some pertinent suggestions in the
Horsemen by John J. Taylor are: In a
race of heats, best three in five, the horse
that wins three heats should have first
BEST but In the event of long drawn out
contest 1 believe that some more lust
method can be evolved than is at present
in force. Let us say, for instance that
race is drawn out to six heats and four
different horses reach the wire first during
the continuance of tho contest. One horse
wins three of the heats and the other three
horses one heat each. These last three
may finish just inside the flag in all of the
heats they do not win and yet they will
get second, third and fourth moneys
while good horse that stays right up and
finishes, perchance second in each heat
gets no part of the purse Does not the
result In such case show that under the
heat-racing test the horse that is never
worse than, say, even third is better one
than the sprinter which makes out to win
the first heat and then just manages to
squeeze past the flag in the rest of the
heats? Can we not have some rule passed
that will give the first money to the horse
that wins three heats, and then allot the
remaining position according to the aver
age of the positions obtained: Another
thing would like to mention, and that
is we should have some rule providing for
the placing of the distance flag much