Morning journal and courier., 1885-10-02
SOUTHINGTON FAIR.
The Last Day-A Small Attendance Hut Good Races-The Fair A Success.

The Last B0y-A small Attendance Hut Good Races-The Fair Success. Yesterday was the last of the three days of the annual fair of the Southington Agricul- tural society, held at the Southington Driving park at Southington. The attendance was small as most of the exhibits had been taken from the park, and the only attraction was the races, which were exceedingly good, al- though considerable interest was taken in the awarding of the premiums for the match ed and single horses. The premiums award ed were:
 Matched horses years old and over, s. N, Ryder.
 Meriden, Ist; Wheaton & E Gregg, Hartford M & End;
 Frost, Meriden, T ist; Fra Frank Watson, md. ''A
 Horse or mare are years old .aad and oyer Q N Jones'
 2 sseusS1ct Merden M asds and ana den, 1st; s. N. Ryder, and. In the afternoon about 200 people witness ed the horse races in the 2:45 and 2:33 class es which are as follows:
 2:45 cLAss-FIRsT HEAT The entries in this race, which appeared on the track shortly after o'clock and the bell was rung in the judges stand, were: Ce- leste, which had the pole; J. w., which had the outside; Dolly Trumbull, third position, with Robert H. next the pole horse. After | several attempts to score, in which the pole
 
 1 time, the horses got away with Celeste in the lead and J. w. second. On the quarter Ce- leste broke and ran for nearly one hundred yards before she settled down to work again with J. W. about a neck behind. The horses kept these positions until on the homestretch when Dolly Trumbun spurted and came up neck and neck with J. W. and the three horses came down the home, Celeste going under the wire a neck in the lead of J. w., which went under on @ run second, the time
 being 2:351a.
 SECOND HEAT. Celeste took the lead in this heat with J. w. a close second, and on the backstretch the horses were neck and neck, but on the half Celeste broke and fell behind, leaving the heat to J. w., who won it by about a length in 2:23711a with Celeste second. THIRD HEAT. !. w. had the pole at the start and at the turn was in the lead with Celeste second, but the latter horse broke on the quarter and Dolly Trumbull took second place but lost it again at the quarter pole and Celeste was again second. When within a few rods of the judges stand on the half Celeste broke and fell behind while Dolly Trumbull's driver pulled in to the pole, but Celeste was too close to her and they narrowly escaped what might have been very serious acei- dent. However, Trumbulls driver quickly pulled out and Celeste took second while J. W. still held his lead, winning the race in 2:42. A protest was made against Dolly Trumhull, but he was given fourth place, i where he came in. FOURTH HEAT. | The next heat J. w. had it all his own way and won in 2:39, with Celeste as second. SUMMARY
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 second place, with Rosa 0. outside. The horses got away in fair shape with Sylvia M. | in the lead and Copeland second. On the turn all three horses went into the air, but | they were soon on their feet again with Syl- via M. still in the lead, Copeland second Copeland tried hard for first place on the hofnestrstch, but broke and lost littla, let ting Sylvia M.'win the race by neck in
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 SECOND HEAT. Sylvia M. broke at the start and went to | the rear, while Rosa 0. took the lead on the ] turn with Copeland in pocket, and when Copelsnd pulled out to try to get the lead l he broke and fell back, but on the home. stretch pulled up, but Rosa o. came under the wire first about half g neck ahead of Copeland in 2i35 with Sylvia M. third. THIRD HEAT. The horses got of in good shape the first time with Copeland in the lead and Sylvia M. second These positions the horses kept throughout, Copeland winning the heat in 2:35 with Sylvia NJ. second. The next two heats were won by Sylvia M., who had them all her own way from the start to the finish, her time being 2:34 and 2:3324. splMAFY,
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