Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-22
The MAINE HORSE.
S,me Complimentary Words from Leading
New York Authority.

Says the New York Commercial OF re-
cent date: Among horsemen generally
who are al all familiar with the great
private stables of the world. II is ad-
mitted that Or. w. Seward Webb. presi-
dent of the Wagner Palace Car Co, has
one of the finest. His horses are over
three hundred in number. Ill of them
blooded animals ana some of them with
out superiors on either side of the o~ean
He is very partial to Maine-bred stock
for certain purposes. and his stable has
within the past week been "anriched''-to
borrow the expression of the doctor $
buyer-by the addition OF six pairs OF
superb animals all picked up down
that way. The list includes pair of
brown leaders. one four-in-hand bay
team, one pair OF ladies' driving horses,
one pair Of trotters for DR.. Webb's own
use and another span of very heavy ami
mails, the specific purpose of whose pur-
chase has not as yet been disclosed.
Don't talk Kentucky horses to me-
was the very decisive way i'll which G..
w Bishop, among the best known of the
horseflesh fanciers OF this town. began
some comments last night on this latest
Webb purchase. Bishop was the doctor $
envoy extraordinary" to the Pine Tree
State with the fine diplomatic errand OF
picking up the best twelve horses to ne
found in New England" With good
deal Of warmth he thus continued his
crtique on Kentucky horses:
AZ have no use for 'em-not bit. The
men and the horses down in Kentucky
| are Il good deal alike-pretty much all of
| the same piece. to speak. Great fire
eaters. YOU know-oh, yes, great fire
eaters. But very little sand in 'em. They
| the horses I'm talking about now-are
mostly tinnic41y. vicious brutes. to my
way of thinking. No, the Maine horse is
good enough for me.
Now let me ask you. do You realize Il
what extent Maine has been drawn upor
for horses? Why, it is Frequently sair
here in New York that there are no more
| good horses to come out of Mame-tha'
| the country has sobbled them up faster
| than they can be bred. 1t is true that
there are not so many good horses VI
| there as in years gone. but to say that
there are no more left is an injustice Il
Maine that | won't let pass without pro
test AS / said moment ago. nevcl
I
| State than those We are now shipping
| And if remember rightly, in nay day
have taken out some good ones.
| Few people appreciate to what an eX
tent American horses have been shipped
abroad of late years. Why, the firm oil
| Fiss Doer & Carol alone shipped 43, oW
horses from January. 1900, to July, tt
England, France. Germany, Austria, ant
other European countries. These horses
| YOU understand, We're all good animals
blooded horses, just the kind of horses
that we want ourselves.
| as ii any wonder, with such quantities
going out of the country, that horses arc
getting scarce in Maine? They are getting
scarce everywhere. Time was when We
used to import a good many horses from
Canada. but we don't now, for the simple
reason that the Canadians are finding a
market on the other side just as We are
! Consequently we are losing not only our
| own horses but have been shut out OF
Iimpor1inG from the Canadian market as
We'll You can readily see that not many
| wears of these conditions can prevail be-
fore the best quality of the American
horse will become far scarcer article
than he is now. Right here lies the OPP
, portunity of the Maine breeder.