Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-02-14

nEl@fsMF NNY matters upon a
rrgNMY once confiding pub
IIMY.ss lie. We say "once
N.Y. confiding," for peo-
pie have learned to
NJ" something about pediarees Them.
me latest ono is regarding the
w car -olo stallion purchased by Hon
n Fhair of Presque Isle, from G. II
1,e'2o". BIS pedigree was given. sired
~ Dictttor Chief, first dam Dora NJ nv
rouhg hoife; second dam Dora Nav nv
cen Knox; third dam Gretchen nv
gideon, the dam of Nelson. This colt i
a lnil sister to Dora May, (four-year. old
record OF 2.27 ~" The second dam cvi.
ueh'ly should be Knox Girl by Gen. Knox
anu 'ne colt full brother to Dora May as
Dota May Is from Dora ON which latter
mare was the first foal of Knox Girl
Z. NJ. Hilton, ESQ, of the Weston
mousse has lost by death q valuable two.
year,old colt by Nelson, dam by Swisert
Bradford Sewall of Farmington. has n
NICE illiy foal of 1895, by Alclayone, .. %
hultor Parllns young son of Alcyone
2.27 Alclayone is brother in blood tn
henrietta, 2.0924, and Mr. Sewall's dllv
IS out of sister III blood to DR.. Franklin.
Jr., 2.s6. She being by DR.. Franklin
s.5I out of daughter or Hamlet by
rlylng Eaton. Mr.. Sewall bred several
colts from the second dam of his Alclay-
one filly which he sold for good prices.
MIS-. j. 2. Racklitfe, Aliens Mills, has
nice 1illy foal of 1895, by Sanborn s
French coach stallion Lothian, and out of
mare by Robert Burns, full brother to
Mchusiek, 226&4. This hlly promises
to bs high stopper and valuable
carriage horse when maturcd
W. l.. Racklitfe, Aliens Mills. has a
nice roam three-year-old filly by Gen.
Withers sire of C. II. L., 2.2lI and
others dam by Kinds Knox. sire of the
dams of Fred Wilkes, 2.18It; Tom L.,
2le p; Arthur B.. 2.27l5 and Helen S.
22S q. Kinds Knox has none in the ? 80
list but has several with records between
that mark and 2.45. Kinds Knox, son
of Gen. knox, was the noted road horse
sire Of Franklin county in later years and
the fact that her get was so successful as
roadsters, doubtless initiated against them
being trained.
Mr.. \. p Harris Of Salem. has a three.
year-old colt by Sidnut a 2.25h, dam
Daisy Withers Il full sister to G. T L..
2.2I' > by Gen. Withers. This colt should
De very valuable as a stock horse His
sire Sidnut got his record in q winning
race as a four ear-old, and he was by
sidney, 2.19&l, great sire of young per
formers and Sidnut was out of mare by
Nutwoud. 2.1S3l, the greatest living sire
Daisy Withers, the dam of Mr. Harris
colt which we think he calls Sldmont, is
high mettled mare with good turn Of
speed. Mr.. Harris could get good price
for his colt and his sire SiGmont it is
said can trot in 2. II the present year.
Howard Parker Of West Pennington.
has a nice two-year old chestnut colt by
St Croix 2.143l out of mare which has
trial of 2.3l and was got by Abdallah
Boy This is fast gated colt and will
he used lightly for stock purposes. He
is being broken to harness.
The dam produced last year by Jay Bell
son of Jay Bird and Il daughter of Bel
mont, and is now in foal to Sc. Croix, sire
Of St Croix Jr. az , 1881.
We notice that Mr. c. II. Nilsson has
sold the nve-year old chessnt}ts horse
Voglesong, by Nelson 200, dam Pilot
Maid by Black Pilot, second Flossie dam
of Johnnie Wilkes 22713, third dam
Purity by Winthrop Morrill,. This is a
6ne looking big horse, one of the most
stylish looking of his sire's get and one
which Mr. Nelson thought very we'll of.
He should certainly sire a lot Of nice big
gentleman 5 horses If kept entire.
There are few men known In horse
circles who will be missed more than
genial Ed Getcholl who recently died at
Itix-
dated back to the Winthrop Morrills one
of whose get was named for him and has
place in the charmed circle. Mr..
Getchell always had a good word for
everybody aud good word for their
horses. He always made man feel
well when he visited him. If there were
no words of praise there was nothing
said Few men had better taste in
hitcning out a team whether a single
driver or pair, and his horses were al
ways in fine condition. He drove Also
To a record of 2.204 and last year put
Cedric and Harry Flaaler into the list.
His performers driven in $50 or better
would be "a long list. OF late his health
had been poor and he was practically
retired from active work. W. Z.
| have rGcE1Veu llt loiicNib5 ACotCA
from Hon. W. C. Marshall Of Belfast, one
of the board of State assessors which will
ernlain itself: ~ enclose statement OF
live stock in the State as returned by the
town assessors in 1895, which L have
taken from the report of the State asses
so1s now in the printers hands. also
enclose statement Of the same In 1898.
which ] have taken from the report OF
that year, l thought you might make
them useful in making comparisons.
You will see the number of yearling colts
in 1895 was not much more than half OF
the number in 1898 If such reduction
in breeding continues in the State, there
will soon be anything but glut in the
market for horses The figures con
famed in the tables are interesting and
wish l had space to publish them in full,
inf must content myself with extracts,
and will only add that have no doubt
hut the foas of 1895, of which no statistics
are furnished and which are the product
of the breeding operations of 1894, will
show in 1896, an even greater ratio of
reduction in yearling5 than that of 1898.
Tho total number of horses in Maine in