Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1895-04-30
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

f. H. Briggs of Auburn, discussing
the outlook for the horse market believes
that it is very promising and that the
breeders who have held their stock will
realize good profits therefrom He bases
his hopes upon the fact that trotters and
high class roadsters are to quite an extent
a luxury, which men indulge in when
business is good but which is one of the
first steps toward retrenchmcnt in time
of business depression. The hard times
has had the effect to greatly lessen the
breeding of this class of horses and with
the return of good times there ought to be
a sharp demand. Mr.. Briggs is not only
an expert horse breeder but a shrewd
business man.
One of the best pieces of horsehesh in
the town of Wayne, Or for that matter,
in that section of the State, is Moses b.
Sylvester's black bay fivo-year- old gelding
by Redwood, out of Morgan mare owned
by Mr.. Charles Sylvester in Turner Cen
ter. Mr.. Sylvester has had the horse On
son at Lewiston, when no circled off a
mile in ~ ana his owner was offered $3.50
for HIM Weighs 1850 lbs and stands
1879 high. In easy, graceful knee action
and stylish carriage generally, combined
with his qualities for speed, this colt is
hard to beat The Lewiston Journal IN
dcrstands that Mr.. Bailey of Winthrop has
taken fancy to the animal and has
made Sylvester an offer for her, which
that gentleman now has under considera-
ton.
Mr.. W. H. J. Miller of Auburn has
bought of Mr. Head of North Buckfleld
stylish bay horse, which stands 1873 ard
can speed 2. 40 gait. Ho has also bought
Of James Smell of Norway, black mare
standing 1913, by Robert Bonner Jr, dam
by Don Pedro. Tho marc can show "a
.. so gait.
The New York Herald says of the
Handbook of the Turf by Samuel l..
Boardman of Augusta, "a publication that
will be eagerly sought for by every per
son who breeds, trains rides or loves n
borse. Its scope Of information embraces
everything worth knowing that relates to
the horse and the turf. The racing laws
of the various states, stable management
irt, nj,
ism are all discussed in detail in an in
teresting and exceedingly comprehensive
manner 1t numbers 3o3 pages and is ap-
propriately and tasterully bound"
Under the head of Horse Talk" the
Belfast Journal has the following: Geo
d. Otis & Co S stock farm in East Bel
fast now has thirty six horses young and
old. The stallion Silver Spray has been
at Cornish during the winter, but viii be
brought to Belfast this week. Torpedo is
in the hands OF trainer at Fleetwood
park and Electrolight was sent to Boston,
Saturday. +. C. Body is at his home in
Brooks on short vacation from Provi-
dence, r. l., where he has charge of the
stable Of Mr.. Earle. Among the horses
are the roans Busy Bee and NJ. B., both of
which were raised by Hon Isaac G. Rey-
nolds of Brooks. They are of the well
known Harb finger stock and are said to
be fast. DR.. Freeman reports that there
is an unusual amount of pneumonia
among horses here this spring, and that
the disease ASSUMES an epizootic form.
Abner Littlefeld, the well known trainer
and driver, has rented the McCausland
farm near Crommett's Mills and has now
stable of nine horses in his care One
of them is Wilkesmont, 2.20l3. owned by
W. c. Marshall of Belfast. Mr.. LittIefield
gave this horse record of 2. 40 as q three
year-old. Mr. Littlefleld formerly drove
for Mr. Marshall and in over thirty races
was never behind the money and got first
money in as many as twenty of them.
With the exception of Wilkesmont, all
the horses he has at bis stable are green
ones. -Waterville Mail
The stallion Elmbrook, owned by a
Belfast syndicate, has been leased for the
season to Mr.. S. X. Jackson Of Paris Hill.
They say that C. H. Nelson will cam
uajen only on half-mile tracks this sum-
mer. and thus save fast records. DIR. 4.
u. Drake OF Pittsfeld has lost by death a
nice roam FLY, two years old, by Early
Brd. a.12ll She was worth BARNARD
full Of ordinary ones Lewiston journal
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