The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-09-14
Attendance Larger Than Ever,
and Interest Well Maintained.
Some Excellent Races, exhibition
of Trained Dogs, and Fur
ther Awards.

triais OF graft oxen. -Four pairs participated,
owned by S. S. Drew of Cape Elizabeth, Oscar
+. Deering of Buxton, Chas. W. Hall of Wind
ham, and Stephen Page OF windham Drew's
cattle took the first premium. They are hand
some animals, and show fine points. Their
girth is Z feet inches. On the first attempt
they drew load of 7,641 pounds a distance Of
ten feet, and then to evidence how easy that
feat was to them walked off twelve feet with
the load increased to S,123 pounds. The pair
OF Oscar Deering were not entered, being de-
barred as not belonging in this county But to
show something of the capabilities Of the pair
they were given a test pull, and carried
weight OF 900 pounds distance straightaway
OF IL feet, under the skillful driving of Mr..
George Carter. The excellent behavior of
these cattle added greatly to the interest of the
occasion, and, although under the regulations
Mr.. Deering was entitled to no premium, the
committee recommended that an award of $40
be given him. Very good pulling was done by
the other pairs.
The plowing match which was to have come
OF yesterday forenoon, was abandoned, the
dry condition of the soil precluding satisfac.
tory trial.
The annual meeting of the Cumberland
County Agricultural Society was held yester-
day at noon on the grounds. The following
board of officers was elected.
President-R. o. Conant, Portland.
Secretary-A. L. Dennison, Portland
Ireasurer-J. j. Frye, Portland.
Vice Presidents-W. w. Harris, Portland:
Q. ?. Mattocks, Portland; Alonzo Libby, Sac.
earappa, Il. j. Stubbs Yarmouth, Charles A.
Brackett, Gorbam.
The duties OF trustees devolve upon the vice
presidents. The meeting adjourned until 10
O'Clock this forenoon.
At the beginning of the present fair the
society had in the treasury 62S with all bills
paid.
OF course great interest was felt in the trial
of Gen. Mattocks' trained Collie dogs in sheen
herding. These intelligent animals comported
themselves in admirable fashion and brought
their charge into the fold with the dispatch
and skill of herdsmen
To-DAY's PROGRAMME.
The races to-day at the Park will, should the
weather permit, draw large crowd. The
following horses are entered and will contest in
the
FREE FOR ALL RACE
Purse S300-S15o, $40, $50, s2o-slOO extra to
the winner if better than 2.25.
G Hastings, ns..................Wa Matchmaker
1f MoodDurys MS. Nell
a LlDpy u.s.. Centurion
ahes, MS Gen. Lightfoot
w d Ramsdell, ns..................... Flirt
There will also be running race, and race
for gentlemen's driving horses. In the latter
contest nine horses will take part, all of them
able to make better than three minutes.
A fine horse from Boston will also be shown
upon the track this afternoon and some fast
time may be expected from him.
Addition al Entries.
The additional entries made yesterday were as
follows:
W W Harris, box of butter, for exhibition only.
Miss Jennie Wilson, Portland, hooked rug.
Miss Mary McGregor, Portland, satin panel paint
ed tile, landscape Oh glass.
Miss Jennie Wilson, crochet lambreouin,
Addle h. Henderson, Buxton Centre, sofa pillow.
The collie dogs will be exhibited forenoon
and afternoon to-day, near the judges stand.
pretty piece of work, which we have not
previously noted, is framed specimen of en-
broidery, design, wreath of flowers, the
whole, elaborate as it is, having been done on
the new Home sewing machine by Miss Brit
ton, at the New York office.
Awards on apples are to be made to-day.
The Races.
Ike weather, threatening rain so strongly in
the afternoon, bad depressing influence upon
the attendance. Nevertheless there were
about three thousand people present.
Two fine races were in expectation besides
the wonderful exhibition of sagacity by Gen.
G. 2. Mattocks' shepherd dogs from Riverside
in East Baldwin.
The Cumberland Band should be compli-
mented for most pleasing music. They play
wonderfully well considering that they have
been organized but eighteen months, and one
half of the members had no knowledge of
band music when they commenced.
The judges in the racing stand were Messrs.
Keys, Pompilly and Jordan, who have per-
formed their arduous duties with such general
acceptance throughout the fair.
The first race called was the $50 class for a
purse of $500, divided, 500 to LIST, $50 to I'd,
$50 to Sd and $40 to 4th. OF nine horses
named eight appeared to contest, and a
splendid field Of tretters it was.
They drew positions in order as follows:
Surprise, George o., Frank f., Charley, Glen
Knox, David W., Belmont and Marion.
First Heat-After long and tedious scoring
by reason of the green horse, Charley, who was
finally withdrawn, the word was given. Frank
E. went to the front and made the quarter in
~ seconds, half in LA and three-quarters in
1.52. The balance of the field were strung out
in procession. Frank was 80 fast that but
little interest was attached to the remainder of
the field except for position. George o. got I'd,
Surprise Sd, David w. 4th and the balance
ont uf tt
that if Frank had been sent for all he was
worth some of the nags would have been left
out in the cold. Time, 2.36.
Second Heat-Frank f. went ahead easily
and went to the quarter in 81 seconds. Geo.
o. was second and Surprise third. Belmont
and David w. were near by, with Marion and
Glen Knox bringing up in the rear. Frank
f. was evidently held on the last half mile and
could have done better Geo. o, was close mp
at the finish and Surprise so near that she was
liable to surprise anybody. Belmont was
fourth and David W. a good fifth. Marion
and Glen Knox were distanced. Time, 2.354.
Third Heat-Geo. 0. took the lead closely
followed by Surprise. Frank +. was behind
but finally settled and came like mountain
storm for the first position. Another skip,
however, cost him his position and Geo. O..
kept the first place, with Surprise we'll up. A
complaint was made that, Geo. o. crowded on
the first turn but after consultation the Judges
declined to admit it and awarded positions as
follows. d6O, " ur5D, surprise S6ConO, FRANK
+. third and Belmont fourth. Time, 2.365.
Fourth Heat-David w. was drawn. Frank
F. was unsteady and it was some time before a
start was effected. Finally they got away
with Surprise head, closely followed by Geo.
o. At the finish of the first half mile it was
very exciting, Surprise, Geo. o. and Frank
f. going under the wire all in bunch These
three trotted like Troians to the end and the
heat was won by a short length by Geo. o.
Surprise was second, Frank f. third and Bel
mont fourth. Time, 2.38.
sTHIRTY-EIGHT CLASS.
This was also for purse of 5000, divided the
same as in the 80 class. Five horses entered
and received positions in the following order;
Robert D., Fanny M, Tiny B., Nat Otis and
Little Daisy.
First Heat-Robert d. led with q tremen-
dous stride, but went all to pieces soon after
and the pretty black mare, Fanny M. took the
first position. Robert D. was settled and got
second position. Tiny was third, and Little
Daisy fourth. Time, 2.37..
Second Heat-Robert d. took the lead, with
Little Daisy close up, and Tiny B., coming
very fast, close behind. 1t was finely con-
tastad haat fhrouohnut lint the hip horse Rah-