The Newtown bee., 1900-04-20

MEN, A good colt is 8 forerunner of good horse.
 It does not pay to raise horse that will sell for less than good steer.
 A dozen brood mares were shipped from Auburn, Me-, to far of Oregon the fore part of March.
 Breed for style and action and from speed producing blood and then take good care of the produce and you will have horse that buyers are looking for.
 Every horse has some good points. I've heard said that 1t all depends upon whose spectacles you look through whether you see them or not.
 How was the horse meat at Ladysmith served? Why what a foolish question la cart, of course.
 It is sometimes discovered when too late that stallion that was not strictly speaking first class individual was uniform sire of high class foals. On the other hand there have been stallions that were almost perfect individuals that were failures in the stud; the reason is obvi- | Ous. One had 8 strong inheritance the other was an accident.-TThe Horseman.
 The great Newtown Fair, September 20, 26 and 27, 1900.
 "The great beauty of racing" says c. J. Hamlin, 'is the uncertainty of it.
 They are counting on great parade of road drivers on the New York speed | way May 5. Is is said severala out of town road drivers have signified their intentions to participate in the event.ss
 A purse of $500 is offered by the Bran ford, Ct., Driving association for 2.15 class pacers, hopples barred, to be com peted for July IS, 1900. They have join- ed the National association this year.
 Hartford grand circuit meeting will be held this year September 3-8 inclusive. The Charter Oak stake for 2-15 class trotters is $l0, 900, five per cent to enter and five per cent additional from winners. A statistician figure, that A trotting bred horses have sold for $3, lS9, ,525, an average of $22, ,O50.
 c. Fl. Nelson Is of the opinion that a better class of horses will be bred in the future than in the past.
 The signs of the times now point to another boom in tr0tting horses. Ten years ago there was very little foreign market. It wss rare thing for trotter to cross the Atlantic, now they go in droves and almost daily. Too bad they do not take more kindly to the pacer. It 1 would help to bring up the price of that class, which ia now in the decline.
 The statement comes from California that the green horse that trots three heats in 20 or better will be 8 good money winner in that state, this year. Good trotters are scarce artclo there as buyers are finding out. High class pros poets are being snapped up at good prices whenever their qualities are known,
 AOlh tAAAC hO DC&RA GO 5AOW inently as a sire Baron Wilkes has stood out as the greatest of money wfn- ming sires. Last year he again led his get having won almost S30,0 ,00O Wilton, another son of George Wilkes, stands second with $2l ,891, while Ashland Wilkes, still another son, Is fourth with $20,015. Hal billiard ranks third with $20 245. This shows how the Wilkes bred on.
 Knap Mccarthy has bought the four year old Ally, Betsy Belle, 2,29 l 4, by Axtell, for $2OOO.
 Hitter predicts mark of at least 05 this season for both Bingen and Peter the Great.
 c. W. Williams is said to receive more mail than any other man in the horse business.
 Parties in Berlin, Germany, recently cabled c. W. Williams for price on two of his stallions.
 British agents are in Texas looking for army horses with the result that prices have jumped from 30 to 50 per cent.