Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-19


which ds as lively as she was In her
younger days, chestnut with strip w
face. This mare has raised some gooa
colts. In the next stall IL y Boone mare.
good mare In every way.
the horses IN Palmyra ETA says: ut has
been the custom for correspondents to
mention occasionally the valuable horses
In their vicinity. Now. while we have
| some that would partly come under that
head. there were found nearly dozen
that the assessors did not think worth
taxing ait ALL In the radius Of little more
than a mile. This is bit of news that
Is not generally mentioned, but perhaps
that class Of horses deserve some notice.
o. r. Coville of New Bedford, Mass,
and f.. l.. Dexter Of Mattapoisette,
Mass, were in Dover recently. and
purchased nire horses there and seven
in Guilford. They were mostly cheap
horses for livery use and the best ones
purchased were black span owned by
Henry Hudson, ESQ.,. and some mares
purchased from Sanford Bros, r. 7
Monroe and chas. st. Onge.
Lewis G. Tewksbury's pacing kings,
John r. Gentry and Robert j.. will,
probably make their first start in pub
lie this season at Glens Falls, N. Y,
July s. Arrangements have been made
for the famous horses to give an exhi-
bition on the fast track OF the News
York State Breeders Association on
Independence day. and 1t is said that
they will not start before this date.
Several eastern track managers have
been negotiating with Manager John
JJatpac for apUa uarnenfc in Mnv hilf
none have yet been made and it is not
probable that any will be made for
dates prior to the Glens Falls special
meeting. Trainer Bovine is averse to
taking his horses until they are fit and
right for record breaking performances.
Both Robert J. and Gentry have here
tofore shown their capacity to reach
high form as early as July, and 1t will
not be surprising IL they do something
sensational on Independence day at the
fast Glens Falls track.
Turf. Farm and Home: Is it not Il
little singular that while turf papers.
turf writer's and compilers Of cata
i.gues. universally speak Of STEAMBOAT.
as STEAMBOAT 207is. the Year Book has
never decided to accept the record and
Like the twelfth juror. who has gained
notoriety by claiming that he was
right while his IL colleagues were
wrong. the compilers OF the Year Book
persist against the world In barringI
STEAMBOAT out of the 2.i0 list. In tn.
one case 1t is referred to as the climax
of stubbornness. In the other what? II
read story the other day that Illus
trates the attitude of the powers that
be on this question. "A raw Scotch lad
Joined the volunteers. and on the first
parade day his sister came with his
mother to see the regiment. On the |
march past Jock was out Of step. Lock
mither.' said the sister. they're a GOT
of step but DOR Jock. In a like man
ner the rest Of the world is loot of
STEP with the Year Book on this ques-
ton.
J. Malcolm Forbes of Boston. has en- |
tered as a contestant in the Hartmann
Daily sweepstake races for trotting TIVE
ard three-year-olds. for $500 a cor
ner." These races. which promise to be
among the notable turf events of this
year were started during the winter
by an agreement between f. II. Harr-
Montana, to race their best two-year-
ODDS and best three-year-olds in a pai,
of match races for $500 aside. The
conditions agreed upon We're to clos.l
entries April Is, to name June 1 and toI
race some time in August. Mr.. Harri
man had the choice of track, and chose
the half-mile course at Goshen, Orange
County, N. Y. Having gone SO far,
they then opened the event to any cneI
who cared to come. Both are GENTLE
men CT wealth who are widely recog-
n.zed as in the sport for the fun OF it,.
incidentally promoting as best theyl
know how the interest Of breeding
coed trotters. 1t is into this combina-
ton that Mr.. Forbes has entered. con-
filming himself to the two-year-old|
event. He will not say what colt he
will start. ard won't have to name till
June !. Under the conditions and the
amount at stake. there ought to be ex-
citement for one day at Goshen next
August, and meanwhile there will be !,
some tall guessing as to what product
Of the Forbes farm has so spurred the
owners hope. The Goshen track is an
hour and a quarters ride from New
York. and has been mainly known from
its connection with the training of the K
famous Goldsmith strings in the past ,
1t was the field, a good many years
ago where Goldsmith Maid and st.
Julian were trained and where theyl Ii
battled against their earlier rivals.
The famous pony trotter. Bush. took
her record of 2.13R on the track. Cephas
has trotted two of the fastest races Of
his career there, and those who fol-
lowed the phenomenon Page last year
will recall that it was at Goshen that Z.
he first attracted notice. turning IT'S
ring in 2.20 and a fraction with little !.
as an utterly unknown horse.
and after eight months returning for a
special engagement as the wonder OIL
the year, with record of 2.09A.
In a deed recorded over in Auburn :,
tn<N0 hos, H.