Daily Kennebec journal., 1897-11-09

she has made a record hard TO pea.
She won the 216 pace and got 2.12A,
which it is said is new mark for a
Maine bred pacing mare. the record
having been held by Gypsy M, 2.131a.
Recently she figured as a winner on
the Combination half mile track, near
Boston, in a race which was one of the
most exciting and sensational turf
events of the season. In the seven
heats tretted Ada was pitted against
horses of the best blue blood but the
little mares pluck and endurance as a
race horse beat out the best of them
and gave her the race. The best time
made was 2.14%.
Adam Sekenger of Bangor, has just
purchased of Amasa Stevens of this city,
the well known gray mare Gipsy b.,
2.32A
Belle p. 217A Mr.. F. H. Berry's fine
mare, has had her shoes removed. and
has gone into her winter stable at Rock
land.
c. H. Merrill of Danforth, has recently
traded his trotting mare. Maud Eilin-
wood. 1t is understood that he got an
other, and $780,
The horse Appleton, formerly owned by
E. l.. Sterns of Bangor. has been pur-
chased by Houlton parties who will use
him for driving purposes.
NJ. Pompilly of Auburn, was in King
field recently looking for horses. He
bought only one. He says the horses
there are not fat enough for market.
The horse Trenton, 2221k. by Cornell,
owned by Lyman Leighton of Exeter.
was sold by auction recently by c. w.
Morse He was purchased by Height
Hubbard Of this city.
C. H. Nelson, the Waterville horse
man, intends to go into the horse bust
ness on an extensive scale, shipping a
carload or so week to the New York
and other markets.
James Milliken of Bangor. has pur-
chased of Col. Walter G. Morrill, of Pitts
field, the horse Mountaineer, 2.221s. by
Young Rolfe, bred at Mountain Farm,
Watervlle, by Appleton Webb.
The Maine bred gelding Cephas, 2.11A,
has been unfortunate the past season in
striking a class of horses where ne was
unable to win, but at the Fleetwood
meeting he won the PIP trot in good
style in the last three out of five heats.
When at Gardiner recently. Mr.. Geo.
w. Bishop of New York, purchased fine
pair of horses of A. J. Libby of Pine
Tree stock farm-the same pair which Mr..
Libby had exhibited at the fairs the past
season and with which he had won sew
eral prizes.
very promising two year old colt by
Blue Wilkes, dam by Buchanan, stands
fifteen hands high, weighs nine hun
dred pounds, color bay and is very
speedy.
Two of the most promising colts in
Maine are owned by Mr.. John S. Heald
of Portland. private detective of the
Maine Central Railroad Company, They
are Bayard Wilkes, five years old. stand
ing 16 HANDS; and the other is a six year
old filly, full sister to Halle.
w. j. Dana of Augusta owns a
Whalebone Knox brood mare. has a five
year-old colt by son of Cushnoc and
out of above mare, light chestnut very
promising, and also gelding that is well
put up very stylish and can step along
some, weighing 1000 pounds.
AL Lewis of Bangor, is having his
Lumps filly worked by Newell Oakes.
Mr.. Oakes considers her the fastest green
one he ever handled, not excepting the
famous old mare Dart, which he former
ly owned and trained and which would
go half mile dashes in a minute easy.
In these days of extreme speed there is
one performance of the past that is gen.
orally lost sight of by horsemen, and that
is the feat of Flying ,Jib in 1894 when
against tme in ne full Pseeo second faater
than the championship record of Star
Pointer.
George A. Alden shipped Thursday
morning from Waterville, to parties in
Boston a fine pair of French coach
horses from his stables in this city.
These horses were handsome pair Of
young bays and were sold for a fancy
price.
B. F. Stearns of Dexter, takes much
pride in two colts which he owns. One
is Is months old and weighs 72O, sire
Albrino, dam an inbred Almont. This
colt is fine gated, clean limbed ana
handsome. The other is two years old,
color chestnut and of the same breed
ing.
Tom Marsh, trainer for Hon. Frank
Jones. furnished a New England cham
pion in the .trotting line this year IN the
three-year-old filly kilda. At Readvile
she won heat in 2.16A. making the fast
est flly of her age in this section. Later
at the breeders meeting she forced
American Belle to go to her record Of
2.12A in the fourth heat, and this IS the
record of the year for trotting three
year-olds. d
Col. Walter G. Morrill, of Pittsfield. has
had a crew of men and horses at work on
the track at Union park. Horsemen con-
slider this track the best half mile ring in
Maine and Col. Morrill, believes in keep
ing it up to the standard and make it
POooioAC
a new grand stand may be built on the
west side of the track next year and 9TH
or improvements made in the building on
the grounds.
F. j. Merrill of Damariscotta, has
returned home with the PAGER Merrill.
The horse was handicapped this year
by being sick earlier in the season but
he has done some very fine work. In
Dover he won first money in a hard
fought seven heat race, called there
the greatest race ever seen in New
Hampshire.
Ketchup. 1854 which has been cam
paigned quite largely in this State the
present fall is owned by H. H. Lee of Au-
gusta. He has been in 13 races the past
season and won money in ten of them
He got his mark in six heat winning
race, over the worst track in this coun-
try. After getting this record ne was in
three races in three successive days TAX
ing money from each race. This horse
never has had any regular training but
can go quarters in 81 seconds at short
notice.
E. 7. Monroe Of Dover, has sold his
bay span of geldings to Everett Keith
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