Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-05-17

NJysss~A.s| !=2G.a D for the track
He expects to enter him in the I'll
class in Bangor. The stallion is look
ing fine and going well, Mr.. Osgood
has a three-year-ol colt by Donum
which he will put on the track this sea-
son, and which he expects to go IN 2'4o
or better as a three-year-old.
Hal Pointer. 2,O41., win be raced
again this year.
f. B. Ireland of Exter n. H., is to
open a training stable at Calais.
w. S. Lamson, formerly of Augusta.
Me, will train for Col. Isaac l.. Con OF
Providence.
The sense of hearing is very acute IN
the horse and the sense of smell is also
highly developed.
Chris Toole of the st. James hotel,
Bangor has sold his pacing horse
Hopeful TO John Fleming of Bangor
c. NJ Hilton of Arson. is expecting
his Old Point, by Nelson, to take a
fast pacing record this season.
The well known gelding Grey Harry,
has been sold by Wildes p. Veazie to
Albert Wheelden of the Bangor house
sta bles.
Joe Wheeler, 2.07l2. the California
phenomenon. and the fastest green
PAGER of 1897. is reported lame.
Hon. b. B. Merrill of Brewer, will
breed the fine Octavius mare which he
purchased of Harry French last week,
to Nelson 209.
Leighton. 2.29A, horse which was
at the State fair in Maine a couple Of
years ago. has been sold by Geo. Van
Dyke to Harry Payne of PASSPORT.
George w. Leavitt has sold the
Maine bred mare Annie Burns by
Olympus. to l.. S. Leavitt of the
Revere house, Boston. They say she
can trot in %.
P. w. Merry of Madison. has sold to
NJ. Pompilly of Auburn, a tive-years-
old bay gelding by Prescott, Jr.. dam
by Hilton's Knox. This fellow has
fine style and nice action.
Belle Franklin, 22S14. one of the best
known of the get of Ben Franklin. that
for some years past has been one of
George Hicks favorite brood mares. is
dead
Bert sheldon. 2lGA. will make his
tenth season on the turf in 1898 He
has 1919 winning heats in 2.30 or better
to his credit.
China Wilkes, by Adrian Wilkes.
dam by Mambrino Patchen. has six
living foals, four With records of 222is
or better. while the records of three of
them average 2.10A.
w. O. Merry OF Madison. has a very
fine year-old filly by Broomal 2l5 dam
by Carrabasset, il. She is a nice,
large colt, a fine seal brown with one
white ankle behind and the prospect is
a very tiattering future for this colt
c. H. Nelson Of Waterville will cam
paisn a good number of the Sunnyside
horses this season. Among them will
he Isle Dew, Tarratine, Silkey and Sill
Yer Street, besides a number of young
ard green ones.
Messrs. A. J. Chase 6. Son Of Sebec.
now have about - horses which are in
the hands Of Fred Davis of Foxcroft, to
he trained for the track and will prob
ably be entered in some Of the races
this summer.
q. n. Harlow. the horse buyer of
Boston, was in West Pennington re-
Gently, purchased Chas. Parker's
blooded carriage horse, paying salts
factory sum for the same.
Z. 7. Monroe Foxcroft's noted horse
mare that is attracting a good deal of
attention. She is six-years- old stands
15-5 hands and weighs HOO pounds. She
| is 4 good one.
| l.. l. Bickford, who has trained for
f. ". Hll's Exeter stables the past
| year has removed to Dixmont Centre
! where he will establish a training
stable of his own. He has already en-
| gagged a number of horses for the sea-
| son.
Fred \. Gilbert. the Bangor horse
man, has purchased from upriver own
ers matched pair of light bay, black
| pointed, driving horses. The horses
are named Manley and Margery and
are of the blood of Conklin, he by Nell
| son, dams Knox and Drew They are
| full brother and sister, age about four
years weigh up to about 1000 at pres
ent and are gated stylishly.
Geo Benn of Hodgdon, has purchased
of A. 2. NJ. Taber of Houlton. Nav
| Queen. the trotting bred Wilkes and
| Patchen mare which Mr.. Taber pur-
chased last July from Fred Waiter
son. ST. Stephens. n. b. She is four
years old and shows up well in harness,
is a good roader and bids fair to get a
low mark the coming season.
Alton Richardson, Jr., of Clinton. has
| begun to buy horses again and is get
| ting ready to make another shipment
to the Boston market. He now has
| between 20 and 80 head and will ship
in few weeks He has lot of good
horses and they are stock which will
| bring good money in the market, all of
them being young, we'll bred and can
| show some speed.
PoOler i. Lewis of Clinton, has lust
bought very promising Nelson colt,
| and is getting him ready for the sum-
mer races. This horse is seven years
old, by Nelson, and from a dam by
Drew, is bright bay, stands up 1872
hands tall and goes in a clean easy
| trot This horse has a gait very much
| like the old horse. and Mr.. Lewis thinks
that he has one that will do hin, Soma