Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-02-22
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.


sold his IS hands pacing gelding to
New York parties, at a good price.
The PAGER Charley Danforth 22ah
owned by Thomas McAloon Of Bangor
is now being logged for work each day;
as is also the well known T.. IL. Blake
colt
Ed. Geers says long races at the ex-
IRENE speed rate demanded nowadays
wear the horses out quickly and few
owners of good horses like to sac them
Knocked out before they have fairly
paid for the money represented in their
rearing and training.
+. II. Greeley of Bar Harbor is now
passing Il few days in Pittsfield at the
Hathorn farm. Mr.. Greeley says that
all the stock at the farm is wintering
we'll and he hopes to have the best lot
of horses next summer that he has
ever had on the track,
The black horse, Free Silver. has
been sold by his breeder, Columbus
Marshall the We'll known shovel manu-
facturer of North Arson, to DR., Greg
! DRY and c. s. Dorrithy, the We'll known
travelling man. both OF Wisrasset.
Free Silver was by Tmaus sire of limo
| gene (223l4) aud the III starred little
mare. Bess Imaus t227i4)
! i. Z. Douval, ESQ. "a Mechanic
Falls has sold the trotting mafe. Queen
| Wilkes t2,1S2a) by Messenger Wilkes
| (223.) and her three years old fiIy by
1 Bayard Wilkes (2.1i4,) 90 Dana I4ough-
| ton of Worcester Mass. Queen Wilkes
| could have gone Rigby. the day she
sot her mark at Norway in a or IS. as
the track was new and too heavy for
| fast work.
| c. P. Drake now has but one horse
| in Lewiston, but he is wintering five or
six in different parts of the State. and
will bring them out next spring with
their coats in fine trim. He intends to
! purchase a stallion of one of the best.
breeds in New England, in the spring.
and will then reorsaniZe his stables
and will probably show some fast
| young horses in the fall.
d. II. Bartlett of Starks. has bought
| a black PAGER of George Greenleaf.
| This is a five year-old. and one of the
most level headed side wheelers that
can be found. He is perfectly green
and is natural flyer. Carroll Thomp-
son of Pennington Falls will give him
a short course of training on the snow.
| If the black PAGER develops as well as
he has started in the boys may as we'll
| clear the track.
| G.. J. Hamlin says that many a trot-
ter or stallion has been ruined by
harsh treatment. He even goes so far
as to say that horse of spirit should
never be struck with a whip. He is
| of the opinion that horses of nervous
| temperament and courage should never
| be placed in charge of impulsiVe and
| harsh speaking men. The ideal hand
| Ter is slow to anger, exercises judg
ment and practical patience.
| Inman C. Clarke, has the care of Lin
ME G.. and Elder Boone, the two fast
ones of Col. Morrill's stable, Pittstield.
| He has taken care of them all winter
| and now has them looking better than
| they ever We're before. They both have
wintered in the best possible condition
| and never in the world have they
shown as much speed as they do at
this time. They will make the best of
them step very fast when the season
opens. as they did last year.
In shoeing all of his horses, c. Hor-
| ace .NtISOli VI SUNNY Sl'lt' II arm, w
vile has the front shoes turned up.
His reason for this is that With the
shoes turned up at the heels he claims
| that he can get from an inch to an
| inch and a quarter longer bearing
! than with the shoe running back
straight. the way most horses are shod.
and with this additional length Of bear
| ing the strain is less upon the cords.
| Nelson has always been shod this way
and today is as smooth as a colt 1t
is claimed that he has never pulled
shoe or cut his quarters in his life. and
he always starts at full speed on the
snow with sharp shoes and without
boots Calks are used TO break the
conclusion when the track is hard, and
to give him confidence by holding his
foot to the spot he puts it down in.