Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-05-06
TRACK AND STABLE GOSSIP.

| G.. w. Johnson of Parkman recently
purchased a fine horse from Frank
| Burns of Fort Fairfield for which he
paid SEQ.
| r. w. Mcguire of Dover sold a fine
driving horse to w. G. Foss a few
days ago. 1t was seven years old and
weighed 1850 lbs.
| w. NJ. Walkers trotter has beer
brought to York from Oakland, where
he has been boarding. The horse is q
beautiful, high spirited animal and
attracts no little attention.
| Tho new Year Book shows that the
15-year-old stallion George Wilkes, by
Belmont, lowered his record from
2l9A to 2.z3 last season. He is the
sire Of five with records from 2.15A to
rs.
The work horse parade that is to
take place in Boston Memorial day is
| to be an enormous one. Thirty-four
| classes are provided for and include all
kinds of delivery wagons FRI n a yeast
| cake to a furniture van.
The epidemic of CHAMBERS Is not con
| fined to New York. More than 80
| horses have died in one stable in
| Newark since January ], it is said. In
far away Wyoming fully 800 cases
| have been detected by the state vet
ernarian.
| The fine mare Dot by Lumps, 2.21,
| owned by George E. Robinson. Her
mon Pond, dropped a flly by Cane dian
| Mac, PIG. April 23. 1t is dark bay
with black points. of almost perfect
| conformation, large and handsome as
a picture.
Discreet trainers know that slow
work in April and May, and not too
many trials in early June, will win
more races than fast work in either
April May or early June. And many
a trainer has lost a good purse, says
the American Sportsman, by seeing
how fast he could go three heats the
week before he put his money on the
event.
After years of study as to why we
have so many runaways, DR.. =.
| Harvey Flynn says he believes the
lack of proper knowledge of the horse,
his likes and dislikes, often causes
| trouble between the horse and his
owner or driver. THE horse has no
bad habits that cannot be traced to the
manner OF handling him." DR.. Flynn
said. Like man, he is possessed of
| five senses, namely, feeling, seeing,
hearing, smelling and tasting, and it
is actually necessary to educate or
cultivate three Of the FIVE senses to
make horse safe to drive, ride or
handle. Owing to the superior
strength of the horses, man is always
/ trying to solve the problem of how to
best control him. and in trying many of
| these schemes the man often gets the
worst of the deal. Tie string tightly
around your finger and in less than
one minute the end of your finger be-
| comes numb from lack of circulation
| "One the same theory, the horseman
| often causes a runaway by the use of
| straps, known as curb straps, chains
| cords, or straps tied around the jaw
| under the lip, etc. Just think for a
| moment: you are pulling on the reins
with all your might, which pulls the
bit against the front part of the jaw
| or check, while the curb on the back
is doing damage, and between the two
| extremes circulation is INSTRUCTED
until the jaw becomes numb, so much
50 that there is no feeling. and 70,
this reason the poor horse does not
| know he is pulling; he gets no reliet
until he in some way releases tha
awful pull and torture which is driv.
ing him to madness. Were we t
buckle strap around horses leg. a,
tight as the curb strap or chain would
be under an ordinary pull on the lines
the horse would go lame before travel
ing one block Proper circulation o
the blood and freedom of the muscle.
are necessary for comfort to tn,
horse"