The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-06-16
HORSES AT SKOWHEGAN.
Good Races Expected Here on Fourth
of July.

of July.
Skowhegan horsemen are looking
ahead with much interest 10 the races
10 be held at Fairyiew Park, on July
4, under the auspices Of the Somerset
Central Agricultural Society There
seems to be quite an amount ri local
speed in evidence this early in The sea
son and the track Is being much
stallion, by Johnnie Wilkes. 2l7A.
Hiram Bearce has been giving his
large and handsome tWo-year-cld
stallion, son OF Col Delmar 2li.e
Quite a bunch of the fastest ones -
10 be seen together regularly on Sat
urday afternoons. Among those wo.o=
ing on the track are d. B. Beaf#e
with two fast ones belonging to VI II
rice Gledhill, b. f. Gaylord with lis
fast pacing mare, Marguerite by
Edgemark &c. dam by Nelson, a O
his colts by Columbo and Malco n
Forbes; Chas. Day with Pauline 5
the chestnut mare by Stirling; Scott
Robinson with Pilot Nelson, 2l9A
and Fred Tuscan with Allie Willes
the very promising three-year-old
and Nellie w. 2.2212, some exercise
on the track and reports are that the
colt has shown his ability to 90 fast
combined with other qualities essen
tial in the race horse, Ramrod, jim
Nuttings black stallion, by Stirling
that was put out of commission in the
fall of 1908 by a badly strained ankle
and has since been regarded as a gone
by so far as his racing career is con
cerned has been to the track several
times this spring. He has not for
gotten how to go and there are rea-
sonable hopes that his ankle will YET
be strong enough to enable him TO de-
velop the speed that he promised be
fore the accident.
Lucero by st. CroiX that has stoo(
for service here for several seasons il
the hands of Peter Merry. was sole
early in the season to 60 to Massa
chusetts.
Pearl Woodland, who recently sold his
fast mare, Lady Stirling 2.2S12 TO J
C. Hewitt of Augusta, has a very
promising yearling flly, a dark bay
of handsome build, out of that mare
and the get of Col. Delmar, 2.14&.
C. d. Eaton has lately sold his
black pacing geldng by Stirling to
Abel Thompson Mr.. Eatons well
known and valuable young stallion
David Harum, is being kept this
spring at the stable of P. w. Merry
E. A. Decker, who as a side line is
dealing a little in some good horse
stock, has in his stable at present &
very handsome three-year-old geld
ing, a round turned. dark chestnut, by
George NJ, son of Nelson's Wilkes
dam by Brilliant; second dam by
Harbinger. He is we'll broken, a gooC
gated trotter Mr.. Decker also has {
siX-year-old pacing mare by TrotwooC
that stands l512 hands, is a gooC
locker and a safe driver that can show
smart road gait.
|. d. Leavitt is now quartered a
Fairview Park with a very noteworthy
string of colts and young horses tina
he is handling there to develop eithel
speed or road qualities. Perhaps frs
in order to mention should be tn,
three owned and bred by himself, al
own brothers. the get of Pilot Mel
son 2.18A, and out of his splendid
brood mare, Flossie G., by Bonni,
Wilkes, son of George Wilkes. Flos
sic G., who by the way. may be seer
at the park with the colts, is a larg
chestnut mare, bred in Kentucky. Sh
/ stands better than l5A hands and vii
weigh upwards of 100 pounds. is yer.
I intelligent and of fine disposition al
well as speedy. Mr.. Leavitt has rails
ed five colts from her. The first on
was by Trotwood. He is now owned
in Massachusetts and was sold fo
$500. The others are all by Pilot Mel
son and she is soon due to foal agair
by the same sire. OF the three now
in the string the oldest, four years
old this spying, a dark chestnut
stands 1872 hands in his presen
form, is a square gated trotter, {
fearless driver and safe for a lady tC
drive. The next, also chestnut
gelding, very nice locker, is wei
broken, fearless of automobiles, cleo
we'll on the track. Then comes the
eleven months old Pilot L., hand
some, we'll proportional, nice gated
colt, standing full IA hands. Mr.
Leavitt contemplates keeping this one
for stallion. A filly, two years old
own sister to these colts was lately
sold to Albert Holt of this town.
Another Pilot Nelson colt now in
Mr.. Leavitts string is tall black
four year old gelding owned by F. C
Dunlap, the laundry man. He is out
of Mr.. Dunlap's well known road
mare and will doubtless make a valu-
able driver Still another is the fouI
year old filly, May Girl, owned by
Hadley Jewett. She is all style, hand
some as a picture, pure gated, and
Mr.. Leavitt says she can step well.
A good styled, young horse by Trot-
wood is owned by Loren Smith OF
Brighton. Another animal of interest
owned by the same gentleman. which
has just been broken to the carriage
is pure bred Arabian flly. four years
old a solid bay standing 15A hands
Mr.. Leavitt announces that he is
prepared to take other colts to train
either for the road or track