The Portland daily press., 1885-10-01
CUMBERLAND FARMERS CLUB.
A Large Number Present at Their
Fair Yesterday.
The Races and a Partial List of the
Awards.


| land Farmers Club fair at West Cumberland. The
| fair could not have been ushered in under more
| favorable circumstances. The weather was beau-
tiful; the arrangements complete; and at O'Clock
steady stream Of people began to pour in, at
noon 1000 probably being on the ground.
The grounds have been considerably improved
since last year, especially the track. low fence
entirely surrounding the latter is good addition
A new fight of stairs has been built leading into
the dining hall from the outside. A more COM
modious apartment has been built for the stock
consisting of 35 sheds. There has been in all
sc, 900 expended on the fair grounds, which are
now in first class condition President Merrill in
formed your correspondent that the annual ex-
penses averaged about 81 400, and considerably
over this is generally taken.
The cattle show was unusually fine. There
were fifty pair of oxen and between fifty and sixty
cows and heifers entered at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning.
The first contest was between the town working
teams The Cumberland town team, consisting OF
ten pair of sturdy oxen, was entered by VIM. L.
Prince, and the Falmouth town team, also of ten
solid looking yoke, by Robert Leighton. The
stoned great interest This year both teams made
splendid showing, but Falmouth carried off the
first premium. The committee consisted of ID. L.
Bartry, J. s: Barstow, North Yarmouth, and Eli
In draft oxen there are eight entries, and in
bulls four.
In the stallion exhibit there were but two en-
tries-James E. Leighton, Gray, Kentucky Knox,
years old; W. d. Ramsdell, Deering, Winthrop
Pilot, years old The first premium was awarded
to Winthrop Pilot and the second to Kentucky
Knox. Committee-E. j. Stubbs, j. Hilton, III. M.
Warren.
AT noon branch of woman's work. for which
the ladies of Cumberland are especially noted was
on the programme in the upper hall-a splendid
dnner-of which nearly 400 persons partoOk.
The ladies' fully sustained their renutatinn this
direction.
There were more entries this year than ever be-
fore. In worsted and fancy articles there are
siXty-nine. House plants and cut flowers
eighteen. Fruit, honey and bread, thirty-nine.
Grain and vegetables, forty-two. Household man
ufacture, fifty
The superintendents of the hall, j. s. Stanwood
j. W. Mountford and Mrs. Z. o. Morrill,, deserve
praise for the evident pains they have taken in
the arrangement and decorations. The ladies' de-
partment was very good, there being plants, cut
ana fancy aGes @ he IN
The fruit display was very good, although hardly
up to last year. The vegetable exhibit was also
good, especially the potatoes.
The following awards were made:
Fat Cattle-L. W: Hicks, Falmouth, 1st; Wm
Merrill, Cumberland, I'd.
Committee-Henry Fowler, Portland; VIM. I'll.
Webster, Gray; VIM. M. Merrill, Cumberland.
Sheep and Swine-Marshall Libby Windham,
bcSs Hoaston I On
Marshall Libby, Windham I'd on ewes. Special
mention was made of thirteen pigs exhibited by
Fowls-H. j. Dearbon & Sons, West Falmouth,
1st on best collection of different kinds OF fowl st
ON his Light Brahma; I'd on Plymouth Rock trio;
1st on Houdan trio; 1st on Brown Leghorns, sim
gle comb trio; 1st on White Leghorn trio; 1st on
Brown Leghorn trio; 1st on Brown Leghorn trio,
rose comb. Cora b. Houston, LIST on Plymouth
Rock trio. John Blanchard, 1st on Golden Pleas
ants. DR.. G. f. Moulton, Cumberland Centre, 1st
on Lanshams; NJ. Sawyer. No Yarmouth, 1st on
geese trio. Walter M. Farrell, I'd on Brahma trio
Commlttee-O. NJ. Houston, Falmouth Z. ID.
Loring, No. Yarmouth; F. S. Blanchard, Cumber-
| land
Mares and Colts-Mares, 1st NJ Dyer. POwnal
I'd, S. s. Soue Freeport; 1st on four year old Frank
Murray, Cumberland Mills I'd, Edward Cobb
| mouth; 1st on two year old Albert j. Hunnewell,
| Windham; I'd, R.Mayberry, Freeport Yearling
colt. 1st TO y, Dyer, POWnal; for colt under one
Committed Greely, Portland; VIM. r. Smell,
Deerng; J; Z. Dennison, Yarmouth.
| Steers-Granville Hail. Falmouth, 1st on three
| year old; Robert Leighton Falmouth, I'd; Helen
| E. Blanchard, Sd. b. +. Hall, Falmouth. 1st on
two year old, and 1st on yearlings. A. F. Wilsow.
Falmouth, 1St for steer calves; Albert Rideout,
| Cumberland I'd; 1st and I'd for matched steers.
:, Working OXen-A. F. Winslow, 1st; A. o; Field,
Falmouth, I'd; G. p. Houston, Falmouth, Sd.
| At 2.30 p. M, the races began A good track,
in excellent order, and pleasant weather was all
| was the result. Between the heats the Cumber-
| land brass band, under the leadership of Prof.
| Blanchard, discoursed some very fine music. The
| races resulted as follows:
| NO. l, 24o CLAss-PURsE 800.
! A. G. Sawyer. Portland, bro. z, Harry L...1 3
| M. Jordan, Sacearappa, g. M Lady lnde-
Charles G. Crosby, Portland, bm. Brighton
| Time-2.381 2.45, ESQ.
NO., 800 CLAss-PURsE S1OO.
j. Scott Jordan, Cape Elizabeth, Little
NJ. Jordan, saccarappa, CHI. g. Pete. 5 4
| Il. ID Donovan, Auburn, b. g. Puritan. 5
|. l; Woodbury., Portland, bk. G. Red Cross1 l 1
| @. E. Whitney, Portland, g. G. Grey Eagle 3 2 2
Time-2.56, 2.52, 2.54
E. l.. L. Kimball of Portland, and Col H. S. Os-
| good of Augusta acted as judges.
ToDAY's PROGRAMME.
| The following is the programme for today:
| 200 p m.-2.50 class, fer purse of S1oo.
2.30 p m.-SWeepstakes, for purse of S100.
1000 a. m.-An exhibition of the strength of OK
en- at the drag.
| NOTES.
| Col. II. S. OsgoOd was present at the fair and
seemed much pleased with the exhibit. He acted
| as one of the judges in the trotting races.
| Edward N. Dingey, of the Lewiston Journal
/ was at the fair in the interest of his paper
| One of the beauties of the Cumberland Farmers
| Club Fair is the fine appearance of everyone