Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-11-26
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.


Tn letter to the American Horse
Breeder Henry Titer sags he never drove
a mile In 20 with as much case as when
be drove Bingcn in 2.12@.
z. L. Sayorey Of Searsport, one OF
Waldo county's most successful drivers
and trainers, has string Of eight or ten
very nice horses In his stable, the chief
one being Nelsonee, 2. 291< bay stallion by
Nelson, 2 90; dam May withers, dam Of
Wnkesrnont, 2.20K. This horse is one of
the best Of Nelson's get. Mr. Savorey
has eight or ten others, all Of which are
good ones, being by Haroldson, Wilkes
mont and Nclsones.
he. X. W0odman has purchased Of f. I.
franklin, North AttIeboro, Mas, the
brown horse, Likewise, 2.i7A, the
fastest trotting stallion by the records
ever kept at service In Franklin county.
Redwood Boone, 22ahs, is new
conner in the list though the sire Of many
promising colts in North franklin
Thompson, the black gelding by him Is
down close to the 2 20 mark.
John Prescott Of Bar Harbor has
received an offer Of $500 for his black
geldlng Murray This horse was raised
by A. b. Farnham OF Bangor on his farm
in Phillips, and is considered one OF the
most stylish In Bar Harbor. Mr.. Farm
ham bought this horse of Benz. Tarbox OF
Phillips who bred him. He was after
Castillian, formerly owned by j. II
Byron Of Phillips
franklin people are good deal in
terested in South Franklin over the speed
lately shown by Mr. Parln's great bred
young sire, Alclayonc, 2.22, bred like
Harrletta 2.09A.
We note advancement in Maine In this
line Last year we got our first two-years-
old in the 230 list, Emma Westland,
2gi{, which came close to 30 race
record and this year Conquest Star by
Nelson trots to a record of 2 23 and makes
IA rare record below $50. Biugen owned
at that time In Maine went Il race mile
over Lewiston track in 2.2fM, and Julia
by Haley, 2.17, actually trotted mile In
22S1{, second in n race, SO it will be seen
we are advancing Phillips Phonograph
W. L. Ra"klffo of Aliens Mills, has a
promising two-ycars old filly by Gen.
Withers, dam by Black Monitor blinds s
knox, and by the way those same Bls k
Monitor dams are showing up rather well
as producing such as Fred Wilkes tp,)
21Slf. Helen s. (p) 2.2SM, etc. The
cid horse was, too, great road horse sire
and big benefit to tho county.
ID. II. Hargraves of North New Sharon
Is driving good sized colt by Grayson,
the Wilton stallion that is out of q
daughter of Mambrino Kirkman.
Mr.. b. c. Sewall Of Farmiu gton, has Il
nice bay fllly by Alclayone 2. -, out of a
daughter Of DR.. Franklin, 2.3l, by Gen.
Knox; second dam by Hamlet, son Of
Flying Eaton, making the dam of Mr..
Sewalls 1lly sister in blood to DR..
franklin Jr, eco; third dam, n mare OF
Rising sun blood which is found in Mel
son, 2 90, and double cross in Haley,
2.l7. Mr. Sewall's Glly has taken blue
ribbon this season as a weanling when
ever shown at Franklin county show and
other exhibitions.
A. b Doliber of Phillips, is breeding
his Black Ben mare every year. Her
latest foal is chestnut flly by Nelson,
her yearling by Philippe, son Of Nelson,
two-years.old by Conrad, son of Nelson,
and her eldest by Imaus, sire of 1mogcnc
90 . 26il. This is n brown stallion and
can show some speed for the training he
has had Mr. Doliber bred this mare back
to Nelson so we'll was he pleased with the
youngest foal
The thrco-year- old flly, Ada Duryea,
has been purchased by ~ W. Ellis of Fills
worth Falls, president of the Hancock
County Fair Association of J. W. Nash
of Cherryileld, Ada Duryea is by STAN
hula son of STEAMBOAT, 2.0715 dam Nettie
McGregor by Robert McGregor. 2.171a ;
second dam Jennie johnson by Young
Hambletonian. son of Hambletonian 10;
third dam, Sweetness by Clark Chief 50
fourth dam, the dam of John f., 2aS a,
by Abdallah 10 Ada Duryea was bred
at Brier Hill farm, Lexington, Ky.
Merry Monarch, sire of the remarkable
young mare, Belle P, is by Nelson and is
tho first son of that horse to get a per
former in the list, making Nelson pro
ducer Il speed in the second generation. al
though Julia by Haley, has trotted second
in IA race in 2.2S3s, timed separately
The dam of Merry Monarch WAS out of a
daughter of Daniel Lambert and owned
for some time by 4. r.. Yates of Silver
Lawn Stables, Watervile He was a
large, chestnut horse with stripe, and is
now owned by parties in Sp,ithfield, we
believe.
]. W. Robbins of Boston has recently
purchased of Dana S. Pratt of Poland,
the six-year-old bay gelding Hector
Wilkes, by Jim Wilkes. This horse is a