The Portland daily press., 1876-08-30

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ing Shorthorns. Gen. Tilton has his two thor
oughbred bulls, Denmark and Rainbow, here.
Mr.. Peter W. Aver of Freedom, shows some
fine pure blocded stock. He shows one of the
handsomest bulls on the grounds. He is pure
blooded Bates Shorthorn and was bred by
James o Sheldon of Geneva, n. Y, and is
now five years old. He weighs 2300 pounds.
Mr. Aver also shows COW of the same breed,
and large bull calf from her. Mr.. p. M
Oliver of Freedom, has very handsome pair
of matched steers, three years old, which
grit seven feet. Mr. s. G. Otis of Hallowell,
shows herd Of very fine cattle of the same
breed. G. P. Mattocks, and w. P. Merrill of
Falmouth, exhibit fine herds of grade Dur
| hams.
The exhibition of Herefords, while not large.
is still well worthy of inspection. II. c. Bur,
leigh of Fairfield is the leading breeder of
taese cattle il Maine, and he brings II of his
best cattle here to compe to for the premiums.
His tine bull, Compton, being now eight years
| old, has taken about 60 prizes in all. He at
tracts much attention. Mr.. Burlegh also has
fine lot of cows, many of them being thor
oughbred Herefords. As usual he has a fine
yoke of oxen, which will be entered for the
drawing match. Eli Stone of East Windham
has several yoke of oxen of this breed. He
| will enter for the sweepstakes drawing. Dan
el G. Libby of Gorham has a fine yoke of
Herefords entered for fat cattle. They girt
feet inches.
The entries of oxen are quite numerous. Eli
Wing of Wayne has his twin oxen,
which took the sweepstakes purse last year. on
the grounds. They are perfectly matched and
very handsome. A. G. Chandler of New
Gloucester enters two yoke of draft oxen,
which are very handsome. John Thompson of
| Smithfeld enters pair of dark red oxen, very
| fat and perfectly matched. Last year, it will
be remembered that Mr.. Berry of Monmouth
showed fine pair of grade Durham steer
calves. They are now yearlings, and are with
out doubt the finest yoke of yearlings ever
shown at State Fair
The sheep and swine occupy the same place
| as last year. The exhibition is about the same
as usual. G. Ladd of Vermont shows flock
| of those fearful looking Spanish sheep They
are good of the kind, but the kind is not agree
| able to look upon. W. B. Frost of Wayne has
several pens of Costwold sheep and lambs.
| Gen. Tilton, G.. P. Mattocks and S. Soule of
Morrilps Corner also exhibits Cotswolds. The
much despised Berkshires are the only swine
on the grounds. This breed is entered by c. P.
Putnam of Winthrop. All of the swine exhib-
| tied are in fine condition.
MACHINERY HALL.
The building used for the display of agricul-
tural implements is not as we'll filled this year
as last. The first floor is devoted exclusively
to labor saving agricultural implements. Here
we see threshng machines, mowers, rakes,
plows, harrows, and in fact all the latest i'm
provements in these machines. This is place
of much interest to the farmer. for here he can
compare the machinery of different manufac-
turers. The second story is used for the eyhi-
bition of poultry, and large table, running
the entire length of the hall, contains two rows
of coops. G. P. Matt9cks and w. w. Harris
of this city, Mr.. Shurtleff of South Paris, and
o. F. Stackpole of Goodwin's Mills, are among
the exhibitors in this department. This exhi-
btion will receive more extended notice at
future time.
THE RACES.
The agricultural horse trot drew about eight
hundred people. There were three races down
on the programmes.
Races for Green Horses
The first race was for green horses for
purse of 5000, $125 to the first, $50 to the sec
ond and S25 to the third. There were eight en-
tries but only three started.-Camos, Molly and
Mary Gray.
First heat-Camos had the pole with Molly
second and Mary Gray third. Camos took the
lead at the START and kept it throughout the
heat Molly came IN second and Mary Gray
third. Time 2 A.
Second Heat-Molly shot ahead at the start
but broke on the first quarter and Camos shot
ahead and gained the pole. Mary Gray traed
some distance behind At the close of the half
Molly and Mary Gray were struggling for the
second place. Down on the home stretch Mol
ly and Mary were neck and neck, but by run
ming Molly got under the wire first. The sec
ond place, however, was given to Mary Gray,
Camos was an easy winner, going under the
wire 10 2 40.
Third Heat-Moly again got the lead, but
broke on the bac ok stretch and Camos shot
ahead and Molly fell back to the second place,
Mary Gray several lengths behind These po-
sitions were maintained throughout the heat,
Camos winning in 2484. The first money was
given to Camos, second to Molly and third to
Mary Gray.
The following is the summary:
PREsuMpscor PARK, August 29th;-Race for
second, 1926 to third best in to harness.
j II Cromwell, Corinna ms G Camos.. .......1 1 1
Joseph Loveitt, Portland, ms blk m Molly....2
Time, IA, 249, EAST.
$50 Race.
The second race was for all horses owned in
the state that had never beaten 2.3O. There
were eight entries but only four started-Kiug
William, Plymouth Rock, Knox Boy and
Aver.
Aver second, Plymouth Rock third and King
William on the outside. After a vexatious
amount of scoring Ayers driver, who was trail
Jog behind, nodded for the word and the horses
Immediately shot ahead and trotted neck and
neck around the course. Aver, who started
considerably in the rear, soon closed upon
King William and passed him. When coming
into the home stretch Aver was at Plymouth
Rocks wheel and Plymouth Rock was almost
neck and neck with Knox Boy Knox Boy
shot ahead, coming down the home stretch and
Aver managed to pass Plymouth Rock and
came in at Knox Boys wheel. Knox Boys
time was 2.33
Second Heat-Again there was provoking
amount of scoring, but finally the horses got
| the word. Plymouth Rock seized the pole, the
Boy second, King William third and Aver
| fourth. On the back stretch Aver passed the
Mug. AZ Gu0 ClUS6 VI bu6 uTSt udil lull6 AuO&
Boy had conquered the first place and Ply
| mouth Rock and Aver were close up. Around
the second half they went about neck and neck
till turning into the home stretch Aver spurted
and shot ahead and came under the wire first
in 1888 Knox Boy second Plymouth Rock
third and King William fourth.
Third Heat-Plymouth Rock took the pole at
the start Aver trailing behind as usual Ply
mouth Rock managed to maintain the lead
throughout, though closely pressed by Aver
and King William. His time was 234. Aver
was second, Knox Boy third and King Will
| liam fourth.
Fourth Heat-Plymouth Rock had the lead,
| with Knox Boy second, King William third
| and Aver behind at the start as before. Aver
| soon closed with the King aud passed him and
| went to the front, winning in "a, Knox Boy
| second, King William third and Plymouth
| Rock fourth. The King showed excellent speed
and it looked at the three-quarters pole as il he
| would win the heat, but he lost shoe and fell
| behind.
| Fifth Heat-Plymouth Rock took the lead,
Aver broke badly and fell behind and King
| William did not behave well. Knox Boy
showed some good trotting but failed to get the
| first place from Plymouth Rock, who came.un-
der tie wire in 2 341, Knox Boy second, King
William third and Aver fourth.
| Sirth Heot-Only three horses started King
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