Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-03-03
GREAT SUCCESS.
Cavalcade of Eastern Horse
Breeders Association.
WaterviIle the Mecca, Wednesday, 0
Many Equine Lovers.
Excellent List of Glasses for Meet ir
August.

One of the jOllieSt, cleaneSt LOOKING
crowds that has visited here in a Ions
time was that of the gentlemen com
posing the Eastern Horse Breeders
Association, which held the ANIMAL
meeting in this city, today. They had
come from the shriveling hulks of Kit
terry and the interior of the domain of
Cousin Edward the King, and they
brought their joliest laugh. their fun
NEST stories, their beaming-est coun-
tenances and good rolls of cash with
them. The meeting was held in tie
rooms Of the Waterville Board of Trade,
at 10 o'clock this forenoon. The asso-
citation numbers nearly 400 members
who are scattered over Maine and the
maritime provinces. with now and then
a fellow from Massachusetts. Today.
65 of the leaders We're present.
Horse talk, colt talk, race talk and
betting talk was rampant and all ha'ids
had a good time guessing at the future
of the association and wondering what
Kennebec county will do when the fall
meeting is pulled off. About the very
first thing to be discussed was the T7.ta
of the opening of the annual fall meet
and where it should be held. Most of
the members have visited the new park
of the Central Maine Association and
are familiar with the fact that the
best half-mile in the State if not in
New England is located here. Conse-
| quently it was not a difficult matter
to bring about the election of Water
vile to be the place of the fall meet.
oh h1yf ha will no hal. in, Il
summer and thesdates agreed upon arc
Aug. 9-10-11-12.
| There appears to be every reason
why the Eastern Horse Breeders As
sociation should be a success. The
association contains the very best men
in the business, the widest-knoWn own
ers Of steppers and men who are ac-
quainted from the first to the last let
ter of the alphabet with the business
of managing race meets. The men,
bers represent not only strings of good
horses but large rolls Of clean coin Of
two realms. They are be:tors ara
losers and bettors and winners.
They LOSE with no greater dis
comfort Ethan they win. They bank
on their strings and seek 20
make those strings pull out victories
They are of the class which are the
best friends of the horse, for no badly
abused horse can be n winner on the
track. and the horse which goes down
the stretch at the races is one that has
been cared for tenderly, made favcr-
lite OF and even made Il household ard
neighborhood pet. The aim of these
men is to bring into existence noble.
good natured, clean blooded animals
land to wipe out the stain which for
merly attached to the events Of the
track i'll which men of brutal natures
strove to make racers out of horses OF
, vicious natures.
The breeders felt good natured all
. the morning. They had the official
slate all made up days ago and there
was no clash over offices. Mr.. john
| son of Calais, known all over New
England and the Provinces as a devo-
tee to the horse and the track event.
. was the first and last choice of the
! gentlemen comprising the association
;,s president of the association.
The association was organized last
, year and this was the first annual
meeting, but in order to get the anntal
meeting down to the time when the
. annual meeting it held. it was voted
That the annual meeting next to be
) held shall occur on the evening of tho
. second day of the August meeting.
u. There is good promise thus early tina.
the meeting will be one of the hes.
ever held in the State. as horsemen are
sending i'm word that they are anxious
10 enter their flyers.
At the election of officers for the as
ISOLATION the following were selected
to serve until the annual meeting. Auy.
10:
President. ]. NJ. johnson OF Calais:
first vice pre- ident, T. H. Phair of
Pressure Isle: second vice president. E.
Fl. Greeley of Ellsworth: secretary, ].
} h. Osborne of Calais; treasurer f.. z.
Mayo of Waterville; executive COM
n,ittee. the above officers and F. C..
MUrchie of Milburn. N. B.. c. II. Nell
son of Waterville; directors, L. H. Mel
son Of Watervilie. H. NJ. Bean Of Cam
den. F. O. Walker of Rumford Falls.
j. Nj. Johnson Of Calais. C. Il. I.eavitt
OF Montague, ]. T.. Osborne of Calais.
F. c. Mnrchie Of Milburn. N. b., ]. r..
Cowans. Spring Hill, N. b., D. C..
Church Of st. John, N. b.. T. H. Phair
of Presque Isle. George II. Bailey Of
Deoring. F. o. Beal of Bangor, F. H.
Greeley of Ellsworth. George II. Clarke
of Auburn. a. w. Gilman of Foxcroft,
l.. Morrison of Boston, ]. w. Giroux of
1armOuthville, Me-, z. p. Mayo of Wa
terville. II. r. Lishness of Augusta. c.
d. Miller Of Skowhegan, NJ. w. Nc
kusick of Calais
At high noon the breeders repaired
to the Bay View hotel where they were
given splendid dinner especially pro-
vided for them by Landlord Stamford.
1t was jolly lunch. c. H. Nelson. tine
veteran of the turf, who, by the way, is
getting along in years but claims to
have a mortgage on 100 years. was
about the liveliest of the crowd.
George Clarke of Auburn. was the
comedian. Pres. Johnson the leading
man. and C. Davis Miller did the
heavies.''
After lunch came toothpicks and ci-
gars and, at 13O, the crowd went down
to the Silver street speedway to re-