Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-27

vice. where he got Arthur b., 2.24K. the
pacing mare Sairey Camp, with fast
record. and others. Later he was sold
to Charles Milliken. Esq. Of Augusta.
and took record of 1854, was after
ward disposed of to Dr. II. Is. Palmer.
then OF Phillips. and drifted around.
II living he has been lost sight Of for
some time.
II. Greeley of Ellsworth. and which came
dangerously near the 80 mark at Show
hogan, Is one of the best bred geldings
IN Maine. lie Is Kentucky product be-
ing ~ jay BIRD and In the maternal line
theR is nothing lacking He is a strong
~ made fellow. Mr.. Greeley has owned
him some two or three years. but he has
not been no hurried Trainer Fisher will get
some good races with him. Mr.. Greeley
has sent hlly which ! believe, he re-
CARDS as the best one he has bred to tn"
Forbes farm to be bred to Arion 201&.
She was got by Bingen 206& when that
horse was a two.year-old and was out
of daughter of Nelson. second dam by
Mr.. Greeley's old favorite. Hambletonian
Knox rs, third dam thoroughbred
daughter of Lexington.
c. p. Drake of Lewiston. has bred his
pacing mare, Beatrice 21Sa, by Bayard
Wilkes to Warick 225L Warick Is owned
by DR.. J. G. Caldwell of Buckfield. and is
one of the purest gated trotters in Maine.
| year. and on "A mile track could easily
| have earned mark OF 30. Now some
| of the horsemen e? are wondering why
| the well bred colts in Maine have not
| been entered In the futurities or early
| closing stakes just because we have a
Maine product capable of downing the
best of them. The way horses have been
selling in the past few years II Is a won
der To me how man would have cour-
age to pay S25 and upwards for the ser
vices of ever so good "A sire IT costs
money To make entries or nominations
| and il is an apparent fact that IN stakes
| some drop out about every time pay
ment becomes due. Maine breeders 40
not lack enterprise and occasionally nave
| the goods fit to compete for stakes. but
when men with plenty Of means, 30 or
better stations and the bluest biooded
| mares to breed them to, name from Ten
To twenty-five mares in the great futut
| tiles what courage can comparatively
| poor man with Il solitary brood mare
| have to pay out good money. lie may
wish afterwards he had got inside. put
| the chances are more than equal thdt ne
| Will realize he has saved Just 50 muCn
money.
note that the mare which beat Nui-
| can at Skowhegan Is credited to l.eru-
Sh, is driven by Mr.. Pottle of kingiieid,
| who handled Philip y BY Nordeck. Idsi
| year. the first season IN which ne proNrd
| good. taking a record of Sig. lie Is ~
| So the driver of Edwin {. I26'.. Ihie
mare. ! understand. was sold some weeks
| ago by Dept. Sheriff W. Il. Small "i
| Kiugtield 10 ID. G.. McGregOr OF bangor
| Her sire | think may have been Alltro
| Il horse bred by ). W Parlin, ESD, u the
| American Horse Breeder AT his Mount
View Farm. Phillips. Maine. got by ~
| lectus dam by Daniel Lambert. II re-
| member correctly. II ! have the rishi
idea this horse Allern showed signs ~
! being fast but they never seemed 10 ger
| him balanced. II Il no surprise ihat M
should beget speed. He has ! think been
| gelded.
| \ good mare which started in a recent
race at Boston is Nellie r. by .Alectu T.
| The way this mare went 10 the haIi lnd.-
Gates her i 2.2o performer Tor her SIR
| which stood for some years In FRANKLIN
county where Nellie r. was probably
| bred though ! do not know the mare.
| most heartily wish that the breeding
If every tan bark blue rihboner at the
| horse shows had to be given ana an
| glad To note that the controversy be
| tween the 'ACkney fellows and those VIII
prefer the trottinS bred high stopper has
| led to something Of this sort. There
| was time however. when the buyers
came to Maine, found an embryo blue
ribbon winner. diamond in rough We
might better have said perhaps. had him
| his name and went into the ring. won the
| prizes and his breeder might never know
| what eventually became of the horse.
| Dealers have told me Of horse after horSr
| which had Won in the show ring WI
! the request that 1t he not published As Il
would be a hindrance 10 further pur-
| chases. Now We submit if Maine breeds
| a show ring winner are we not entitled
| to know? The horse will ne remembered
| and the sire ANA dam might again be
mated and dollars made for the breeder
thereby. q. NJ. HATCH.