Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-12-18

This royalty bred young stallion is
entered in stakes amounting to $j5.109.
The next is Sydney Axworthy. bay
stallion foaIcd Aug. 10Th, 1905, by Ak
worthy, G yrs) 2.l3!.. first dam, Mag
gle Mcdowell, 2.21 u. dam of Dan NJ,
2.O91s, Helen d.. 2.0gI. Sid March.
2.20A aid F.Gla 2.22a second dam.
Lady Hannah, with two in the list. 3rd
Daughter of LangfOrd This colt
closely resembles his illustrous sire,
Axworthy, who was led into the
Garden soon after Mr.. Gilbert bought
this colt and sold for $21 500.
Vasistas the handsome imported
Percheron stallion is attracting SO
much attention on Norway streets,
nowadays and is the property of II
Norway business men. His value is
$500, and his description and breed
ing are as follows: Black. strip; foaled
May 18th, 1902. Bred By NJ. Baron.
Commune of Baillon. Canton of
MoHdoubleau. Department Of I.oir-et-
Cher. Sired by Nautilus (42560), dam
Malice (5411S). she by Sisteron
G171D, I'd dam Marie (a469D she by
Favori, belonging to NJ. Guettier. He
weighs 1900 pounds and was imported
in September by Mclaughlin Bros. of
Columbus, Ohio, brought 10 Norway
and sold recently to the Norway
syndicate for breeding purposes. II is
an experiment In determine whether or
10 the Percheron. famous for it's value
for draft purposes. can be profitably
raised in New England.
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owner of Diego a promising three
year-old stallion. Diego has no mark.
but is credited with d trial mile i'll 224.
he last quarter in 81. seconds. over
half-milo track. He is by Bingen
(2.06AD dam Bertha J.. by Donum
C16A), second dam, Maud Rowe.
eighteen t2.34HD. by Capt. Sprague.
Diego is Il handsome brown stallion.
three years old. He started on the
thrce-y"ar-oid colt race in Lewiston
at the last state fair. but met with an
accident while being shipped. and had
To De drawn from the race after the
! first heat, in which tie was q close
second in c.@SlI. His owner thinks
mat had he not mot With the accident
Urom the effects Of which he has fully
| recovcr"D h" would have mad n three
ycar-old record Of 30. Tho veteran
! driver, Ira =. Woodbury.. who drove
him in that race. agrees with his
owner. ana says hn is 1.-THE best three
ycar-old he has Seen i'm many a day."
Mr.. Eurril is also the owner of the
fast f"ur-yrar-"lI mare Hortensc b.,
full SISTER of Diego. lie has bred
I her this year tn II" fast three ycar-oId
HinGon colt John Ward. which was
second in the American Horse
) breeders F'uturity To Brenda Yorke
2OS4.
| Two miles in six minutes and n half
on wheels. on snow. This is the
record made by Allen l., the hand
some bay horse belonging to John r.
| Robinson of Oxford. He is son OF
the Livermore Falls. Allen. and is the
pride of Trainer Ed Thayer's heart
IL hanpcnci this way. An insurance
agent called on aIr. Robinson to settle
the amount due the latter as The result
of the recent fire. Considerable time
was occupied in adjusting the loss and
when the insurance agent was ready tC
go h" found he had scant time to get
to the station. Mr.. Thaycr soon had
Allen y. in the shafts. and away they
went with just six and one hall
minutes and oxford Station two miles
away. But they did it, and the train
pulled out on the dot with the inSllr-
ahcc Igcmt safely aboard