Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-29
TRACK AND TABLE.

John Shepard, Boston, has bought
the black trotter Promise, 2,10, as mate
for Afro L.
The sorrel filley, Axle Telie, owned
by Howard B. Small of Topsham is
attracting considerable attention. She
is a promising PAGER with such
names in her pedigree as Onward
and Nutwood Of wide fame.
w. A. Bixby of Wolfboro, N. H., re-
Gently purchased a pair of horses of E.
E. Wentworth of Springvale for $780,
Mr.. Wentworth has another matched
pair weighing 5000 pounds, which will
probably go at a still higher figure.
The famous old-time trotter Rysdyk
Maid, 2.24A, now 81 years old, recently
trotted quarter over the Combination
Park track in Al seconds. Notwith-
standing her advanced age the famous
daughter of Old Hambletonian is still
as lively as a four-year- old and looks
to be good for another ten years She
is the dam of Mystic Maid, 2.21A, and
Easter, 2.12A, one of B. F. Dunton's ia
nous pole teams and is owned by D. l..
Thomas of Belmont.
Ashley Bray of Bar Harbor recently
purchased the chestnut gelding PAGER
owned by George Sproul of that town
and expects to make some of the local
horsemen hustle when the sleighing
comes. This horse is said to have a
record of 2.1S, but although there are
no horses in town with a record quite
SO low, nevertheless there are one or
ernnd Tuc
| owned by Charles Weaver, who also
owns the young horse Nelson McGregor,
which will certainly make some of the
fast ones step next season, and besides
these H. D. Wakefield has quite a lot
of speed in Uncle Tom, who can go
down the line when needed
The people of Piscataquis county are
beginning to think that it pays to raise
a high grade class of colts. One day re-
Gently Perley Ward of Dover sold his
fine yearling colt by Vassar, to
Abram Newton of Jackman, the
price being 5000. The colt was one
of the finest in town and when
last weighed tipped the scales
at $50 pounds which, according to the
horsemen, is very good for a yearling
The animal was shown by Mr. Hall,
owner of the horse Vassar, at the East
ern Maine State fair at Bangor, also at
other fairs throughout the State and
has always attracted a great deal of at
tention. He was bred by the late Ira
f. Palmer and the dam was by Dicta-
tor Chief, 2.21.
Frank A.. Palmer of Pittsfield, one of
the leading horsemen of that good town
has a string of four good ones at the
present time. His string is virtually
headed by the handsome little stallion
Bud Wilkes, 2.29A. This horse was
sired by Col. Osgood, dam by Empire
Knox, he by Gen. Knox. He is nine
years old, a rich bay in color and
weighs 1850 pounds. He has been
very successful as sire and some of
the finest colts about Pittsfield are his
get. Mr.. Palmer has roam horse eight
years old by Early Bird, dam, by Samy
Witer, he by Capt. Sprague, he by Gen.
Knox. This horse weighs about 1000
pounds and is a good one. A brown
gelding five years old by a son Of Early
Bird. dam by Empire Knox. He has a
half brother to Bud Wilkes. can show
better than 3-minute clip on the road
with two men in the wagon, stands 1873
and weighs LOO pounds. Mr. Palmer
also has a bay two years old, an own
brother to the one above that gives
promise of being a fine one.