Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-08-31

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horse has been owned for sorne years
BY Charles Cryford OF Skowhegan. AMI
has for long time been a familiar
feature on the Maine turf Tom Drew
is full brother to Molle C. He viii
be taken to Boston at once where he
will be campaigned.
The great PAGER Roam Wilkes. which
routed Searchlight recently at Rlgby
park. is owned by James Hume. the
well known carriage manufacturer of
Amesbury, Mass. Mr.. Hume is great
lover of fast horses, but has never
taken cent of the purses won by his
horses, it going to the worthy driver,
w. A. Baggs. Although present at all
the races in which his horse takes
part. he has never placed any money
on him. being in 1t simply for love OF
the sport.
J. S. Sanborn; the Boston coffee mer-
chant, who breeds pure and half bred
French coachers at his farm near Pc.
land Spring. Maine. reports that he has
just sold to Boston buyer pair of
half bloods at $2100. These half
bloods We're got by an imported French
coach horse, out of native Maine
mares, and were exceedingly elegant
types of the modern carriage horse.
This, however, is a price somewhat
easily obtained for carriage pair If
the right sort is offered.-American
Stock Farm.
On public form Directum Kelly is
the fastest trotter on the turf in any
class. for he is as fast as The Abbot
and is considered a better slayer. Not
few hOrsemen are saying that he
could probably beat the stallion record
and the 4-year-Oid record of Directum,
2.05A, if he was specially pointed for
the effort. He seems to have a great
chance to win not only the $4,000
Charter Oak purse at Hartford, but
the $4,000 Pennsylvania at Lexington as
well. if he retains his present form. 1t
is reported that his owner has won
something like $1,000 over the great colt
this year.
An enterprise of much interest to
Bangor horsemen is that which has
been started by an association of gen.
tlemen headed by Cyrus F..
Stackpole. Mr.. Stackpole has leased
the large meadow on the well
known Meadow Brook farm, one
sixteenth Of mile from the entrance
to the Niben Club grounds. upon which
the association is to construct an ice
track for winter racing. A crew of
men went to work upon the improve
ment contemplated on Thursday morn
ing last. They are to field a dam to
flow the proposed track or speedway.
This speedway will be 20 feet wide ana
five eighths of a mile long, thus giving
a half mile straightaway for races.
Outside of this straightaway will be a
track for pleasure riding, and cooling
out barn and reception room are to be
built. Entrance to the track will be
through the Niben Club gateway, and
none will be admitted but those who
have season tickets, which will be
placed on sale by the association.
Objects to Sealing Wax.
The postmaster general does not want
to interfere with the exercise of private
taste or with the habits of the patrons of
the mails, but since the department has
gone into business in tropical countries
he feels called on TO advise the public
generally that letters without sealing wax
are likely to be transmitted with greater
safety than if this device for sealing let
tiers or for displaying the family crests
is used.
Mr.. Smith has no preference in the mat
ter himself but he says it is a condition
and not a theory, that confronts him as
we'll as the people who use the mails.
The condition is simply this. that owing
to the high temperature of the countries
where the United States army now is.
sealing wax on letters melts and fastens
one envelope to another. with the result
a a mn s
both are destroyed. He therefore adj
vises people who write letters to persons
in Porto Rico or Cuba to refrain for the
reason above given from sealing their
trely overcome the habit they might put
the wax inside the letter and then when
1t melts some one else will have the
trouble, and not the department.
A curious incident of the vaccination