Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-06-15

training and more viii be taken there il
a few days. The stalls will all be occu
pied within few days and there is prob
| ably not a better string of horses at an,
| OF the smaller parks than there Is al Au
gusta. There are some goers at the parl
| ana II they are not heard from before tn
| season is over ii will be because tney ar
| sold and taken to some remote portion o
the globe. There are some of the bes
| trainers of this section at the park an,
| with the good material at hand they ar
| sure to have some speed to show the An
| gusta people in the races here.
| ii. F. Yeaton. who handles the Bur
| leigh string from Vassalboro, is occupyin.
| the track stables. He has a lot of goot
horses and will be sure to take goot
money with some of them at the race,
this season. He has ST. Croix. Jr.. 2.1e1
by st. Crox. This is an EXCEPTIONAL,
good horse and besides being a good goer
has fine style and action.
Lady Madison, 2.2lh, is another fine one
of Mr.. Yeaton's training The mare
came from Minnesota and promises n
lead the Maine horse fast clip before
lali. She is looked upon to go much bet
ter than her present record.
Maggie loga, a three-vear-old fiIlv &c
looked upon to do wonders This fIly is
regarded as one of the fastest 6llies in
the world. She recently did half in III
She Is by Kent and has good breeding
There is not another horse at the track
whose career will be watched with more
interest than this illy.
M rhnr
strlnS IS 81. Peter, two years old, by St
CroiX, Jr. This is a green horse ana bas
not been tracked at all but IS doing good
work. Mabel G., by Nelson. is another
promising green horse which Il exnected
70 20 fast. Daisy Nelson. a fiye-vear-oId
by Nelson, out Of a Drummond Knox
mare Is another green one. 1t Il 4 verv
pretty horse and at present can 20 oIong
at a good rate and Is expected to be- dow,
with the fast ones before the close Of TIA
season.
Nhiie the Journal man was looking over
Mr.. featon's string Mr.. Sleeper of Win
throp, who handles c. A. Bailey's horses
drove In with very pretty span Of \
pay and a black. which he has left ia
be handled by Mr.. Yeaton.
charles Chisam always has some good
ones 10 train and this year he is worlino
out Lady Jedwood 22H, and Wbi,a
Foot, 23ih. He will have two gree,
ones in few days which are exnected =,
do good work after a little training. This
string is as good as any of the class
Inc first two are familiar to freauenters
"i race tracks IN this section. They have
done good work in past seasons ana ba,,
oeen money winners in many cases. They
are expected to do fully as well this son
son under Mr.. Chsam's careful manaee.
ment as ever before
A. +. Lamson of ROckland. a vour.,
driver is at work on some fine ones NJ
Lamson is one Of the youngest nroras-
slonal trainers in the business bur he IN
hid good success in the past few wears
ana VIII be sure to have ii at August,
lie mas Don, black gelding bv on
ward. r., with a mark Of 23IL,. This il
y very pretty horse and is the prOncrt,.
ol William Achorn Of Cooper's Mills \
Is promising horse ana ~ sure Ia pn
much faster under Mr.. Lamson's training
stub Wilkes by Glen Wilkes. 4 fast
green PAGER, il another Of his PROMISING
ones This horse has gone a quarter IL
70 within the past few days ana thai
without but very little previous logging
# il does not surprise some Of the iii
horses before the season It will BE- !
great wonder to the horsemen.
me bay mare Daisy e.. by St Crnix
with mark Of 2.32i4 is expected "a a, |
much better before the season closes she
is very pretty mare and is generally
a iavorite wherever raced.
ii. T. Brann of this city, has some good
ones at the track which he is tr,i,in
himself Mr. Brann has always had rood
success with his horses and is looked |
upon as good trainer. He can bring
speed OUT oil horses when others have
Tailed and his horses are looked upon IN
win him good money through the season
lie has the chestnut mare. Esma p nv
ne SURF, which did good work last sea
SON This little mare is a good goer ana |
mas wonderful reserve force. She never
gives up and is game to the end of the |
race.
linen Mr.. Brann has Tony Belmon.
25sl:, by Belmont by George Wilkes
This is bay gelding and can 90 much |
better this year than ever before. He re-
Gently purchased this horse in Bangor,
Big Jim being in the trade.
He also has the brown pacing MARI
queen, which is a green mare bv Robin |
son d.. 2.l1h. out of a mare by Onward |
~. This is mare which will do gond |
work in the PAGES and can now "a fas+ |
although she has only been at the track |
a snort while.
Z. A. Jones Of Powers, has a black nae
ing geldinG by Ralph Hanks. he bv RaInb |
Wilkes which he is jogging out. This
morse IS one Of the most hopeful ones N |
the track
John Sheen has a chestnut geldinr |
when although green can go along fast |
ana with the training he will have at the |
track this year, ought to win some races |
Another promising horse is a bay mare |
which is being worked by Knowles ana |
Perkins, She is by Glenarm and can 90 |
fast.
Mayor Stafford of Hallowell. occasional !
ly comes up with his horse by Merrill ont |
of a Watchmaker-W Wilkes mare. This
horse is dandy and great things are ex-
pected from it if it is placed on the |
track.
c. NJ. Phillips of Gardiner comes uD i
frequently and joys some of his horses !
around. Mr.. Perkins of HalloweIl also |
joys promising Wilkes mare