Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 7 June 1889 — Page 5

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The Hatter.

INDIANAPOLIS.

Spring style liats now ready.

VVILKLNSON.

Frank Koon is occupying liis new residence on Cycione street Mr. Hayes, of Greenfield, has located in our town, and will engage in the heading business.

H. C. Johnson is making and repairing harness in Wills' shoe shop... .Rev. Watts lectured on the subject

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Purity to an exclusively male audiance, Sunday evening... .Considerable confusion is'arising among the gas stockholders, as to who will be the highcockalorem.

Mark Koon has received the contract for digging the gas trenches, and is completing the same with neatness and dispatch Roe Nichols is peddling beef for Lisher, the butcher, and reports a lively trade The regulator at the Warrington gas well got out of fix last week. An expert. Irotn Indianapolis came out and set it to rights Win. Boyer is having his fine residence dressed in genuine white. A. L. Julian is wielding the brush The gas well derrick is being taken to Willow Brunch, and in about two weeks that villiai^e will no doubt beillmnina' Mrs. Simmons, widow of the late deceased, •••Noan Simmons will purchase property and be a resident of this town Solomon

Wiiik, a staunch, retired farmer, from l^cXry county, will purchase a lot, erect a fine dwelling thereon and become a resident, of our town... .On Friday N. L. fi ird was arretted by Deputy Constable

Boyer. and the Marshal, to answer to the rfutrue of bastardy, preferred by one Miss Slaughter, north of town, and failing to secure the required bail, he was delivered info 1 lie watchful care of Sheriff Pauley. The young lady is but fourteen years of age and is a niece of Guard, which makes the crime a heinous one....The young iii who attended the Danville school the past term have returned and speak in ":.H itteiiiig terms of that instit ution.. .Now 'Ave have an abundance of natural gas and can fret all the latest and most interesting news of the day by subscribing for the %Greenfield REPUBLICAN. Why should we not rejoice.

••'or nat tnvd oiill headache, drowsy i-. lake Mineharts 1/ivt-r Pills 1 a (lo.e

-r sale by M. Q.uitfley.

HORSE NOTES.

••sELEVKK GREAT SUJKS—THE PACER -MUST NOT HE IGNORED. jE Only eleven stallions have sired two or r*'i-more horses that have trotted in 2:18 or i. Iksilbetter, and in this respect George Wilkes lis stands at the head of all sire, having to his credit Harry Wilkes, 2.18)4 Guy .Wilkes, 2.ir,i{ J. li. Richardson, 2.17,Y, I"-' and Baron Wilkes. 2.18. j''" Next comes Electioneer with five of his f/K.''" get having records of 2:18 or better, they being Mnnscanita. Am ceo, Adair, Lot Slocum and Snnol but it .should be remembered that of these Manznnita was but four years old when she trotted in 2:10, «&wh'le Snnol was only two years old when 4 ." she placed 2:18 to her credit, both performances being tlie best on record for the respective ages and this fact should be a potent one with people who give the matter more than cansua I thought, as all the sons and daughters of George Wilkes that hove trotted in 2:18 or better were matured trotters when the work was done. The other stations that have sired two or more with records of 2:18 or better are Dictator, 3 Volunteer.2 Red Wilkes, 2 Almont, 2

Louts Napoleon, 2 Walkill Chief, 2, and Blue Bull, 2. But what strikes the close observer who looks over these statistics is the fact that with but one exception, that of Blue Bull, the stallion that stands out so promiently as the sire of extreme speed are of the ITambletonian family— either the old horse himself, or his sons or grandsons. And then comes the fur-

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signiflcent fact that the other stallion

I :in the list is the pacer Blue Bull, himself a wonderful sire of trotters, although Jtaver known to go a step at that gait.

Sere is a list of horses that in the matter i-sof begetting speed are far above the aver-"i-^uce. and the standard is an eminently

yet the Hambletouians not only overshadowed every other trotting family,but absolutely stand alone, with the exception of the pacer Blue Bull. These facts and figures mean something. They mean that while the Habletonian family is incomparably the greatest on earth it is also true that the pacer must not be overlooked when the question of speed at the trot is considered. The Gazette has for years shown this to be true, and it will do no harm to emphasize the fact just now, Every year demonstrates more plainly the fact that the pacing and trotting gaits are interchangeable, and that the blood of the pacer is a valuable element in the pedigree of any trotter, be the animal a stallion, mare or gelding. The fastest trotters in the world, Maud S. and Jay-Eye-See, come from dams that are daughters of Pilot, Jr., whose sire was a pacer, and in the Alexander's Abdallah branch of the Hambletonian family there is a marked tendency to produce speed at the pace as well as the trot, as witness what has been done in that line by Almont, Belmont, Col. West, Wedge wood and others of the tribe. As Pilot, Jr., got many trotters, and good ones they were, and as his daughters were the greatest brood mares, taken as a family when numbers and opportunity are considered, that we have ever seen, so it is but logical to infer that the daughters of Blue Bull, Scott's I-Iiatoga and other pacers who got speed at the trot will also shine in the ranks of of brood mares as the mothers of trotters. There is lots of pace in the Wilkes blood and it is not infrequently combined with the trot. Mike Wilkes crotted in 2:203/ before he'paced in 2:15%. His full brother Ira Wilkes has a trotting record of 2:28 and a pacing record of 2:22%, while another brother Adrian Wilkes, sired the pacer Roy Wilkes, that was a star among the side-wheelers last season. Jewett, trotting record 2:20 and pacing record 2:13%, is of the Alexander's Abdallah branch of the Hambletonian family, his sire being a son of Almont that trotted in 2:25 as a four-year-old. and when Jewett was three he reduced the trotting record for that age to 2:23}£, subsequently trotting in 2:20 and pacing in 2:13% as stated above. The pacer is becoming more prominent every year on the track, for private driving, and as a factor in the production of fast trotters, and breeders are pretty well agreed that it will not do to overlook him. This is shown, among other ways, by the fact that when trottingbred pacing stallion makes a creditable record and goes into the stud he commands a liberal fee from the people who breed mares to him with the expectation of getting a trotter. Elf King, Conway, Roy Wilkes, Ira Wilkes and others could be mentioned that belong to this category. It may be that these stallions will not get trotters in great numbers, for it is dangerous to predict of any horse that he will not sire speed at a named gate, but they will be more apt to get speed at either the trot or the pace than will stallions whose speed is confined to the trot, because to pace is an interchangeable gait and seems to be more easily transmissible than the trot. The Gazette does not believe in mixing antagonists strains of blood, and for this reason it lias always opposed the theory that good results could be obtained by mating trotting stallions and thoroughbred running mares, but the blood of the pacer and the trotter blends so kindly that there is really no friction between the two. It is true that in isosolated instances a thoroughbred mare has become the dam of a 2:30 or better trotter, for it should constantly be borne in mind that in every case of this kind the sire of the trotter was Electioneer, ahorse of matchless prepotency, and one in whose veins flows the performing trotting blood of the great Hambletonian and Clay families.—Breeder's Gazette.

Period of Gestation in Glares.

Ilushville Graphic. Mr. Tarklin thus answers a asker after Kiio ivledge: "Mr. S. asks which is carried tiie longer period, a colt or a filly. It is generally believed that the mare colt is earned longer than a female, hence when ?.i period is extended much beyond eleven months a colt is confidently expected. This is not always the case, however. The writer remembers an instance in his own experience, upwards of twenty years ago, where a mare considerably past the prime of life dropped a strong colt ten and one-half months from the time she was bred, it was her first foal. In treating upon this subject, J. H. Sanders remarks in his excellent work on horse breeding 'that the average period in mares is popularly placed at eleven months but a careful comparison of statistic* gathered, from the books of several extensive horse breeders of any acquaintance whom I know to be accurate and painstaking in their methods places the average period at 340 days.' It is a popular belief that males are carried longer than females, but the statistics do not bear out this conclusion. The observations of Dr. W. H. Winter, of Princeton, Ills., covering seventy-two cases, make the average period of males about 341 days, and for females 338 days, the longest being 370 days and the shortest 317. Mr. M. A. Brown, from thirty foals in one year, found the average to be slighty greater for males than females, while on the following year from thirty-two foals the females were carried the longest. 'V,

To lireak Rearing IIorseH.

Young horses are sometimes given to this bad habit. One who has had some experience with them says to use a martingale, with a running rein commencing at the breast strap of the martingale, and then, running through the riug of the

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will give you full power over the horse's head when its exercise is called for, and will not distress him while he behaves himself. It will not take long to break a young horse in this way from a very dangerous and bad habit.

Samuel Hagan, of Fortrille, will put a fine 2-year-old colt under charge of Dick Wilson, for training. The animal will probably arrive next week.

Enoch Turner, the veteran jockey, was thrown from his horse, Saratoga, during a race at the West-side park Wednesday afternoon and fatally injured. He died Thursday morning.

Mamie W., the Ajax mare sold last fall by Will Rafferty, trotted a full mile last week in 2:36. The mare is a full sister to the colt Drug Store that Mr. R. drove in the colt race. Will is also the owner of a bran new colt by Artemus. Will thinks he is a winner.

Latonia had rain during the entire meeting but she still flourishes with a balance in the bank on the right side.

With a 4th of July celebration a few good races would be a good drawing cord.

Dr. S. Ii. Millikan will be home in a short time. He will find his colts have made good progress.

Dick Wilson is roading his horses, "The rain, the rain it poureth down," and in consequence the track cannot be used for several days, but the horsemen are in good spirits and are working away driving their horses on the road.

Dick Wilson went to Cambridge City to drive Emma. It rained during the entire meeting and of course he did uot drive. It was the same way at Dayton.

There has been no fast time made this year on any of the tracks. The fair this year is bound to be a success.

All the buildings at the fair ground should be whitewashed before the fair. Proctor Knott failed to come in a winner at Latonia. He has not brought his owners' colors to the front this year.

We have as many if not more horses at the track than they have at the State fairground*.

Dr. S. A. Troy was in the city Monday. He says his horses are iu good shape and all registered under the new law.

Have some races on July 4th. The Artemus colt owned by Will Rafferty is out of the same dam that Mamie W. and Drug Store are out of.

How would it do for our business men to get up a race and enter the horses they drive to their delivery wagons? They would make time.

Walt Baldwin is driving a thoroughbred. He is a beauty. We have so far been unable to find a county fair that gives better purses in the speed ring than the Hacc ck County Agricultural Association does this year.

Now is the time to get up a stake race for 2-year-olds to be trotted in July 1890. Say you make it $5 to nominate, $5 on Christmas Day and $5 the day before the race. There would be from twelve to fifteen entries and that would make a good purse.

SidnorWebb, of Maxwell, has the following string of fine standard bred horses: Monroe Archey, an Elgin Boy filly and a Beaumont filly, all standard trotters. He also has Logan, a standard Clydesdale. Sidnor will have these horses at the fair grounds, at Greenfield, July 1st, the trotter to go into training, and Logan for service.

Last week N. B. Brandenburg bought of Samp Wilson, at Rushville, Lady Colfax. a remarkably fine bred, for Frank Tyner of this county. The price is private. The following is the pedigree of Lady Colfax: She was sired by Schuyler Colfax, son of Hambletonian 10, dam by John Black, son of Blue Bull 2nd, dam by Wood's Mambrino 3rd dam by Doncraile, son of Lexington. Lady Colfax is bread and in foal to Beaumont, son of Belmont 04, dam Midnight, by Pilot Jr., dam of J. I. C. 2:10

THE STANDARD-BRED TROTTING STALLION

Monroe Arcliey, 8670

And The CLYDESDALK STALLION

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Will make the season of 1889 as follows: Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays of each week at the barn of Geo. Gates on the Jacob Catt farm 3^ miles south-east of Greenfield and Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays of each week at Maxwell, Hancock County, Ind.

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Prompt attention given to all calls day or night. I have one of the finest

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In the county, which will be in attendance at all funerals conducted by me.

Special attention given to embalming. 22-47

O. M. NILE8, —GENERAL—

Keeps a full line of the class of goods usually found in a hardware store at rock bottom prices.

American Galvanized fence wire, No. 12, $3.40 per 100 lbs. No. 11, annealed, $2.65 per 100 lbs. Call and get prices on all other articles. C. M. NILBS,

Charlottesville, Ind.

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A Salary

With expenses paid will come handy to anyone who is now out of employment, especially where no previous experience is required to get the position. If you want a position, see advertisement on another page headed, "A Chance to Make Money." 20t4

House for Sale.

A large two-story frame 7 room house with large hall and stairway, Natural gas, two acres of land, lots of fruit, barn, cow stable, and all necessary outbuildings. Situated on East Main street. For particulars inquire of J. W. Cooper. 21tf

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J. M. LOOSE RED CLOVER CO.. Detroit, Mich For sale by

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Three of the Greatest Stallions in the County.

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ed to be the best breeder iu the county.

Dr. S. A. TROY,

Millner Corner,., Indiana.

A Chance to Make MONEY

Salary and expenses paid, or Commission ii preferred. Salesmen wanted everywhere. No experience needed.. Address, stating age, H. W. Foster & Co., Nurserymen, Box 15. Geneva, New York. 20t»

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Rothaline iiiT'.iliiritn nized as the greatest sire living or dead. Call and examine these horses: or for pedigrees see bills or write

You should read THECHICI GO DAILY NEWS because everybody likes it—it will not disappoint your needs. It takes into its purpose the farmer and mechanic, as well as the merchant and professional man. Every farmer can now have daily market reports instead of weekly, and at little more than the old-timeprice of his weekly. The mechanic can now afford both price and tlie time for his daily paper. The poor may now be as well informed on current affairs as the rich". Intelligence is within the reach of all. THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS— independent non-partisan, fair to all—is everybody's paper.

Remember—Its circulation is «20,000 a day—over a millions treek—and it costs by mail 25 cts. a month, fijur months $i.co/—#»« cent a day.

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The sire of Maxev Cobb 2:l!i]r, (the fastest .stallion In inn or ul ana 'ti sire of 111 with records fiom down, lie sired 1'ilot .Medium, winner ol?.-M,(iut( pluses If-!v-. 1st dam WEPENTIIE by C. M. lay Jr., sire ol Intranuo seven sons and eight daughters that have produced rloi rs:

produced Clemmie O. 2:1 C. I-. lay 2:1.% I-red .N ±-1 and «•!In. daughters of C. M. Clay have produced Mr Walter Jr. «i n:et others in 2::50 and better. 2nd dam Lucy Belmont by the miglilv Behnont, ilie yn-aUst c! 2:18%, Wedgewood 2:1!), Viking 2:l!iIr) and I!)others with reeoii« ol and 12 daughters that have produced pel termers: ho is iue sue duned 2:20 trotters be is the only living sire ot the stallion that has six self of he is the only living sire that has 5) in the 2:20 list b\ his MT

dam Lucy by Ericsson 2::!!)34 at-! years old, fastest for a*re date 2:2 i,' ., Doblo 2:28 and sis others in 2::U or better, and greM grandsiuChief 11. -ith dam by Vermont Black Hawk, the sire of Ethen Aileti 2.!.V., at:.* that have produced 2:.'iU performers by Hierinai) Morgan, htlian .Mien .- in 2:^0 or better. We find the Morgan l|od in such tun' ponVrme! 2:1-1%, Phil Thompson 2:l(i),(, (iloster 2:17, I'loteine 2:1n and a grea: n: :n cross in KEMELM have produced and reproduced of the highest typi. 1 cock County and a trotter of the first water.

In case mare does not get with foal she may be returned next season Ijiinited. to 40 HVEares at

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Life is too short to stand and talk and "dicker" for the mere pittance ol a lew cents, and our furniture has been

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house to sell all classes of furniture cheaper than we are now offering to the pubiic.

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Greenfield, Hancock County, Ind.. at which plac the following stallions will be kept this season.

The Imported French Draft Stallion

(389) 3552.

Elegance is a dark brown, hands high, and weighs 1800^pounds, fcircd 'it SaiuUeur, 1st dam:: Lutine. He is registered in the National Stud Book of France, IS'.(:!S!M, and 111 tho 4th rol, of the National Register of-French Draft Horses of America, No. 3552. Elegance received tbcaeoond premium ate the Indiana State Fair in lfisT and his colts have taken premiums wherever they have been shown.

The Percheron Stallion

N I A N (8969) 7206.

Nubian is a black, four years old, 16% hands high and weights 1750 pounds imported ia 1387 fay Colonel Bridgland sired by Favori (8920) first dam Blue (S'JfiS), she by Mouton at Naudries.

HANCOCK MIKE.

Known as the Dickison Horse.

Mike is a roan with black mane and tail and he is too well-known to need further description lor he has more colts that are good farm horses than any other horse that eve.- stood in Ihmcock county.

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ELEGANCE $25 for a living colt. IvUBIAX. limited to 40 mares,. at $25 for a living colt. HANCOCK MIKE 6S for a living colt.

Money due when colt stands and sucks, the mare parted with or moved out of the county. Twenty per cent, discount to persons taking their own risk ii paid before foaling time. I will also make a reduction of $5 for each white foot any colt has that is sired by Elegan..e. fco bring on your white leggefl^ mares. We will have nine colts on the farm this spring from

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siivof sons and 3 daughters ired iarii»! Lambert who sired as i:aruis 2:1: %, l'rinco Wilkes !.»!!• I ooti mention. Every sit** best bred horse in llan-

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DICE WILSON, Greenfield, Ind.

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RAILROADS.

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Correetcd to May 1-Sh, 1W.: Trains arrive at

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*No. G, Eastern ICxjiress Mini 5:12 a. jn. No. 12, Columbus Accommodation !:50 a. u. *No. 8, Day Express, Mail 5:/i0 p. ni. •fNo. -1, Richmond Acc-oinmodatiou 4:5 p. ni. |\Vay Freight 7:45 a. MI.

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fNo. 5, Richmond Aeeonuiiodation....S!?Pf: lS a. in 1, Fast Line Mail 11:00 a. M. flifo. 11,Indianapolis Accommodation 2:50 p. m. *No. 9, Western Express 0:82 p. MI. |\Vay Freight Ar. 1:25 Dep. 1:30 p. in.

Pullman Palace Sleeping and Buffet Cars attaelithrough trains, run without change, Westbound, to Indianapolis and St.. Louis East-bound

Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Haltimore, Washington, Philadelphia and New Vork. For time-tables, rates of fare, through.Jtclocts and baggage cheeks, and further iuforuiatWfc regarding the running of trains, apply tti W. SCOTT, Ticket Agent, Greenfield, Ind.

Bums Daily. Daily except Sunday. Does not carry passengers. JAMES McGTlEA, E. A. FORD,

Gen'l Manager, Geu.'l Pass. AT'kt Ag Fittsbnrg, p#. Piltebpfg, Pa.