Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-05-25

stands IS hands inches and
weighs $50 lbs. Both Of these colts arr
good steppers and are held at high fig
ures.
The interest in good blcoded horse:
has increased rapidly in Lincoln, dur.
ing the past few years. and the horse:
imported directly into the town make 4
goodly showing. Some of the horse:
are: Haley. owned by II. S. Pinkham
Long Point. owned by Warren & Small
and Baroness, owned by Pinkham
Kinney. An association is bein:
formed for the purpose of rebuilding th'
track and fitting up the old trottins
park on the South Lincoln road. Stocl
Is being subscribed for at $40 a shar,
and Is being rapidly sold.
A. D. Horn Of Pennington, has re-
Gently purchased Of Dr. A. B. Russell O.
general driving purposes that it would
be hard to beat. There is only ter
pounds difference in their weight and Il
IL hard to tell them apart. He will US,
them on the hearse as well as for oth2l
purposes. He has also purchased z
very fine driving horse of II. F. Sawye,
of NOrridgewock. that is a handsom,
creature, to say the least.
The East Knox Fair, this season
promises to be the best ever held at the
Camden trotting park. Mr. Bean has
Offer ed 4 sum of money from $500 to $50,
as a challenge on his pacing colt
Charles n. Van Tromp, and this is
sure to bring forth Il good exhibition
Mr.. Bean challenges the world with
this colt, and will race, any day at tn.
East Knex fair grounds. any colt OF his
age one one-quarter mile dash, best
in 3. This colt Is a full brother to Pau
ID. Kelley, the worlds champion yearl-
ing. ana will be one year ole May 31st.
c. X. G. Billings is going to leave
nothing undOne to settle the merits of
the queen and king racers. He will
drive Lou Dillon in some of her races
and Harry Devereux in the others.
Where the races will take place and
the number of them will be governed
largely by the conditions of the horses.
Cleveland. ReadviIle and Memphis are
the likely tracks. Both horses are to
be brought along gradually, and will
not be hurried, as was the mare last
year anu tIlt SeiulIiS Ill 1915. MI
Billings believes The Monk and Equity
capable of 4 faster mile to pole than
they have yet gone and that he can
hitch a pair of his own PAGERS able to
lower the record of Direct Hal and
Prince Direct.
Webster Williams, former owner of
st. CroiX and srr several years located
at North AnSo1I is now at Waterville.
He has a black gelding five years old
that stands LA. weighs 100, and is
one of the best styled horses and high
est actors in Maine, city broken, sound
and perfect in every respect. He is by
a son of Matchmaker. He also has 4
four-year- bay gelding by Broad
way that stands 1G hands, weighs 100.
good style, high knee action and can
step a 2.4O gait. green, not afraid of
autos or electrics.
Fanny Wilkes the well known PAGER
has been sold by John ]. Boyle to Nor
ris II. Costello Of Rockland. The horse
has been owned by Mr.. Boyle for the
last two years and during that time she
has had many brushes on the track.
She comes from good stock being n
half sister to the well known race
horse Dan Patch. Her present record
is 2.3?A and it is hoped to pull this up
to 2.15. She has already gone into
training. Mr.. Boyle is well known
sporting man and past state deputy of
the knights Of Columbus.
DIR. r. +. Freeman. of Dexter veter-
marian, has recently purchased of
Sangervilln parties n nice family mare
sired by Alsultan, out of a mare by
Mambrino Wilkes. This mare is bay
in color with black points. weighs 1880
pounds. is absolutely fearless of all oh
jects including automobiles and trains
and is perfectly safe for lady to
drive. Although the greater part of
tile Alsultan colts are PAGERS. this one
Is an exception to the rule and is a
square trotter and capable Of showing
a 40 gait down the street. This mare
has been attracting much attention on
the streets and the doctor is ready to
exhibit her good qualities to all who
are interested.
Unless appearances are very mis-
leading farmers who breed horses on a
small scale will find the business more
profitable during the next few years
than they have at any time during the
past ten years. The kind that they
should aim to raise. as it is likely to
prove most profitable, is good sized
handsome. stylish. pure gated animals,
with level heads. pleasant dispositions
and good all round action. The more
speed that can be combined with the
above qualities. the more money the
animals will bring