Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-02-09
TRACK AND STABLE.

L. A. Taylor of Appleton lost a good
horse recently.
+. H. Greedy of Bangor has sold two
OF his long string of valuable horses to
Fort Fairfield horsemen.
E. L. Palmer of Palmyra purchased
a valuable horse Friday of c. j. Wor-
then of st. Adams.
f. L. Grover of Otis has exchanged
the horse known as Hiram for the
handsome brown mare Alice. owned by
Holden parties. Mr.. Grover IS very
enthusiastic over his latest purchase.
Winnie Grouse of Crouseville has
purchased a new driving horse of Car
roll Hanson of Presque Isle.
Henry liter is enthusiastic over the
future of benjamin Pope's young stall
lion King Peter. 2.20H. Henry insists
that he will take as fast a record as
that of his sire, Peter the Great, 207!..
Z. X. Bradstreet of Smithton. Free
dom, has fine pair of mules that he
bought in Boston recently. The pair
weigh 2G50 pounds and stand 11h hands
high.
Ashton Plummer of Fort Fairfield
has bought of James Kelley, a five
year-old pacing mare by Alfondly. G..
w. Gerow of the same town has sold to
Massachusetts parties a good two-year-
old by Roam Wilkes. 2.04%. dam, Black
Beauty, 2.17h, on half mile track, by
Quartcrmaster, second dam by Ken
tucky Prince.
The speedy gray horse formerly own
ed by George Slipp of Houlton is prov
jrcr hj,.Iy ornopo tho fast nn.c in,
Calais. This horse was recently pur-
chased by Wilfred Eaton who has been
using him on the ice speedway. This
horse has not been headed this sea-
son by any in the st. CroiX valley. The
sllilful driver, John Morraty is hand
ling him.
On the Western promenade, Portland
on Wednesday. in a match race. Ma
ior M, the bay gelding with Il mark
of 2.1!A, owned by f. NJ. Hunnewcll.
took three heats out of five from the
chestnut mare Susie S, 2.1714. recent
ly sold by Joe johnson to Mr.. Seeley
of Fort Fairfield. Last year Susie S.
held the title Queen of the Snowpath.
and this year there has been discus
sion as to relative merits of the little
mare and the big bay gelding owned by
Mr.. HunneWell so the two owners ar
ranged a friendly little match which
was to have been decided last Satur-
day but was postponed on account OF
the storm. The veteran driver. Ira
Woodbury. handled Major NJ and Joe
Johnson drove Susie S.
Hon. F. O.. Beal of Bangor, one OF
the men in Maine most interested IN
and pleased with good horses has u
fire string this winter at MapleWood.
Not for a long time has Mr.. Beal had
so satisfactory a stable and he Is en-
thuslastic III telling of the individual
steppers. The following are a few OIL
the good ones: Frank w, is bay
horse, raised by F. w. Carr He is sired
by Edgelock, by Edgemark, and his
dam IS a Wilkes mare. He Tapped out
field last summer in 25A, when ne
was not trying for first money. ana
is still unmarked. He is 16 hands
hlgh and goes to the trot. Billy Is u
pretty actor. bay, is hands high ana
goes to the trot He is by Nelson's
Wilkes and his dam is by Judge Adj
Focate. He is an own brother to An
ona s., with a record of 16. This horse
is very fast and his owner is antici-
patlng finding out just how fast he IS
a good looking bay standing Is hands
and two inches high is Miles Standish.
He is by st. Gothard, by Old George
wilkes. and the dam is Lady Standlsh
with private mark of 2.26 as a 4-year-
old. Lady Standish is by Action, by
onward, by Old George Wilkes.