The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-03-24
THE RIGBY STABLES,
Twenty-six Handsome Youngsters Are
Gathered.

Men Being Cared for by Mr.. George
Notwithstanding About Rigby and
the Coming Season.
Rigby park, the greatest and fastest
mile track In the world, looks to be
dreary and deserted place at this time of
year. Between sleddin' and wheslin' "
as it Is now, with the roads ankle deep
in mud, the sleighing gone until another
winter and with the prospect of good
roads for working-0ut purposes several
weeks ahead it seems perhaps a little
early in the season to begin talking
about what Is to be- done at Rigby P ark
this summer. But horsemen all over the
country are commencing to size up their
good ones for the approaching meetings
and are specializing on what the season
even this early in the year, all eyes are
turned towards Rigby, for it is here that
horsemen look to see the worlds record
pulled down to two minutes.
Manager Farnham has had little diff
Guilty this year in securing all of the
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They are all anxious to come here and
some of the best fields of horses ever sent
under the wire in New England will be
seen at Rigby park. In all SIS, COO in
purses will be put up at Rigby for meets
in August, September and October. All
$1,000. In Septem Der the stakes are $500
each and in October there are sixteen
stakes of $1,000 each. What this means
with the reputation RigDy park has for
fair dealing the reader may easily judge.
There will also probably be meets here
in June and July.
If the season of '97 ends without an
other star PAGER going under the wire
with mark of two minutes or less il
will be strange thing indeed.
Rigby's track has wintered we'll and
will be in prime condition when it is I'M
covered for the June meeting. Every
season under the careful treatment it re-
ceives the track grows better and faster,
and prettier ring than that at Rigby
one would not wish to see.
In the club stables at the park this
winter twenty-six fine horses have been
wintered and cared for by Mr.. George
Huntoon, who is recognized as being one
of the best trainers for fast driving horses
and racers i'll the state. He has en-
trusted to his care many promising
animals and some of them will make the
fur fly on the New England tracks before
they are many years older If those who
are well informed on such matters have
made great mistake. Mr. Huntoon has
been located in the vicinity of Portland
some four or five years, and during this
time has won the confidence and respect
of all of the horssmen with whom he has
come in contact. Before coming to this
city he was for ten years at that superb
breeders farm at Meredith, N. H., known
as the Lake View Stock farm. Last
season Mr.. Huntoon had charge of the
track at Kigby and so well did he do his
work that every horseman who started
his horse over the course was well pleased
with it.
In this handsome, roomy and comfort
able stable which is un der the charge of
Mr.. Huntoon were twenty-six horses
yesterday. A better looking string of
horses than these it would be hard to
find and as nearly all of them are owned
by Portland gentleman representative
from the PRESS viewed them with great
interest t.
Mr.. Il. o. Conant has two promising
young ones here under MIR. Huntoon's
care. One of these is Sunset r, five
years old chestnut. with handsome
head, clean, straight limbs and looking
to be in first class shape for fast work
this season. His sire is Warrener, an
own brother to Sunoi, and the dam is
Isy by Nelson This colt went half
mile as two year old at 14l and last
year on the Sacn balf mile ring made q
mark Of 2. 40. Great things are expected
of Sunset r. and he will probably start
at some of the early class meets at Rigby.
Another one of Mr.. Commits is Nelsar,
four year old. She is a chestnut and a
very pretty FLY. Her breeding is the
Seer out of Isy by Nelson, and she
promises we'll.
Mr.. J. C. Halnlen of Portland has a
handsome pair of animals at the Rigby
stables. Nelinah, black roam by West
land, out of thoroughbred mara Is six
years old. She is both trotter aLd
PAGER ana has made a mark at both gaits.
She ia six years old and is as pretty an
picture. Her trotting mark is 233 IA
and at pacing she has record Of 1856 IA.
Ne1mah will be started this season as a
PAGER and as she is game to the back
bone. She will probably land a mark of
2. 20 or better before the season ends.
Norma is another of MIR. Hamlin's
horses at Rigby and is an own sister to
Nelmah. She is a rich and handsome
bay and is five years old. Norma took the
first premium last year at the New Eng
land fair and also at Bangor and Lewis
ton in the gent1enlen's driving class. She
is the pet of the stable and when hitched