Daily Kennebec journal., 1895-12-10
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.


o. B. McKecbnie Of Dover. has traded
Tor the fast trotting gelding, Geo. c. Mr..
Mckechnie will ride in the front rank.
there is not the least doubt This is the
horse of which there was SO much talk in
the turf papers In 1884,
George A. Bailey of Belfast, has just
purchased of Fred Berry of RockIand, the
gelding, C. T. L., with record of Q 2l14
The gelding trotted at Monroe this fall in
the eco class, and made an excellent
showing c. 7. L, is IA years old.
Griffin writing in the Turf, Field and
Farm, in summarizing the additions to
the fast classes, says the lists have been
augmented during 1896 as follows: 2O5
list by 4; Q 06 list by 2; 2.O7 list by :;
zoe list by g; 200 list by Is; 2. 10 list by
80; 9 II list by 81 212 list by 5s; 2. l3
list by n; 2.1i list by SO land the 215
list by So
Walter West of Belfast, has bought the
gelding Arthur B., owned by Albert
Crockett Of Rocllland. This animal has IA
trotting record of ? 2619, is ten years old
and weighs 1000 pounds.
For some time at Sunnyside they have
been trying little of inbreetiing Here's
one of the results: Filly by Nelson; dam,
Dora May, 2.a7, by Dictator Chief
9. 2.21 =; second dam, Dora NJ. full sister
to Aubine), third dam, Knox Girl
fourth dam. Gretchen, u filly by Nelson,
dam the dam Of China Boy, 2.27l4, by
Young Rolfe. A colt foal Of 1894 is by
Dictator Chief, 2.2l1G, is, in fact, full
brother to Dora May, 2.27.
local horses for the week, are rs follows
o. A. Dillingham;, yof Orrington, has sold
his Matchmaker mare, June, to DR..
Thayer OF Bath, for good price; Dr.
Colsn has sold his chestnut PAGER which
has shown quarters in SO to DR.. Much
James Mulherrin has purchased a 7-year-
old mare of William Whipple; by Bangor,
by Gideon out of Morgan mare; and
Charles Andrews has. bought of Charles
Brown of Brewer, green PAGER by Gen.
Withers, Jr, out Of q Gideon mare which
gives promise of being fast one. This
last was recently worked IA mile to track
against horse having IA record of 2. Is
and it is said that he could have beaten
him easily.
The death of the marc Leola, owned by
L. A. Pray of Auburn, has taken away
one of the most promising young hors 5
in Maine. Leola was bred by Mr.. Pray
and both he and members of the family
were greatly attached to the horse. Leola
was by Rockefeller, dam Modena by Mes
senger Wilkes She was seal brown and
handsome specimen of horse. She was
full sister to Mana, with whom she has
been driven double so much. AS T.
year-old she made record of $50 and as
a 5-year- of 2a214. the latter being
iilduG ub hiEut ldsb suiiultT.
Mr. George P. Wilson & Son OF Thorn
aston have their new stable nearly com
pleted. 1t is 33xa4 feet and consists of
seven stalls. They have three mares now
with foal All were bred to noted stations
such as Cashier by Nelson, Black Jack
by Black Pilot and Monroe Prince by
Monroe Chief
Fredericton, n. B., Cleaner: Mr.. H.
c. Ellis of Auhpfn, Me-, who was in the
city about a week ago, negotiating for the
purchase of the driving park, has decided
to either lease or buy it, and use it for
training ard trottiDg purposes. He is
not yet sure whether he will buy 1t out
right or lease it, but he will take charge
Of all events. The probabilities are that
he will buy it outright. He will know
definitely in few days
Richard Lyons of Orono, has two colts
out of his Knox mare both by Conkling
One is a yearling stallion, PAGER bay color
with black points. The other is year
ling filly, dark bay, weighs $50 pounds
and stands 15-1 has trotting gait and
promises speed. The dam of these two
colts is seven years old, stands 152,
weighs 1000 pounds and can move fast
The day after she was taken out of tire
pasture this fall she was driven 81 miles,
the day after that 30, and on the next day
65 miles. On Wednesday, Mr. Lyons
sold the stallion colt to Gene Smith for
s100 which is . good price as horse flesh
is now selling.
Many OF our readers who love good
horse will rejoice that the award for the
best high stopper at the New York horse
show was made to an American bred
trotting horse, and not, as formerly, to
an imported hackney 1t was vitistcd
taste which regarded the hackney as a
good roadster. In the two cardial points
OF speed and endurance he could not be-
gin TO hold his own with the Morgan
horses Of Vermont the best roadsters the
world has yet produced christian Mir
ror
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