Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-10-16

the County Fair. tha, altogether to-
large q percentage Of the premiums wer'
given 20 the hous A the thing Il
nsnsged q, pre- en-, We think the cat
tie exhibitors have much the best OF H.
A man with three year.old heifer worth
thirty dollars eaters IL free. has = stall
free, and get. five dollars premium, while
a man with q ,hree.year.old colt worth
three hundiei dollar. pay. sl.SO TO enie'
IL, $3.50 for . stall TO hitch In. aud AZ.
ter competing with both selding- and
fllies. Of the same age, gets eight dol
lar, premium.
True. the purses for ,ro,,ing are larger
than any Others, bu, the entrance money
and the large amount Of gate money re-
eeiyed from those who attend solely 20
witn.. the races. more than offsets ell
the purses.
Those Who attended the races At the
last fair were more than pleased with
wka, they saw and the wonderful music
they heard. We think tha, We are safe
In Affirming ,h., in every hea, uo,,ed
the audience behsld q genuine horse race
and no, |. pu, up job. The speed shown
by the baby ,ro,,er va. far Ia advance
Of anything ,hl, We have seen In former
yeas. and clearly demonstrate. the prog
re-. ,h., /. being made by the enter
pri.ins BREEDER Of Oxford Couniy.
The half mile record Of l:iii made by
the ye.rling. Prince Ariemu'. the half
mile In 1904 and mile in 1856 Of Green
wood. and the mile in 1888 made IN q
trial by we.,land. are feat. never be-
fore sqa.lled by colt. Of the same age in
oIfotd County. Pnnce Is BY Ariemu,
Jr.. and /. Owned by Barrett Brothers OF
Sumner.
Greenwood /. by Victor Pa,ehen. dam
= r. B. by Ry.dyE. H,mble,onian,
and Is o-nsd by Z NJ. Thaysr OF South
Paris.
wssl.nd |, by Col West. dam Knox
Girl. dam Of Aubins. second dam. Gre'-
chen, dam of Nelsln.
Several other colts aud tllie. beside
the winner. in the race. showed superior
qualities. In the ,~o.yeAr.old race Dr..
q. W. Brown', ehss,nu, ally 20, by
Phnee on.v.. by Ona~s 2:2?i, dam
by M.mbhno Dadlsy 2:l9!. surprised
many Who had previously thought she
could no, 20 much. by ,ro,,ins a good
second TO Grsea-ood in the second heat
in 1891
Din.h. by Norway KnoI. dam Fan
ny Pa,ehsn. did exceedingly veil -hen
/, /. known that she h. had scarcely
any training. h.vins been TUNED on,
the pas, summer while the others have
been handled. The tso.year old s,sl'
lion Hen Van. by Messenger Wilkes,
Trial 2:29i (.ire Of Palm. ys.rlins re-.
cord J:l2l dam by Glsalrm 2:?Jt. the
property Of Moan,ain View Farm, was
.~.rdsd h-, premium Ia hi. el.s. and
/. l.rs, and handsome colt. The two
yeu.old s,ldins which 70, fr, Prsmi'
um In that ella. hA. size aud speed.
A. n. Doble also ,ho~ed speedy two
year.old add the ~o.yesr.old hllie. Belle
.nd Top.y ate nice one. .nd have previ-
ou,ly been described. The writer show
ed /. ,~o-yen.old 6lly by Baby Dean
which Coz, u, enough 20 be good ons,
bu, the committee though, not.
Mrs. S r. King Of Welehville bad
driven up TO the grounds large and
very handsome two.ye.r.old hlly by
Hind.' H.mblstonisn. dam, the dam Of
Jones Alert. Mrs. King ia also the
owner OF several other colt. OF promise /;
two by Cyril aud one by Meksnnsy
KnoI.
u. Young. Of Eu, Bethel, showed
hi. ,~o.ysAr.old stallion, Black Prince,
by Victor P.,ehen. lie stands fifteen
and half hands high. weigh, 1925 lbs
and !. fine gated.
The ysArlins Pen,seo',. by Messenger
Wilkes, dam, Given, by Gen. Wi,hef.,
second dam by Gideon. Owned by T.. Nj
Th.yer aud Mountain View Farm Is a
r.nsy stallion aud speedy ys.rling and
took frs, prize.
W. J. Wheeler. yeArlins gel ling,
Robert Holmes. by Thomas Carlyle. u
also nice col, aud took first premium
for ye.rling seldins.
A. we had other matters 20 attend TO
We are unable 20 give = description Of
all the good colts present.
The ,hree.ysar.old stations West,
land and McKu.iek are hard TO bea, IL
M.ine, taking everything into eOa'idsr
alton.
Between the heats Thursday the hand
some bay stallion Cyril. son Of Glenarm,
va. taken out on TO the track by II. G,
Eli. aud given some eIer,ise. lie wa
timed a quarter in '3gi. 1888 clip
He will uo, In $50 some day bsuin.
accidents. His colts are wonderfully
good gated. several Of which we vii
mention later. lie Is owned by J. +
Jswe,, Of Auburn.
Eleetrifsr. a three.yesr-old hlly by
Glenarm. owned by the writer, ,ro,.ed
q half in i:2s. She has been used on
the road for = year and has never beer
in the hands Of q trainer.
A feature Of the fair was the matches
race between Barrett Brothers Primo
Ariemus. . yesrling. and Fred Emery
four-year-old. Prince Artemus was th
winner in both races. Some elsime'
that IL was a put up job. but We hav
excellent reason for believing tia, !, wa
not.
Some OF the horses that helped :
make an s1hibi, a. the fair las, yea
were conspicuous by their absence thi
thi. year. Eelair and hi. get, B.b
Dean and others made gres, shown
las, year but failed to secure premiums
and unls.. = different manner in judgin
animal. is adopted, We fear ,ha, som
Who made an eshibi, this year will b
sb.en, from mex, years fair. The uni
form satisfaction to exhibitors which be
attended the adoption Of q scale Of point
with which to judge animals, 10 9th,
parts Of the country where IL has bee
tried should cause the officers OF this &C
eis,y to sdOp, similar scale and to sr
gage expert horsemen from out Of tt
State. Who are no, acquainted With g,
hibi,ots 10 act a. Judges. We have n