The Portland daily press., 1874-09-25
Reported for the Pressl
The State Fair.
Third Day-Gathering of the Horse Men

Third Day-Gathering of the Horse Men
He who tried to push his way through the
crowds that filled the streets of Lewiston yes
terday met with indifferent success In the
early hours of the morning the thoroughfares
were thronged, and by noon were fairly pack
ed. The halls were filled to overlooking, and
more than once the keepers were obliged to
close the doors.
Among the articles in the halls certain cray
on drawings executed by G. w. Waldron of
Lewiston are deserving of attention, displaying
as they do marked talent and originality. Two
fine top carriages, entered by Albert Chase of
Portland, attract deserved attention, and the
sixty-ive different kinds of ploughs exhibited
by Fred Atwood of Winterport, delight the
hearts of the agriculturists.
The unprecedented attendance has brought a
great deal of money into the Golfers of the So
ciety, and the receipts SO far have been large
enough to pay off the society debt. This will
prove gratifying news to its friends. The baby
show will come off Friday at II a. M, and will
doubtless attract crowd of visitors. The en-
tries have all been made.
There was a large attendance at the park in
the morning to witness the exhibition of geld
ings and the grand procession of stock. The
display of geldings was very fair. At eleven
o'clock the matched horses were brought out
attracting but little attention. The display of
matched steers was excellent, some Jokes
showing very fine training. At nine o'clock
there was a ploughing match.
The grand procession of stock around the
track came off at half-past eleven, and was
sight worth seeing. Hampton with his forty
odd colts led the way. Following him came
the Fearnaught brood marshalled by Mrs.
D'Artheny. Then came representatives of
other famous breeds. There were 275 horses in
the procession. The show Of neat stock was
most excellent, and the representation of Jer-
sey, Hereford, Ayrshire, Durham, Devon, Hol-
stein, Kerry and other we'll known families
were large and fine.
Noticeable in the line were the county teams
for Androscoggin, Kennebec and Franklin;
Shorthorns, AyrshireS and Jerseys from the
college farm at Orono; fine display of Here
fords by G.. E. Shores of Waterville; a blowing
team entered by I. Frye & Son of Portland; a
d
yoke of oxen by William Warren of Scarboro;
. yoke OF working oxen by Sidney S. Drew of
Cape Elizabeth; some Kerry stock by j. B.
Straw of Lewiston; six yearling mules, steady
looking fellows, by A. S. Garland of Carmel;
pair of matched horses by Fernald & Sawyer
of Portland; Gilbert Fowler's "Tom Patchen;'
gelding and mare by L. P. Warren of Sacca-
Kappa; the stallion 'Tom knox," by Charles
w. Mitchell of Yarmouth the stallion "High-
land Patchen," by S. L. Holbrook of Oxford
There is very good show of fowl. Albert
Noyes of Bangor, exhibits fine Plymouth Rocks,
Hamburss and Cochins, and selection of pig
cons, such as Nuns, Fantails, Jacobins, Tumb.
lers. Carriers, &c. J. V. Mckinney of Au-
burn shows good specimens of Asiatic fowl
Alexander Robertson of Mechanic Falls. does
well in the line of Houdans and Leghorns. w.
E. Shurtleff of South Paris, makes an excel
lent show of Ay.esbury ducks. A. B. Crosby
of Lewiston has a credtable display of China
and Africa geese and Pekin ducks. j. P. Tur-
ner shows some top-knot ducks, and Caleb
Blake of Turner, many fine Aylesbury
In the morning John Ockly, Fall River pc
destrian, attempted to walk mile inside of
eight minutes on an outside wager, and sue
ceeded, doing his work in minutes 10 seconds
He says he has walked mile inside of seven
minutes.
A lot of Jerseys entered by Robbins of Win
throp, attract much attention by their great
size and large udders. The flower of the lot is
the COW "Cream Pot
Plymouth Rock, the winner in 80 Wednes-
day, is attracting a great deal of attention
among horse fanciers. He is one of Sultan's
progeny and is dark red powerfully built
horse, eight years DID, He has been rather
shady" horse, and last summer was engaged
in the plebeian occupation of raking hay, His
performance yesterday surprised all, for his
best previous time was 2.40.
THE RACES
In the afternoon there was an immense con-
course of people at the park anxious to witness
the races. There could not have been less than
10000 persons present. At o'clock the 237
race for purse of $50, $40 to first, $50
to second, $50 to third, was called. The follow
ing were the entries:
Y. D. Mllllken, Names. .............b Dare.
a. n 6nuersoh' '.'...............g m Mabel Grey.
a. M. Reed. ........................bn Knox Boy.
A. W. Bracket. .br Plymouth g aiE.
First Heat-The horses got off with Dare at
the pole, Plymouth Rock second, Air third,
Knox Boy fourth and Mabel Gray fifth, At
the start Plymouth Rock, Knox Boy, Dare and
Air ran in heap. At the first quarter Knox
Boy worked to the front and led the field to the
half mile pole, the other three in bunch be-
hind him, and Mabel Gray far behind Dare
and Plymouth Rock then made push for the
lead, but the Boy shook them off. On the third
quarter Plymouth Rock made a bad break and
fell to the rear. The home stretch was warm
fight between the Boy and Dare but the Boy
won by half length in 2.35, Air third, Ply
mouth Rock fourth, and Mabel Gray bad
fifth 4
Second Heat-After a number of false starts
the horses got off. the Boy leading, with Dare
to his flank, Air and Plymouth Rock close be.
hind, Mabel Grey fifth. AT the half-mie post
the Boy and Dare were neck and neck. Then
Plymouth Rock swept to the front, but soon
broke to pieces and fell to the third place. The