Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-11-09


started in few races last year and to-
gether with this seasons work has had
Is races. OF these he has won ten frs
| moneys, two second and three third
But for the unfortunate accident at thu
Pittsfield meeting he would have had
| an unbroken record for this season.
A half mile trotting track has been
| laid out at Merrymeeting park, Bruins
| wick. and will probably be completed
next spring.
The speedy stallion Bud Wilkes
(2.29A) is being given regular work 0,
the road, says the Pittsfield Advertiser
and is looking well after his hard sea
son on the turf. He will be put in
training in the early spring and will be
campaigned during the whole Of the
season of 1899.
| Noah B. Allenwood of Belmont, lost
a valuable yearling filly last week. A
horse kicked her, causing "a badly
broken fore leg. The colt was by the
administer coach horse and was very
promising. DR.. West was called to the
case, but there was no help for it and
| the colt was killed.
Eugene w. Smith of Newport, has
| just bought of Henry Parker of Ban
gOr, fine black mare by Lothian, dam
| by Knox bred horse. This mare is
but six years old. stands fully 16 hands
| high, goes in a trot and can step we'll
is coal black and is as fine business
horse as can be found anywhere. Mr.
| Smith will use the mare for private
| driver.
Mrs. Walter H. West of Belfast, sold
/ her fast trotting horse, Arthur b
I t2.2D recently to parties in Unity. The
!, horse was fine animal and was being
driven by Mr.. West on Northport
avenue at the time Mr.. West was
thrown from his carriage, which re-
suited in his death. This was no fault
of his horse, however. 1t is understood
there were several would-be purchas-
ers, but he was bought by w. A. Clark
| of Unity, at a good figure.
| Doctor O'Neil of Portland, is a lover
and a good judge of horse. While at
Chickamauga as the surgeon of the LIST
Maine Regiment he purchased an ami
| NAL. of whose family connections the
noble beast is proud, at least one would
think to gaze into his intelligent look
ing face that the animal was conscious
of his blue blood. He is half brother
| of Star Pointer of world wide fame.
Dr. O'Neil is proud of his new acquisi-
| ton, and the beautiful animal will be
seen with the doctor every day, asshe
| intends to use him for his carriage
| horse.
| phila da1nhia h,,x, hoe
in Thorndike and vicinity purchasing
some of the good horses to be found
| there. He bought of Will Webb of
Troy, good driving horse, another OF
Aaron Shaw of Jackson, and two in
Thorndike. Mark Palmer sold him a
nice gray driving mare by Nelson's
Wilkes, dam by Harbinger, second dam
| by Gideon. She stands 1872 hands, will
| weigh nearly 1000. A nice trappy
gated horse. Charles White also sold
him his handsome chestnut mare Nellie
| Wilkes by Nelson's Wilkes, dam by
! Harbinger, second dam by Joe Irving,
| third dam by General Knox. This mare
stands 1913, and will weigh 1915 pounds.
| Horsemen who have seen her, say she
is capable of taking a fast mark in
| right hands.
H. G. Fletcher of South Paris, pur-
| chased recently in Boston a royalty
bred two-year-old colt from which he
has right to expect some speed later
on. The new purchase is the two
yearold bay gelding, Madcap. His
sire is Allandorf, 2.191a, sire of Dick
Hubbard, 2.09%, and "a others in the
2.S0 list. Allandorf is also the SIC Of
the dam of Much Better, with four
year-old record of 2.O7A. Allandorf II
son of Onward by Geo. Wilkes and
his dam is Alma Mater by Mambrino
Patchen. The first dam of Madcap is
Capella by STEAMBOAT. 2.07ha, sire of
Stamboulet, 2.10A. and "a others in the
80 list. Madcap.s second dam is by
Nutwood, 2.1SA, sire of 1853 in the 80
list. This colt is said to show very fast
for a two-year-old already.