The Portland daily press., 1871-09-28

ON THE GROUNDS.

The heavy rain of Tuesday night ceased to.
ward morning, and though the sky was some.
what heavy with clouds at the beginning the
sun broke through and the day became one of
the best for turf exercises The attendance
was largely increased and the grounds were
quite animated at 9 o'clock, at which hour the
committees on the several classes for the fore
noon exhibition we're filled. Three classes were
| put down for examination, viz: Thorough
bred stations, stations for general use, draft
horses and two year old colts. The comrnittee
on the first class were W. w. Harris, Port
land, John T. Berry, Rockand, Geo +. Hitch
ugs, Portland and Waldo I. Pierce of Ban
gor The entries were only two in number:
Holbrook and Tewksbury, Oxford, bay STALL
| ion, AnDfield. ---- 81 800 s.t-
/ Robert Huston, Falmouth, bay stallion Soy
| THAN.
For the second class Messrs. Oren NJ. Shaw,
Bangor Seth T. Holbrook, Oxford, and G. r.
Millken, Portland acted as committee. The
l entries were:
VIM. B. Nutter, Kuox Messenger, "Lou
| Morris SylvaLuS Porter, Black Hawk; j
M. White, Wlndham, Major Knox; j. ii. Gill
breth Keudali's Mills, GIlbreth Knox. Gill
bert Fowler, Portland, Tom Patchen.
For draft horses the committee was compos-
ed of A. McLain, Rockland, George Durham,
Jr., OF Portland, and S. T. Raymond of West
| brook There were six entries:
| By G. w. Furlong, Portland, Chas. Shaw
| & Son, Dexter, M. f. Josselyn, Portland, 2
pairs; S. d. Warren, Westbrook, pairs.
| Ga two-year old colts the committee was Hi
ram Reed, Augusta, John Miller Waldoboro'
and John Coombs, L isbon. The entries we're
by
| S. d. Warren, Westbrook, King George,
| Drew stallion and two mare colts; VIM. G.
Brown, brown colt; D. Thompson & Co.,
Portland, Patchen colt; j. H. Gilbieth, Ken
| dalps Mills, Gilbreth Knox colt; Waldo J.
| Pierce, Bang ANDREW Libby, Honest Jim
E. ID. Lane, Yarmouth; Sias Skllings; Frank
| Lord, No. Yarmouth.
| Both the horses shown in the first class are
| magnificent animals. Apnfield was bred by |
Colonel 4. S. Lang of vassalhoro, and has fine |
bone and sinew and splendid action. Scythian, |
his competitor, is one of the most beautiful /
herseS in Maine He is a bright bag color, /
/ splendid figure and action, clean and strong |
limbed, a descendant of Scythian who, at the
age of five years, won e27O00 on the English |
curt On the dam side he comes from Tranby, |
who was ridden by Mr.. Osbaldison sixteen /
miles in SO 2 minutes in the face of a driving |
rain storm, in his great feat of riding 200 miles
within ten hours; consequently Scythian has |
the blood of the famous Kentucky" Colts |
bred from such hors es of great value to the /
producer, and our farmers are fortunate in hav
ing the opportunity OF procuring this stock.
To aid the committee on stations for general /
use in making up their decisions, the owners
of several of the horses exhibited some of their
progeny. With Gilbreth Knox were shown |
Two sucking colts and four others relatively |
one, two, three, and four years of age. Tom |
Patchen had with him seven colts two 2years |
old, two yearlings and three spring colts. /
Major Knox, owned by Mr.. j. M. White, Of /
Windham, was close competitor with the /
others This splendid horse, which comes |
nearer his sire, General Knox, than any other /
horse we have seen lately in form, color, and /
action, is years old and was bred from the /
ce .ebrated mare Janet Rand, so long owned by |
Hall j. Little, Esq., of this city. Several OF
his colts were on the ground, and quite num-
Der of others were shown in one of the classes
of Tuesday. Mr.. White claims that in the
Major he has one of tho best crosses of Knox
blood that can be found. The committee on
this class of horses awarded the following pre-
miums: First premium to Gilbleth Knox, $125;
second to Tom Patchen, owned by Gilman
Fowler, of Portland, $50.
Size and quckness of action were shown in
the entries of draft horses. 1t would be hard
work to find better specimens of the heavy
team horse than was exhibited in the six pairs
hitched successfully to the big wagon loaded |
with 5,642 lbs. of granite blocks. The contest /
took place en- the park, which owing to the re- |
cent rain, was rather soft and yielding. Mr.. |
Fur'ong' horses we've che first htched on and |
hauled ir easily. A trig Ia piece OF iost about
three inches thick) was next placed under one |
wheel, and Still the horses hauled the load. |
Next the trig was placed under both hind /
wheels and yet the horses were not stuck All /
the wheels were then triggsd and the horses /
were stuck. Mr.. Furlong's accomplished more /
than any other pair, though perhaps they had |
better chance than the succeeding horses, on
account of the greaser smOothness of the |
ground at the start. The horses of Messrs
Shaw we're magnificent pair of grays, weigh
ing $780, one bred in Maine, and the other in |
Prince Edwards Island. The committee made |
the following awards;
First premium to George w. Furlong of |
Portland; second premium to M F, Josselyn
OF Portland; and third to S. D. Warren of |
Westbrook (Cumber Mills)
The awards for twO-year old colts were made
as follows:
First premium to S. D. Warren, $35; second
premium, Waldo I. PIERCE $10 third premir
UNI; j. n. Gilbreth, 50.
The track was then opened for promiscuous
driving and quite number of double teams
were shown; among them pair of bay horses, |
Drew stock, and years old, brothers, 16 |
hands high, owned by Hiram Reed of Angus
ia, an elegant and stylish pair OF horses; also |
pair of bays, of high speed, owned by Sheriff |
Perry of Portland; pair of greys, said TO be- |
long to Mr.. Pierce of Brunswick; Gar baldi |
and mate driven by James Jack of this city.
THE TRoTTING.
When 2 o'clock arrived, a large number Of
spectators were IN attendance and the scene
presented an animated and brilliant appear
ance The seats were nearly I'll filed, while
long rows of carriages, containing ladies with
their attendant cavaliers, were ranged upon
the grass ground on either side of the Judges
stand. Everything seemed suspicious tor an
afternoon of rare pleasure and excitement.
which the result of the races amply justified.
The first race was for purse OF $3.50 for horses
that had never beaten $50. For this purse
there were six entries, four Of which appeared
upon the track at the signal for starting They
| were as follows: The bay gelding Dare, the
black stallion Phil Sheridan, the bav mare
| Belle, and the black gedng Northern Light.
| Dare was the favOrite in the poOl-selling. On
drawing for positions, the pole was awarded to
| Dare, Belle being second, Sheridan third, and
Northern Light outside.
First Heat-A very good send-off was effect
| ed at the first scoring, Belle and Sheridan
| having the lead when the word was given.
| Dare soon settled to his work, gave Belle and
| Sheridan the go-by at the first turn and OPEN
ed wide gap between himself and the other
horses. Belle, however, succeeded in closing
| up the gap on the home stretch of the first half
mile, and reached his wheel near the stand
The horses travelled on the lap to the second
turn on the last half mile, when Dare was
called upon aud responded by fire burst of
| speed, which soon gave him clean lead of his
rival. He continued to leal to the end of the
he at, although the race down the home.stretch
| was remarkably close and exciting On swing
| ing into the stretch, Bracket piled the whip
vigorously and pushed Sheridan 20 such rate
that he succeeded in passing Belle and took
the second position. He then went fol Dare at
a rapid gait, and nearly overlook him, as Dare
won only by half length. Time, 243 IL
Second Hedt-The horses again got the word
at the first scoring, Dare and Sheridan having
the advantage at the send-off. Dare took the
read at the first turn and kept it to the close,
winning the heat by about half dozen lengths.
Sheridan second, Belle third, and Northern
Light distanced. Time, 2AO14
| Third Hedt-After scoring number of times
the word was given. Sheridan led at the
start, Dare taking the second position. Belle
succeeded in collaring and passing Dare at the
| first turn, and took the second position. The
gelding, however, soon settled TO his work
and was gaining rapidly upon Belle, when he
| went OH his feet near the quarter POLE and
| Tell to the rear. He had regaiDed his lost