Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-10-31
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

&; Il. Vose Of kine.icld. has recently,
snld a hne sentleman's driver To- +. r
"SW'l 81 East New Portland Thn
h"rs" was black with star III Iii. fnr,-
head. stood l6a and WAS nv Monitor
Wilkes. ''''
John \. Gibbons of Geneva. ana + II
Damon II Rochester. \. y, are the own
| err Of the successful trnttrr Mar, ~
LA; by Young Jim. trained and drive
hN Sher 6. Hunt. Of La Porte. ina, WIN
drove her in II races the past season
and won min" Of them.
q. Il. N"S, nt knsiield has bought VII.
| horse Geo. :. Of u. :. Austin. lie is nu,.
II N" finest acting horses that mas been
AROUND these parts. a0d Nlr. NoS, saws
| II" can go better than three minutes to :,
wagon. Geo. :. is Il cheStnut. weigh.
about l"'' pounds, and is an own brnth,r
to Susie :. .
T.. H. Greeley Of Ellsworth. has ils;
received letter from r. T.. Drake AN
| ohio h"rsemnn. telling him something vi
= twn-ye:.r-old Iilly which he saw at tn.
Lexington meeting recently. Tile lillv il
4 full sister ~ Mr.. Greeley : l.eaNitt Shr
i handsome bay. - hands. Mr. Drak .
writes that tn, iillN was worked III iii.
sprius and shipped to the Detroit me.t-
ing. where she WAS taken sick Shinnri
home ana turned nUt. She was taken III
| as;'in late in AnsuSt. and w" weeks ago
Was worked three nil"r III. 80 80, ANA
2.2ii4 respectively. SIZE went the last halr
nt the last mic IN l.0N.. and the last
quarter OF the second milk, in ;2t, Mr.
il"ht SAYS II Sh' hdd Kept well Sha
would hay" beuteu 30 this year. Nattr.
all! this iS good news for MIR Greelv
especially coming - it does ON top of tho
performance = tw" ~ Icavitt's half
brothers at Sau2 rs. Mass. last week
One Of them Won IN ci2ht-hoat race, get
ting in mark ot 2.lSl. ANA tile other wol
a4'
Until last week verdi records fn:
1901 We're slow in putting i'm AN aprvar-
EtNtt'tlS = l.l in
early in the campaign. and his were pr.t,-
ticallN the only ones Of the season. Last
week. however. Two new records were ~
tabltShcd and TWO others were CquallcG
The most important of these was mad
by the pacing gcldiug Little Boy who. on
Saturday. paced mile 10 wagon in 202
1t Is technical record ana thereby takes
rank over the 2ril. ot Pumps made
with the professional driver ~ l.. snow
behind him. over tn" 3.UiIi of Coney .
made /" horplcS. and over thu ".nl'. o.
Free Bond. that was AN amateur per
iormanCe and mad" without hOpnleS The
most important feature OF the per
Torrance of Little Boy WAS the demo-,
~trItion thIt next I" Star Pointer hc i
raigncd almost rntir,ly on the les in
portant tracks. he never commanded tn
attention al the public that h dcScrl eel
ana the opinion ~ the western critics
| who pronounced him Ih- next two-minIt .
| PAGER, was taken with more than on.
grain of salt. Ills performance ~ SatUr-
| day. when he paced mile. driven by au
| amateur Iud t" wagon. in quarters a.
| follows. ~. -"',. :n.. ana q seconds
| ought t. settle al loIbt of his ability &"
pace in two minutes IL sulky when drivrI
by one who can get out All the Spe II
| there is in him. The Other record ri las
week was also by a western PAGER
Edith w. that has long been in the pub
lie eye rs ON. of the fastest Ut her GAIT
and Eek ii the world. paced the three
fastest heats ever Won by Il pacing mare
when she finished i'll 2.n5i,. .n5ii. ana
-" :. Vt Allentown. Pa. Prime" Alert
cqEall"d tn" race record of 2.0lii Tor I,
PAGER in race On i halimil" track.
and at NV York The Monk eludll' I'll"
r;trt' record nf 10 for trDtt"r t" "