Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-09-21


your liberal and unprecedented contributions
of stock and articles are evidence of your
deep interest and appreciation of the occa-
sion, and the suspicious opening of this
morning is an earnest of success.
The track was open during the forenoon,
and some of the fast nags were brought out
on exhibition.
AFTERNOON on THE GROUNDS.
There was a fair attendance in the afternoon
TO witness the first race, which was for purse
No for horses that never trottcd betterth than
$50, mile heats, 3 in 5 to harness. For this
race there were the following entries:
Charles Burkett, Union. Red Jacket. J.
H. May. Augusta. Young lIambletonian. w.
Buck, Bradford. Sorrel Nance. VIM 5.
Thoms, Col. Mitchell. S. IL. Jacobs Kitty
Wilde. James lloweS the iowes horse l..
Bracket, Snow Bail. j. l.. Landers, Mumm
But six horses put in an appearance. Col.
Mitchell was assigned the pole, Mumm sec
ond, Red Jacket third. llamblctonian fourth,
lIowes horse fifth, Snow Ball sixth. There
was more than usual difficulty in attempting
to get a fair send Off After several unSuc-
ccsstul attempts, the Marshal was compelled
to .'string" the animals, and the horses all
faced the music and started from line which
they soon broke up and were shortly in de-
moraized condition. On the first half mile
'Mumm' came in ahead. On the home
stretch, the ~ Dung IIambletonian," who had
been making a strong pull, took the pole,
strongly pressed by the lowes horse, but the
In, 4oil oI tn c1n fl,. md =
Hambletonan" crossed the score couple of
lengths ahead of the Howes horse, winning
the heat in 2.43t.
On the second heat, young IIambletoni-
an having the pole, started off at good rate
of speed, Howes just in his rear. A bad break
wa, made by the latter horse on the first quar-
ter. causing him TO lose considerably. On
last half Howes behaved badly, but prepared
for honest work on nearing the stand and the
Hembletonian was permitted to win the heat
by only one length Time. 2.+l The other
horses showed some good speed.
On the third neat Hambictonian and Howes
had it nip and tuck" On the first half mile
they passed the score neck and neck. Ham
tletonan broke on the last quarter, and
Howes won the heat in 30. This was an
exciting heat.
The Howes horse came to the pole for the
fourth trial. with HamJletonian next, and ON
these two horses the interest of the spectators
ccntcrcd IIowes maintained his position,
winning the heat in >. As.
The fifth, and. as it proved, the last heat of
the race, was commenced and continued the
first halt mile with the two contestants neck
and neck. The iIowes horse (knox stock
then led off and had everything his own way,
winning the heat. the race and the purse
Sl00-in 2.42i. The second premium, $50,
was awarded to the Hambletonian.
The judges in this race were Il. S. Parker,
Geo. Durham. Jr, and c. r. Milliken.
La the purse for stations for general use,
General, Winthrop Morrill,, and Gen, Lyon,
were entered. The frs, premium of S25 was
given to the Gen. Knox and the second SIS,
to Gilbreth Knox. The horses made good
exhibition.
The third and last race of the afternoon,
was for the Society's premium for best mare
or ge!ding years old and under s. mile
heats, best > in 3, $40 10 first, $40 to second.
Geldings and mares owned by the following
persons contested for this purse, in the fol-
lowing order Charles w. Grover, j. Grant,
+. H. White, d. F. Obs, John May. The
Otis colt speedily took the pole and kept it,
winning the heat in . 80.
The colts came up 10 their second heat with
the OTIS colt at the pole. The celebrated
drivers, Palmer, May and Savage drove three
OF the colts There WAS some bad breakages,
which resulted t,lyorably for the Grant colt,
which won the heat in 2.4o.
John May won the third heat in 81; Mays
gclding also won the fourth heat and the race
in 2.52.
This closed the exercises on the ground.
Ar THE CoUEr House..
The meeting for agricultural discussion,
held at the COu.t House last evening, was not
very well attended. yet it proved OF interest
to those present Hon. Seth Sclmm'n called
the meeting TO order AMI announced dairy
ing in Maine" as the subject for discus sion.
Mr.. X. r. Thompson Of JAY, was thcn intro
duced. who opened the discussion in remarks
of nearly an hour in length. The importance
OF dairying to the farmers of Maine, and the
adaptation OF the soil for that purpose, con-
stitutcd the opening. lie then passed to tue
subject of the amount of this branch OF indus
try carried on in this State, and demonstrated
by statistics that we are Obliged to import
from other States to supply our wants. lie
favored the devotion and the attention of our
farmers to darying instead of stock raising.
Messrs. Perley Of Naples, Whittier of Mt.
Vernon, Bracket of Belfast, Williams OF
China, Luce of Bangor, Seaman OF Scar
boro, Boardman of Augusta, Grinnell of
Exeter and Dill of Phillips, then participated
in the discussion, introducing arguments pro.
and con. The nature of the soil OF Maine was
commented upon, and someargued that while
it was advantageous dairying in some parts OF
the State, as a whole, it would be unprotit-
able. Those opposed to dairying favored the
raising of stock.
This evening a discussion will take place