The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1877-09-05

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his patent potato bug trap. This does away
with the use of poison and can be easily and
effectually handled. This should attract TIT
| attention of all farmers.
The Dennison exhibit of Cameron's patent
cast iron and steel land side plows, adapted fol
| all kinds of work, attracts good share of at
tention.
Edwin Prescott of Hampton Falls, N. H.
exhibits his patent door hangers in two styles
People about to build will do we'll to look al
these articles. II. g. Briggs of West Auburn
exhibits his patent cultivator and hoeing ma
chine. WI Downs exhibits Gordan's Cen
tennal Star churn and patent mop. Mr.. D
Garvin of Kennebunk exhibits the Colby i'm
proved wringer, self adjustable. 1t wrlngs
ANYTHING from quilt to pocket handkerchief
without changing any screws.
Kendall & Whitney have added TO their ex
hibit large assortment OF vanes manufac'
ured by Cushing & Son of Waltham, Mass.
F. m. Wood of Worcester, Mass, exhibits
his patent moving and reaping machine knife
grinder.
jill Clark of Deering exhibits his improved
horse STALL A box in the fore part of the stall
filled with earth keeps the. horses feet moist
The st. Adams Foundry Co. exhibit their
patent horse power and thresher, separator and
cleaner. Also drag and circular saw attach
| ment.
Mr.. Wiswell of Friendship, N. Y, exhibits
his patent Tiger sulky hay rake. This rake was
awarded the medal of highest honor at the Gen.
tennial.
The second story of Agricultural Hall is de-
| voted to farm products. Mr.. More of Lincoln,
| Neb., agent of the land department of the
| Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Co., ex-
hibits the agricultural products of Eastern
Nebraska.
Mr. T. Harmon Of Scarboro', has on exhibit
ton two cases of splendid looking butter.
Mr. Adam f. Winslow exhibits large va
riety of apples, pears. etc. They look tempt
ing
Mr.. John Bun of Freepost exhibits some fine
specimens of grapes.
POULTRY EXHIBITION.
Mr. Hayward of Peterboro', N. H., has 25O
coops OF poultry and pigeons. He has all
kinds of poultry, including trio of imported
buff Polish hens, golden and silver pheasants,
| pair Toulouse geese which took seven prem
iums at as many different shows. pair of
Egyptian geese, two pairs of Sebastopol
geese, the only specimens of this breed in this
country.
Gen. G.. P Mattocks exhibits some bronze
turkeys and Pekin ducks.
David Plummer of Cape Elizabeth exhibits
| his fine collection of pigeons
Mr.. Stevens exhibits some Pekin ducks.
| Mr.. A. E. Shurtleff of South Paris has fine
exhibit of poultry.
| The fair grounds in the afternoon presented
| lively appearance. The Grand and both open
stands were crowded. Carriages were thronged
| along the side of the track Chandler was pres
| emit and discoursed some fine music between
/ heats.
The Races.
| The chief amusements for the afternoon con-
| sisted of two races J. S. Head of Portland,
Isaiah Pompilly. Auburn, and W. 7. Boyd,
| Massachusetts, who acted as judges, performed
| their duties to the satisfaction of all. Those
who came to see good trot were not disap-
| pointed. Everything passed off satisfactorily.
| The first race was
STALLION RACE.
l The four horses entered, Tom B. Patchen,
| Kox Boy. Black Pilot and Phil Sheridan, APP
| peared'
First Heat-At the fourth time scoring they
| got the word, Black Pilot having the pole,
| Sheridan second, Knox Boy third, Patchen
| fourth. Black Pilot made several bad breaks,
| but managed to retain his position by good
| trotting when he settled down: He was closely
| followed by Sheridan, Knox Boy. and Patchen
| being several lengths behind. As they came
| down the home stretch, Pilot was ahead, Knox
Boy second, Sheridan third, Patchen fourth,
| Pilot winning the heat. Time 2 80.
| Second Heat-After scoring six times they
| got good send off on the last of the first
| quarter. Knox Boy shot ahead, but Pilot
| gradually gained, and on the third quarter
| they were neck and neck, Patchsn and Sheri-
| dan half dozen lengths in the rear. On
| the home stretch Pilot spurted and came in a
| length ahead, winning the heat in 231a Knox
| Boy second, Tom PatcheE third, Sheridan
| fourth.
Third Heat-They got good send off, trot-
Knox Boy second, Patchen third, Sheridan
| fourth. During the first half mile they occu-
| pied the same positions as at the start. On the
| last quarter Patchen moved up and took second
position. As they neared the wire Pilot was
| length in advance, closely pressed by Patchen
and Knox Boy, with Sheridan little in the
rear. Black Pilot crossed the wire first. win
| ming the heat and race, Patchen second, Knox
| Boy third, Sheridan fourth. This was by far
the best heat of the race.
The following Is the summary:
SUMMARY.
F. D. Harmon Gardiner, ms. blk. 8. Black
E. X. woodman, Gardiner, ms. br. s. Knox
A. G. scribner, Portland, ms. br. $. Tom B.
| Patchen., 8
W. H. Irish, Presumpscot Park, MS. blk. e..
Phil Sheridan. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Black Pilot, first money, $3.50; Knox Boy. second
| money SIPS; Tom B. Patchen third money, $75;
Phil Sheridan, fourth money, S5G.
The second race was for
THREE MINUTE HORSES.
First Heat-Of the nine entered seven start
| ed. At the fourth time scoring they got the
word. The positions were as follows: Dion
| first, Kitty Morris second, Lady Humphrey
third, May Burrell fourth, Morrill, Boy fifth,
Coupon SIXTH On the first quarter Kitty Nor
ris went to the front, holding that position un-
| til on the second quarter, when May Burrell
took the lead and Kept it by good trotting to
the end of the heat, Lady Humphrey second,
/ Coupon third. Don fourth, Morrill, fifth, Kitty
| Morris aud Shamrock distanced. Time, 2.369.
| Second Hedt-After tedious scoring due
| partly to the driver of Lady H., who received
sharp reprimand from the judges, they got the
word. At the first turn Coupon shot ahead,
| crowding the POLE horse and Lady Humphrey
badly. Both horses broke, letting Coupon gain
some dozen lengths. On the third quarter May
| Burrell did some splendid trotting, lessening
the distance to about two lengths, when she
/ made bad break Sendlng her 10 the rear. or
the remaining distance Coupon had it all his
own way, winning the heat in 2.40, Lady
| Humphrey second, Dion third, Morrill, Boy
fourth, May Burrell fifth.
Third Heat-After a long and tedious scoring
they finally got the word. AT the first turn all
| the horses broke. The struggle in this heat
was principally for second place Coupon hold
| ing first place by several lengths, Dion and Lady
Humphrey trotting neck and neck during near
ly the whole heat on the home stretch. Cou-
| pom first, Lady Humphrey second, Dion third,
Morrill, Boy fourth, May Burrell distanced.
| Time, 240. Something was the matter with
May Barrell, for the horse trotted splendidly
| the first heat
Fourth Heat-At the second time scoring
they got the word, Coupon first, Lady Humph-
| rey second, Dion third, Morrill, Boy fourth.
From the start Morrill, Boy acted badly putting
himself some twenty lengths in the rear on the
last quarter. Coupon was closely pressed by
Lady Humphrey, but crossed the wire half a
length in advance, Lady Humphrey second,
Dion third, Morrill, Boy distanced. Time,
235a.
The following is the summary:
SUMMARY.
s. H. Milliken, Saco, blk. S. Coupon. ......3 1 1
| w. III. Humphrey, Turner, g. m. Lady
| humphrey. ............................2
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