Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-24

2.T&. the second in 2172i and the third
! in 2.l22i, beating the worlds record.
y man who resided in Saco for several
years bought a horse which had
reached the age Of eight or nine years
of two young men. The horse never
had any claims made as to his speed
but a short time ago he surprised his
owner by going mile at the Buxton
track in 80. He had on heavy har-
ness and was driven in an ordinary
buggy
Robert j. is champion in the true
sense Of the word. 1t is the pace that
kills, saysThe Horseman, and though
Robert ]. may be beaten badly from
this time forward, the horse that beats
him must show the same amount OF
speed and gameness in all stages of
phenomenal races before he can fairly
claim to rank with him in the pacing
brigade"
6. +. Wilson of Thomaston. has a very
fine colt in his brown sucking 1illy by
cashier, 225i2. by Nelson. 2.0g Her dam
is Kitty Knox. by Gen. Washington, by
Gen. Knox; End dam, Kitty Boone, by
Roife; ith, Maggie Mills by Bay State by
Vermont Black Hawk. She is long
limbed. pure gated and up-headed and
, has Il good prospect of being a fast horse
sometime in the future. She has been
named by her owner for Miss Lena +.
| Carrck of Brooklyn. n. y.
Miss jennings, the fastest 4-year- old
pacing mare of the year, is a daughter
Of Mc!1Wen. 2.1SA, by McCurdy's Ham
bletonian. She stands 16 hands high. is
rather irritable in disposition, though
not ugly. In action she has a very long
stride. and one seeing her going at her
clip would scracely believe she was con-
Stunning space So rapidly. Nothing is
known of the breeding of her dam.
The bay stallion Jacob 7. that is be-
ing handled by +. l.. Fisher of ELS
worth, is owned by Frank w Thomp-
son of Salisbury Cove. He is a very
fast colt and since Mr. Fisher has been
working him so many questions have
been asked that the reporter was led to
make inquiries. Jacob 7 was foaled
April 20, 80. stands Is hands high and
weighs 100 pounds Sire Jack Patchen,
dam Kitty Was handled a few weeks
last year for speed and in four races
took part of the money in each. He
was not worked atsall last fall and win
ter nor until Mr. Fisher took him in
May of this year.
That erratic mare Emma Nevada
who is credited with having shown a
mile in 2.11 as a three year-old, but
who has not secured winning record
made her appearance in the 800 class
at Glens Falls with a queerly con-
struCted 'pusher.'' On the side of the
seat there was attached a small cleo
trio battery so arranged as to be con-
trolled by the movement of the drivers
leg. y wire made a circuit from the
battery to the base of the mares ear,
where damp sponge completed the
connection with the trotter A good
strong kicking strap, apparently u
necessary part of the outfit was also
in evidence. To shake the mare up the
driver applied the current and once or
twice when he did so the need of the
kicking strap was evident. With all
this outfit the mare was distanced in
the first heat
A correspondent of the The Horse
Breeder has the following to say con-
corning the Vermont horse of today: Il
find it possible to buy the average trot-
tingbred horse of Vermont today for
from $75 to $l0Oa piece. fail to find but
few of them that would have been used