The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1875-09-25
At THE PARK.

At nine O'Clock the committee on horses ex.
amined geldings and matched horses on the
southwest side of the track. The display was
large and some fine animals were shown. This
closed the examination of horses, and the COM
mittee at once began to attach the tags denot-
ing the premiums.
A match race was advertised to come off at
10 o'clock between w. s.. Tilton's yearling
black colt, Henry Mambrino, and George II.
Bailey's black filly Mayfower, but for some
reason the colts were rot started. 1t is said
that Mayflower made half mile in the morn
ing inside of two minutes.
THE FLOWING MATCH.
At 9 o'clock the teams for the blowing match
gathered on the lot in the rear of the Secre.
tary's office, to draw lots for position. There
were large number of entries, most of them
being four OK teams. A long time was spent
in the preliminary arrangements, and it was
nearly ten o'clock before the teams were
started. To take mp the time the knights of
the goad improved the time in discussing. diff
ferent agricultural questions. A warm debate
took place between large number of farmers
in regard to deep and shoal blowing. One
man had long yarn to spin about man who
always plowed his sward land but about three
or four inches dep and always kept his farm
in good condition. The only dressing he used
was that furnished by bob tailed mare and
two year old heifer. Then another man
knew a farm that was always plowed ten
inches deep and no dressing used, and still the
land was under a good state of cultivation.
Thus it went No two men thought just alike,
but probably differed for the sake of it, But
to the blowing.
At little before ten o'clock the first class,
for ten inches blowing, began operations.
Each man had one-eighth of an acre, and as
several of the teams were entered for more
than one class, only one class could pillow at a
time. In this class there were three teams
entered, G. W. Hall of Windham entered a
team of four oxen and used a Paris pillow; E.
Il. Pettingill of Livermore Falls, entered one
yoke of oxen and used No. 8 Frye pillow; s.
Nash of Scarboro, entered a foul. Fox team and
used No Frye plow.
In the six inch blowing c. w. Hall entered
his four OK team aud Petiingilrs patent swivel
pillow; q. Cottle entered six horses, as did G. E.
Speer; G. Richards catered four OK team at
tached to Frye pillow.
In the eight inch class G. Cottle entered a
span of horses; G. W. Hall and N. Cobb each
entered four OK team, attached to a No. 3
Frye pillow.
For Frye's special premium, E. Fl. Pettin-
gill, G. E. Shaw, N. Nash, J. P. Penley, c. W.
Hall, Isaac Cobb, Chas. Nit chell, G. c. John-
son, J. W, Wing AMI w. B. Nutter entered
teams.
For Denham's special, Q. Blckford, &. Cot
tle G. E. Shores, A. Rigby, J. P. Penley and
Chas. Mitchell entered teams the most of the
oxen using Fryes pillow. All the teams per
formed their work well and it was a difficult
matter to decide who were entitled to the pre-
mums. One of the questions raised by the
committee was whether the men who held the
pillow had right to touch the furrow to make
it lay smooth after the pillow had left it, The
report of the committee will be found else
where.
PREMIUM ANIMALS.
At boon all animals taking premiums were
exhibited on the track. The ribbons attached
to them showed that the committees had Sc
lected worthy subjects. AT one o'clock the
stock began to leave the grounds. and there
was continual stream of them passing
through the north and south gates up to four
o'clock. The majority of the horses will not
be taken away until to day.