Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-11-24


latter accounts TO
his castles abroad and sons-in-law o
(, the nobility it is the cheapness of tn
American horse that has rendered /
possible to export him at a profit. Thi
feature Of the horse business is attract
ing considerable attention. as well j
might when in 1895 $4,000 horses wer
sent to England. double the numbe
sent there in '33, and Secretary Morton
shows the number exported in MIN
months of this year to have been great
er than that Of any previous year.
The young Maine driver and trainer
Ralph Foster, who has been seen up be
hind Eddie y. 2.l4A. and other fast
| Maine bred horses has advertised thai
he is to open training stable at Cantor
| this winter.
i AS a sire which controls gait Roy
| Wilkes stands pre-eminent. Having
a pacing record of 2.0612 himself he has
ten PAGERS in the list and no trotters.
| Peace G., 2.06i2, has record just
equalling that of her sire.
Rumford Falls horsemen say that c.
| r. Eaton's fiye-year-old chestnut mare
| is going to pace very fast as soon as
she is fitted for the track. 1t is ex-
pected she will make the best OF them
go some on the ice this winter.
one Of the best horses in Lincoln
county is Little Alice. owned by Clerk
Of Courts Frank A. Dreamer of Wis
easset The mare is of Franklin and
Drew blood and with what little track
handling she has received already
shows a disposition and a capability
oil pacing in 2.25.
The chestnut gelding Billy Lyman,
224A. Maine bred animal has got
in the list as ten-year- with
record of 2.24A. Billy Lyman was
bred by NJ. T. Pooler. Esq. of Skowhe
gan and was by Dictator Chief. out of
Maud p. by Cunard $50; second dam
by Black Ranger.
Mr.. George Hall OF the Adams house,
Boston has traded the fast. Maine
bred read mare Iona s, alta. for the
handsome brown mare Silk Velvet, 226.
ay Wilton, 2l9i.. Iona S went wrong
he hind last season. and is to be use 1
for brood purposes in the future. She
was bred to Nelson. 2.o9. this season.
A veterinary SdIStbIi VI IboStcH ~ HupA-
"a AS saying that If he had d stable of
80 head Of horses he would not have
watering trough or watering tub IN II.
and he should have very small watering
pals. His idea is that horses are injured
by gorging themselves with water and
that animals often become affected with
CHAMBERS by drinking from froughs or
tubs from which glandered horses have
been permitted 10 drink.
The little son Of G.. l.. Harmon Of
e.,x- he al
quarter OF mile in one minute at
the late Machias fair. The lad is Mas
ter James L. Harmon. The colts sire
is George w. Leavitt's Parker Gun.
The dam Of the colt is Aunt Rhoda. by
Trusty Boy. a son of Heirs Mambrino
Patchen The boy is but Is years old.
He broke and trained the colt. The
latter stands 1872 hands high.
Among the sons of Alcantara. 22S,
which have sired go performers in
Maine. Bayard Wilkes. 21lA. has the
first place with four to his credit.
Manett 2.2l. Beatrice. 2.25ls. Alfred
40. 223S, and Bismarck 2.23l2, a very
good average of speed. Allectus has
two, Belle Wilkes, 2.22A and Fred
Wilkes, 31412. Fred Wilkes has
been called the fastest Maine
bred pacing gelding. but it strikes |
us that Patrol. 2.14A. by Con-
stellation is entitled to that honor
Highawn is the sire of Alta Rosa, |
2.211.. and these are about the only
sons which have representatives among
the Maine bred ones as Mahlon is
counted out on the gelding, Dakota |
Boy. 2.24A.
DR.. NJ. L. Porter. secretary of the |
panforth tMe.) Trotting park, gives
the breeding of the gray gelding Fear
naught. which won second and third
heats in the go class at that place in
. 244. 2.2e as by Black Sporter. Now
if some one will come out and give us
the pedigree of Black Sporter and
where Fearnaught was bred we shall
be better prepared to judge if they
have been bringing in any ringers up
that way. They tried a game in a re-
cent 2.23 pacing class at Lawrence.
The horse Hardy tshould have been
Hardly. for it didn't go,) a brown
gelding. was beaten easily in the first
two heats, finishing last and then won
ii out. He was protested as being the
horse Baby Boy. 213A. and as his
couldn't he proven his Win
nngs We're withheld. It's very probable |
that there was a case of laying up the
first heats: at least. it would appear
SO in view of the results. and it is in
tmated that had the horse staid back |
only getting a place in the race in
stead of winning. his identity would |
rot have been disclosed.-G. NJ. Hatch |
in Lewiston Journal
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