Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-08-24
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Colonel H. is by
& Ned B.. by Won
"A Moitke: dam by
Monte Cristo. Colonel H. Is an easy
going.aflne acting colt, with q mark to.
q wagon of 53A. Mr.. Vining also owns
GlenwooQ. "a sflve-year-old gray weigh
Ing 1890. and standing 15-3N. a full
brother TO Likewise. seven years old.
Bell Alnt0nt, weighing 1850 pounds,
standing ~ hands, and the nine years
old bay mare, Bessie Morrill,, weighing
1850 pounds. standing 15-3k hands.
Taken together they make q good lot
for one farmer to own.
Harry Thtssell of Bangor, has just pur-
chased seven-year-old gelding from
parties in Dexter
bingen. eleh Is to start in several cir
cult races this fall, the first time he has
been on the track since 1896.
The bay gelding Madras by Madrid.
owned by c. IN. Phillips Of Gardiner. re-
duced his record to 2.2lA at Fairfield. He
Is cracking fast sleigh trotter.
r George D. Sewell Of Lewiston, is
driving a neat one about town. He
calls her Golden Midget. She stands
about 13 hands 3: shiny chestnut and
can snow mile in "a.
Early Bird. Jr., the stallion owned by
L. 3. Hanson of Bangor, has gone into
the string under charge of Will Deer
ing. who has charge of Mr. Bucks
string of Orland horses.
G. N. Harlow of Boston, who buys
many Maine horses. has purchased of
r. o. Jordan. Buckfield. the chestnut
gelding Victor E. 227, by Fauntleroy,
223N. dam by young Brandywine.
Charles w. Morse of Bangor. has
purchased of Dover parties a hand
some bay gents driver standing 1873
and weighing 1850 pounds. The horse
was purchased for a Boston client
Colonel A. w. Ellis of Ellsworth
Falls. has local bred four-year-oll
gelding which he is now working a liz
tie that showed mile in 2.341s the
fourth time he was ever on track.
He Is going to make a fast one.
Harry Thissell Of Bangor, has pur-
chased of Charles G. Andrews the five
year-old pacing filly, Dusty, by Dust
mont, the price paid being long one.
She is now having track work, and is
showing miles in better than 40.
The horse lately purchased by AL Nc
kusick of Bangor. was bred by Frank
McGurvey of Harrodsburg. Ky. 1t is the
brown stallion Fulton. by Jay Gould,
dam by Mambrino Patchen. Mr.. McGar-
vey sold him to Gil Curry of whom he
was purchased by Mr.. McKusick. He
has a record Of 2.34A.
At the exhibition of the North Waldo
Agricultural Society. Unity. September
21-22. there will be racing on the track
oach dov-9 M n, ;u,.to o15 . 0S opd AZ
classes and a race for carriage AMI
matched horses. Nearly $500 in purses
will be offered in these classes.
L. e. Judkins, formerly of Hartland,
has settled in Ellsworth. where he is
following his vocation of blacksmith
and is also training the full brothers
Harry p. and H6sea by Hyronemous.
Mr.. Judkins owned the colt Lewie j.,
when he-1bShbs the, sbesty Maine three
years-old record some years ago.
Arion, 2.O7%. is the first 21O trotter to
produce a 2.1O trotter, his gelded son
NicO having trotted to mark as
four-year-old at Rigby park, Of 2.09E.
Among the PAGERS that distinction is
shared by Atlantic King, Gazette,
Heir-at-Law and Roy Wilkes. Lock-
heart. with trotting record of 2.0Sk.
has a PAGER with a mark Of 200.
Capt. Herbert Leighton of Harrington.
has sold a good six-year-old gelding to
DR.. Fred Chandler of Addison. He was
got by Trombone dam by Captain
Sprague. He is a golden chestnut in col
or and a nice roauster. Mr.. Bucknam
has full sister younger nice bay with
black points. The dam of these colts was
a fast PAGER, was sold to Portland par
ha a
Colonel C. A. Coffin of Harrington, has
a nice. brown gelding by Odd Mark. sire
of Lillian. Odd Mark. 2.1Sla. he by Mel
son. dam the kimball mare, dam of
Trusty Boy. Jr.. 2S6A, by Young Ethan.
has has the tn % promise of speed. He is is four
year-old of 1000 pounds weight. Another
owned by Colonel Coffin is a black gelding
three years old by Trusty Boy. Jr., 2.36H,
which will weight 1875 fbs. and is quite a
rangey fellow.
Thede Thayer Of South Paris, is driv-
ing a pretty pair of colts belonging to
him and A. X. Jackson. One was
raised by Mr.. Jackson the other Mr..
Thayer discovered short time since.
They are five years old, bay with black
points. stand Is hands. weigh 1885 and
1890 pounds, and look so much alike
that only an expert could tell them
apart. They make fancy pair.
The bay gelding Woodbine. by Grey
Dan, son of Gideon, the first Maine bred
horse to get a record better than go this
season. is owned by T. F., Keefe, 20 Bos-
ton avenue. Medford. Mass. and was pur
chased OF A. Z. McDOnough Of Lewiston.
last fall. He was bred by farmer living
at Sabattus. WoOdbine is strong, rug
ged made hut smooth horse. and just the
kind for a family servant. good in any
kind OF hitch from sulky to tip
cart. or from q Bailey wagon to Con-
cord coach. se
The tenth annual fair and races Of
the Pittston Agricultural and Trotting
Park Association will be held Septem-
ber 20. q and 22 Among the attrac-
tions at the fair. the trotting events
will be. prominent. They will be as
follows: First day, $50 class. trot and
pace: second day, 2.40 and 2.30 classes.
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