Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-14

the Lewiston sun. Inc morse has d
record of 2.14&. but for several years
Williams has been unable TO lay a
hand on him. Recently he was pur-
chased and brought here where he is
being handled with great care and
seems to be growing kinder. He will
now allow himself to be saddled and
does not object to being rode.
f. H. Greeley. Esq. of Ellsworth has
been selected as one of the jurors III the
Boston horse show in April next.
Eben Wheelden of Bangor. has pur-
cha SD of Oscar A. Pickett. Timothy
Dexter, full brother to Caywood
Thomas Mersereau. one of New LINER
ick's prosperous farmers. has. an. exceed
.ingly large COLT now. bordering on the
age of eighteen months and tipping the
scales at 9S5 pounds.
,, w *. Moody Of RoSkland. has traded
the.-telebrated Louie :. with s.on'ns!on1
that. he got q W. ., Moody with Sher-
map. Freeman for Angie $:
A w. McKusick Of Bangor. recently
bought of Jerome Butt@rAeid, Of King
man. iof the FIRM If .Eates & Bntter-
feldts the.wen Known horse Artist.
e.2lHl=, by Dictator chief.
Nat :. Stanley of bangor, has pur-
chased. the fipe nlarA.Apnie b.. 2.4O. of
John. Scott OF. Bangor. sAlnie B.fis a
chestnut, timely .bCed and OF beautiful
style: Her owner vas oHered, $500 for
her recently:. bur refused It,.
1t is prsbabIe that George pastin of
.W.iiislow.. will train a stable.of horseS
in Watervifte during the coming year.
and that he VIII have, oiie OF the best
stables of young horses tAkt win be
seen on the. Maine. tracks. Mis- suaimer:
Henry Chapman. who cared for Nelson;
100 in the year. 1889. ten years ago. and
1t seems but yesterday when the North
ern King made MS. dspm ;op'i GfeulS
quite a stable over. there at one time and
worked for j. NJ. Nelson and gave Arthur
l., a.15it. by Direct. his mark, and also
10 locate at, Damariscotta. Me-, the pres
ent season.--TrolIer and PAGER
Nominee Prince has been. shipped from
W. l.. Eatons stables in Calais to those
of Charles Berry Of H2ult .,I,, So, dwoa
to the same stable from Martin Cones
stable. Calais This two-year-od IS
called Lady Wilkes and is by Jim w likes
She is a smooth one and will no doubt
prove very fast Nominee Prince has a
record of 2l9h and is capable Of a still
lower record. Mr. Eaton thinks.the horse
can get down to 2.l2. This summer, Mr.
berrv will put him on the track ana see
if he has any greater speed:
Two of the handsomest pairs OF
matched horses owned in New England
are the property of Sheriff Charles K.
Brown OF Bangor. One is a pair OF
rour-vear-olds. the other are six years
old The former weight, 1850 pounds;
the latter $3.50 pounds All are we'll
bred the former being by Irwin M.
They are handsome bays and of good
style.
1t will be coed news to the horsemen
of New England to learn that Mystic
park will be in line this year Last
wear its gates were closed, which
meant a financial loss to nearly all tbs.
trainers around Boston. Secretary
Subert announces the following dates
for meetings this year: June 1911:
July 1921. August 15-1S. September r.
IL, October 1918.
%. H. Nelson of Sunnyside Farm.
Waterville. will have a large number
of horses from that farm on the turf
this summer. He said recently that ne
would have the best lot of horses this
summer that he has ever had. He has
I large number of young ones from the
different horse strains that are 10 be
.ound at the Sunnyside farm and they
are all promising ones.
Eugene Mitchell Of North Arson. has a
fine specimen of he horse kind in his =
ycar-old chestnut tilly Helen n. by ST.
Croix: first dam Maggie Todd by Elgar-
do e.. 131l ont of Sweetness (2.26la) by
pequawket. by Gideon. Elgardo was
sired by Eunor (2.eDo and he by Tottler
t226) and he by Pilot, Jr. Elgardo's
lam was the famous old trotting mare
Lucia (2.1SD by George NJ. Patchen. This
colt is "A 3a hands high and weighs S23
pounds. l, is clean limbed. easy gated
and 4 promising colt. in every respect.
When fully developed it will be fast. as
it's breeding warrants that.
L. II. Greeley of Ellsworth. one of
the owners of the Hathorn Stock
Farm. Pittsfield has large number OF
his fast horses at the farm and will
bring more of them there at an early
date. He is very rnuch pleased with
the way everything is going on at the
farm. Mr. Greeley will soon ship his
very promising colt by Bingen to the
farm. as well as Leavitt and a number
of other good ones. Mr.. Fisher. the
trainer. says shat the horses are all
| wirtering in excellent shape.
l.. G. Richards. New Portland. is the
! owner of IA good young stallion. name
Gen. Richards This young fellow stands,
| 49, hands tall. weight SW, pounds ia