Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-03-14
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

\. Richardson. Jr.. OF Clinton. re-
Gently sold eleven horses to New York
parties. Mr.. Richardson now has "A
first-class gents drivers in his stable
jay Eye-See, the first trotter 10
make record of 2.l0. and who paced
To record of 2.06h in 1892. is still liv-
ing at . and tenderly cared for by cx-
Mayor jackson |. Case. Of Racine. wis
5. p. Bradish of E.astport. has re-
Gently disposed of his fast PAGER. Jim
Wilkes. which has a record of 223l4
and his trotting gelding. Harry
Wilkes, with record af > 2.331., to {. A.
Davis of Rockland. Me.
Star Pointer. Jr.. a fast son of Star
Pointer, 1.59A, owned by Robt Hailes.
East Liverpool. O.. has been sent to F.
L. Shank. Litchfield. O.. to be trained
Mr.. Shank says he has found a coming
100 PAGER in him. Mr.. Hailes also
owns another fast son Of Star Pointer.
1.59h in Snowheel Pointer
Alton Bowen is driving a good look
ing. good acting colt about the streets
of Bangor. this winter. The colt is q
tWo-ycars- old by odd Mark and is
owned by Fred NJ. Rogers. the Wash
inGton street horse dealer. Tho colt is
called Dix. is handsome bay and a
natural trotter that gives promise of
much speed.
Thomas w. Lawson Of Boston has q
trotters and PAGERS in comfortable
quarters at Charter Oak park. Hart
ford. Among them are Boralma 2.0S;
SagWa. 2134; Glory. 2.14i.: Dreamer.
Kenny. 2.t7A. and a lot of green ones.
young and old. Mr.. Lawson's repre-
sentative in all the big stakes for green
horses is likely to he the fast five
ycar-old brown trotter Poindcxter. that
was timed a mile in 2.123, In his three
ye1r-old form. The horse was sick
last season ana did not start
Miller e Chaffin of Auburn. recently
sold to VIM. Dobson of PittSfield. a
large bay horse to he used as family
animal. He stood Is hands high. Wac
a fine looking animal and good actor
He could easily step a 80 gait The
same firm also sold To Boston parties
a bay mare 15-2 high. sired by Red
wood Boone This was a fast little
mare and was as good as she looked.
She has made a quarter in 35 seconds
and when properly traircd can sol
down into the teens. Maine still con
tinues to furnish the best horses in the
country. and declines to take a back
seat even for the far famed blue grass
country.
Boralma 2.0S. the great trotter is to
be sent against the fastest horses in
the country. according to an announce
:nent made last week by his owner.
Thomas w. Lawson, of Boston. He
says he is prepared to enter in n
sweepstakes for any amount up tol
$4,000 corner for n frec-for-all trot
ting race. He wants the race to be
three heats in five, to harness. and to
take place over any grand circuit
track. and Lawson hopes that the
pwenrs of The Abbott. 20SA: Crcsceus. |
l.4: Charlie Herr. 2.01. and other fast |
trotters. will signify their Willingness !
to enter the proposed race.
Joseph Cairn Simpson, of Oakland
Cal. author of that favorite turf book. |
Horse POrtraiturc. has a Sulky that he |
used at Davenport Iowa. in 1860. when
he drove his old horse Blackbird |
against Prairie Boy. in a race at five !
mile heats. Six generations of Black |
birds descendants have been in its |
shafts. Mr.. Simpson says that if he
ever owns another of the family fast |
enough to go through the grand circuit
he will fit the old body with modern |
and use it again. The |
sulky weighs only fifty-thrce pounds. |
The spokcs are seleote second growth |
hickory and the shafts are of elm.