The Portland daily press., 1878-09-21
AT THE PARK,
Fourth and Last Day.

The threatening aspect of the weather on
Friday morning caused the citizens and vis-
tors to delay their attendance at the Park, but
towards noon the sun found its way through
the clouds and the visitors began to pour in in
great numbers. The entries for the trots in the
afternoon included some of the finest and best
known horses in this part of the country; as
natural consequence the crowd was much
larger than on any previous day.
The managers of the exhibition may well be
satisfied with the results as shown by the
receipts which so far as can be ascertained at
this early date, show an increase over the ex-
penditures. This fact reflects great credit to
the people of Portland and demonstrates the
fact that Portland is by far the best place for
the exhibition. The exhibition has, in every
respect, been fully up to the standard and the
thanks of the public are due to the officers in
charge of the Park for the admirable manner
in which the programme has been carried out
and for the general good order which has been
observed on the grounds.
AT 8 a. m. Gentlemen's Driving Horses were
called on to the track for exhibition and examin-
alton. There were twelve horses entered for
competition but only eight appeared. The follow
ing are the horses as entered and driven by their
owners. Toms Chief by G. W. Hawkes., Mare
June by j. e. Noyes, blk G. Peter by Col. L.
D. M. Sweat. grey G. Grey Jack by J. L.
Turkey, blk. S. Dom Pedro by E. FL. c. Buck
nam, sorrel mare, Flora, by Geo. f. Kitchens;
bay mare Heloise by B. r. Adams and Chas.
Varrey, and brown mare, Whoa Emma, by
John 81. May. Toe committee of awards was
S. 7. Holbrook of Oxford, J. w. Thompson of
Canton aud James Dingley of Auburn. The
action, style, speed, endurance, etc., of the
horses were considered and the first prize was
given to Peter, second to Flora, and third to
June. The horses made fine appearance on
the track and in the trial of speed excited a
good deal of interest. Peter was the fayorite
from the start and without much exertion held
held the second place at the finish with r. Disc
well at the 'front.'
dismissed and Gentlemen's Walking Horses
were called. There were but four entries in this
class and but two horses appeared on the track:
Nat Webb, owned by j. f. Morton and Mr..
Whitney, and Knox Chief owned by E. H.
McKenney. The horses were walked once
round the track and the style as we'll as speed
was considered in making the awards. The
judges for this class were the same as for the
previous class and after some elaboration the
first prize was awarded to Nat Webb and the
second to Knox Chief.
During the exhibition of walking horses Mr.,
Alfred Weymouth of Clinton, exhibited a
matched pair of sorrel, two year old horses.
These horses vera sired by the MCCARTHY horse
S,p he
splendidly matched in height, build and color
and to an observer it was hard to tell them
apart. Mr.. Weymouth has been offered $500
for the colts during the past week but declined
the offer.
In the trial of trained steers driven by boy
under Is years of age there was but one confess
tant, Alphonzo Brooks aged IA years. The
steers were exhibited at the drag and at the
cart, in backward aud forward pulling and n
manner of coming TO the cart. Young Brooks
showed that he understood his business and
had the cattle under complete control. The
cattle were awarded diploma and first prem
ium ribbon.
The blowing match which took place Thurs
day was not finished until 6 o'clock in the
afternoon and it was impossible to obtain the
decision ofthe'committee ipItime for yesterdays
ISSUE Below will be found the result as an
nounced by the committee: For double teams,
j. j. Frye of Portland, diploma; W. T. Cam
eron of Portland, S.. For single teams, W. f.
Cameron Of Portland, diploma, and j. j Frye,
S. For Swivel Plows Everett and Small of
Boston exhibiting the Matchless Plow, dplo.
ma, aud W. f. Cameron IS.
The display of dairy products in Agricul-
tural Hall is pronounced by the judges to be
the finest ever made in the state, and the ex-
hibiton of fruits and vegetables is fully equal
to if not superior to any former exhibition.
There was great variety of plows made by
different manufacturers on exhibition. They
all did excellent work. The steel pillow made
by Frye and the Steel Cameron pillow (so-called)
was somewhat difflcult for the committee to
decide to the depth of six inches, bus when
they put the plows down to pillow from Z to 81
inches, the committee were unanimously agreed
that for all purposes the Frye pillow excels the
others, therefore we recommend for it the
first premium.