Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-11
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

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Pembroke has some of the best horse
stock In Washington county Never be,
fore was there such a good showing of
young horses. Traincr e. f. Emerson
with Landlord Rogers Starlight. leads
the van in style, action and speed Drs
Rogers and Pomeroy. c. r. Gardner H.
b. Sprague, John Dudley, A. C. Leighton
and few Others have good ones showing
the great improvement there has been
within few years. The majority of the
| above mentioned colts We're sired by stock
brought there and owned by Geo. w.
Leavitt
Those who visit Webster Williams
| stable at North Arson, say St Croix is in
the pink of condition, drives as nicely as
a gelding and will weigh 100 pounds.
Information from Camden says that II .
M Beams fast kalula, injured some
weeks ago by stepping on ii stone, is in
fair way to Il complete recovery.
The mare Corinna Girl, owned by Chris
Toole, is being worked by Charles Foster
and is showing up finely.
Noah Gould of Oldtown, has bought
the gelding Prince Almont.
The kings of the Hampdcn road so far
this winter are b. B. Merrill, Brewer
Frank Phillips, Q. a. Pickett and Ansel
Eaton, Bangor Bangor News.
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purchased a fast geldipg, by Jerome Eddy
f. Pierce of Hampden, has purchased
John Mitchcll's Won Moltlle mare
II. W. Durgin of Bangor, is surprising
the horsemen with the speed and action
shown by his five-year old Octavius colt
The colt has been worked but very little
previous to the present time vet shows
great speed
Charles Andrews of Bangor, owner of
Bessie knight, has bred the mare to the
Wilkes stallion DeLong.
Kingfield has its usual quota of fast
horses. At the head of the list stands
Oliver B. of the Pine Grove Stock farm.
Mr.. Oliver also has several other fast ones
and among them is a pacing mare that
can trot lively clip.
f. J. d. Barnjum OF Kingfeld, has
barn full Of high bred horses His stall
lions, Don Wilkes and Hambletonian
Wilkes, sors Of Geo. Wilkes, Jr., are look
ing fine.
j. W. Pottle Of Kingfield, has a PAGER,
Slippery David, by. Allectus, one of the
finest looking horses in Franklin county,
and who can easily be driven to geo
mark another season.
Chicago Horse Review: c. H. Nelson,
If reports are to he credited, Will be one
Of tho heaviest proxy holders in the
national association congress Let's see.
didn't Brother Gocher make pretty stiff
fight against the man from Maine when
he was an applicant for reinstatement:
In Daisy Pooler a seal brown mare
standing over lG hands and weighing liz
pounds, Mr.. F. II. Cole OF Weld owns
pacer that can show most Of the flyers Of
that place a clean pair Of heels This
mare was sired by All So, 2.20ll and is
out Of a mare by Tom Patchcn .Jr., . 8
by old Tom Pstchen.
Mr. s p Francis of Leeds, is wintcrlng
five head Of horses, and among them is
a six-ycar-old that should catch Bishops
eye, for he is one of those knee actors
that are often heard about but seldom
seen about" This horse is blood bay
in color, stands 1872 hands and weighs
1000 pounds. He was sired by a son of
Gen. Withers and is out of a mare by
Winthrop Morrill,,
Among the fast ones in Saco and Biddc
ford, J. W. Small has one in the horse
Alfred, 223 - H. W. Harmon, Quartette.
3.21 :. j. G. Shaw, Eva Wilkes, 2S, ..
f. Stackpolc, Waveland, 2.26A Wiley
the Biddeford laundry man has three fast
ones.
Mr.. d. f. Larrabee Of Dover, has sold
tic we'll known Percheron stallion Major
I}0lnb totD llilpOItCO from Il rance. 10 Ir.
c. p. Small Of Lincoln This horse is
the winner of more premiums than any
other large horse in Maine. He is solid
black, stands 1G1l hands and weighs 1900
pounds; and he is growing in public
favor each year rs he gets grand colts for
business that always pay profit on the
cost of raising them Price $3.50
Mr. T. T Monroe, the Foxcroft horse
dealer, sold the past week the fast pacing
mare Topsy, to Joseph Loveitt of Port
land. This is a very fine mare, stands
1512 hands and weighs close to 1000
pounds; has never been handled much for
speed, but she can show close to 2.3O.
Price $500.
We have lot of good ones in Augusta
this winter writes Henry Fl. Lee TO the
Turf, Farm and Home. Willard by
Nelson's Wilkes is in splendid condition.
May Queen, a gray mare. very fast owned
by Frank Wellnan, is another. Mozart
owned by Chas, Milliken is one of the
handsomest horses in the State and is
recovering from the injury received at the