Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-03-01

cantara and named Captain Stirling.
A. "A. Parker. who IL In charge OF the
professors stable. AYERS that he can
train lots of speed into both these
animals.
There is quite a bit OF good horse
flesh in Oxford county, and one of the
speediest in the lot is Lady Wessex,
owned by George II. Jones OF South
Paris. The Lady is q daughter Of
Paris Boy Che by Bourbon Wilkes) and
is out OF mare by abraham. by
Daniel Lambert. She is seven years
old and though she has only seen the
track a few times. she has already
made record which gives Mr.. Jones
good grounds for thinking that he has
quite a bundle Of speed In his stable.
The horse, st. Croix, which DIR.
Zeigler of Lewiston. has bought. and
which has been supposed to be so ugly
that no one could handle him. is daily
led about the streets of Lewiston. with
a blanket halter. and muzzle on
There was time when the man who
fed this stallion used to.throw his food
to him through a trap door, and used
to rub him down with a brush fastened
to the end of 40-feet pole. But the
horse has suddenly became very tract
able since coming to live in Lewiston.
and q woman might lead him about
Lewiston without trouble today. His
blanket is embroidered with the name
st. Croix in large. ornate letters
A. b. Dolbier of Farmington. is driv-
ing a nice two-years- old son of Nelson.
Cob this winter The colt was bred
by Mr.. Dolbier and is out of his brood
mare by Black Ben. (2.24a4) which has
thrown considerable speed by different
sires. This colt is bay in color like
his sire and is gated very much as the
horse Nelson was as a colt, and can go
along very well now. considering that
he has been driven bun little. Mr..
Dolbier has a fun sister to this colt,
one year older. filly by PHILIPPE. ono
by Conrad and weanling by Wilkes
the mare by Black Ben was bred the
past season to f. X. Woodman's
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six or eight miles an hour, and coming
to a strange object to say, whoa"
or course the horse stops, and in re-
turn receives few sharp cuts with
the whip. Under such driver the
horse in few months learns the
wrong meaning to the word. and when
a person takes him out to drive and
a piece of paper or some other object
scarcs him, and the driver says
whoa" the horse starts, and the more
the driver shouts the faster he goes.
Why? Because he has been taught to
stop at the word 'whoa;'' and then re-
ceive punishment in return, so you
have actually taught your horse to run
away
DR.. William Il. Swasey of Corinth.
has some royal goods infhi stable, this
winter. The doctor purchased from J.
Malcolm Forbes stablaz, Redowa. by
Red Wilkes, dam, Patchen Give, by
Mambrino Patchen She Is a beauti-
full seal brown mare without marks.
stands 1873, and is perfect model.
She is very near her foafng-td Arion.
There is fine gelding by Emperor
Wilkes. dam the dam Of Ruth Wilkes
(2.1?)-seal brown. no marks, three
years old. stands 15-1 and is beautifully
gated. Also a fine filly by westland;
dam Miss Wilkes by Kaiser, by George
Wilkes; seal brown. M marks: two
years old; Is hands. These colts are
the making Of a fine pair and are being
driven together quite little. The
doctor feels now that he has something
as good as the best. M
Thomas Grady of Belfast. has sold
his pretty driving horse. Dana Wilkes,
to Joseph Tyler of that city, and she
Will be driven as mate to Mr.. Tyler's
horse. Little Jack. Both horses. al
though of small stature. are fast and
stylish. making one of the best-mated
pairs to be owned in the city.
Fred Clark of Belfast. is caring for
several Boston horses during the win
ter. at his home in East Belfast. They
include several gentlemens driving
horses, and among the number may be
mentioned Rhode. with a record Of |
2.251a, and Little Belle, having an |
equally good record. During the fall |
the former was driven by Mr.. Clark in
i've races. winning three first and two
second. Mr.. Clark was formerly in the
employ of the Belfast Stock Farm, but
finds the care of his horses alone more
to his liking.