Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-10-09

dollar. and the 2:4s class, which was
pa, In to take the place Of the four.yesr.
old ela.s. the latter falling TO hll.
The starters In the $40 class were
Busy Boy. black stallion owned by w.
NJ. North, Augusta. Lucias A.. bay
horse owned by c. Il. Head, Sumner.
and entered by Y. X. Croker. Auburn.
Charles Bonner. chestnut horse Owned
by Wilder X Chase. Dixfeld. scipic.
brown stallion. entered by A. Q. Serb.
nsr. Lewiston. and Nellie h.. roam mare.
owned and driven by Il. A. s~ssey. Dix
field.
When the horses appeared and com.
mencei scoring the roam mare. Nellie u
bad drawn the pole and from her excel
lent appearances she VAS pretty generally
selected Z. the fsvori,s by the crowd on
the grand stand.
In the fir., hes, Nellie Il. held the
pole the entire hes, and uo,,ed a. s,esdy
!. clock work. She evidently had the
speed Of the field. tn, rub 10 the h.s,
VI. between Laeiu. A. aud Charles
homer for second place. Nellie u took
the hes, easily In 2;59t With Charles
Bonner second. Laeias A. third. seiPio
fourth. and Busy Boy failed TO sc, inside
the distance ass.
In the second heat Nellie Il acted un-
steady. dropped back to third place.
Charlie. homer taking the pole and hold.
ing IL throughout. 9TH Seipio sseoad.
Nellie Is. third and Laeias A. fourth.
In the third hea, the horses maintain
ed the same general position /. ia the
second. coming under the wife Ia the
sam. order.
The foarh hs., "a, by Ear the mos,
interesting. Owing TO the breaking Of
,~o horse. on the back stretch the racer.
became punched and considerably mixed
up. Charles Bonner. Who had mainiAin.
ed his powerful stride q, the head 9TH the
, .,sadine.. Of clock work. made . break
and dropped to third place, being passed
by Busy 10y and N,lli, h. lie soon
7 lesyeled however and began closing the
s.p. Passing Ba.y by. he came into
! the kom- stretch on even terms 9TH
the gallant little roam mare. Nellie u .
and the resul, vas q mos, holly contest
ed race 10 the -ire. both drivers urged
their animal. 10 their bes, effort aud the
! powerful stride Of Charlie. bonner proved
too much Zoe the li,,l, mare al,h iush
she came under the wire god .seoad
-i,h one Of the traces unlocked aud
. ayiag among her limbs Laeius A.
) came up TO third position In this heat.
Seipio fourth Boansr. the winner,
made h. heat. 10 ?:t2. 2:tS aud AL.
he ga. sired by RoN-r Bonnsr. Jf. by
Robert bonner. by Ry.ilE. HambIs,oa-
ian. lie -... until within year Of ,-o
supposed To have no ,ro,tins qaali,is. and
-. o-nsd by Norway aud DiihsId par
tie. q, very lo- price. When he made
hi, mile =, Canton this .e.sjn in 1851 hl'
owner vas offered Ave hundred dollar
for him. II, /. . steady going horse snd
} II he improve, In the neat year a. he hai
10 the pas, will make one Of the phsnon'
; insl performer.
The sn,ris. ia the three minute ella.
yer, Black Nathan. the promising youn'
! stallion Owned by A. Y. Russell Of Beck
J hsle. Md K eh,.,nu, kor., o-nsd b.
. Andres & 1h.yer. Norway, Dan u
powerful black .iallioa o-ned ID A
Cosiin. Milion. aud the bro-n mare Nin'
, Owned by Barrett Brothers Of Samnsf
the latter w.. di.,sneed in the fret hss,
The rice VI. won In three s,rsish, heat
by Russell. Black Nathan. Ned T.. be
ins third Ia fret beat and .oond In sec
ond aud third. Black Nathan svidsn,l,
had the speed Of the field. 10 nssrlI
every h,., he "a. sppsrsn,ly held bach
10 second OF third position un,il near ,h'
home stretch When he forged ahead q
the fron,. Ia the hr, heat he pss'st
hi. eompetitor. in turning into the stretch
and gained on them 80 ,hs, be ".
walked under the -irs, winning easily u
1854. His time In second and ,hiiC
Vas ASS.
Daring the races Of the .soond day sew
ef.l hne horses -er, ,hi~n between ,h'
heats. The stallion Vss.albofo BY. By
Victor. 10y General Kaox Owned by )
|, =. Fuller. Bidstoa. vi. given sni ext
biiion hes, in 2:is. lie n . beautiful
mahogany bay aud . ans appearing
horse.
The fne ,hree-year.old stallion West
land. o-nd by B.re,, Brother. Of Fair
vie~ Stock Farm. IVES, Samner, "a
given an exhibition mile In $50. Un'
lea. we 81. suffering from bad case o.
un.ound Judgment. ,h- stallion West
land is one Of the coming phenomina
one. Of Maine. lie has pure ,rot,ins
ssi, and Is now one Of the tastes, horses
Of his age In Maine. lie VI. bred b,
G n Nelson. wIerille.
TIE .'essn, young stallion MeKu.iek
by Olympus. by Almont, Owned by Hon
Goerss ID Bi.bee. Baekf.ld. Vas shows
before the grand stand by bis trainer
Mr.. II. c. Elli.. and awakened . tide Of
admiration. H- showed . fas, gal, and
Was said by many to be the moe, oesu,i.
fal horse on the Z. In grounds.
Tn. races Of the entire exhibition we're
above the average 10 inieres. and ihos,
OF the third day were no exception.
, They were the $50 class. the t~o-year,
old and the free .for.all The so class
vas ~on In susish, heats by w. X
Chs.e's Charles Bonner, against Mac,
brown horse owned by G. IL. Walker,
Pryeburg. and driven by Jason Rus
sell, the brown stallion seipio. entered
aud driven by A. g. Scribnsr. Lewiston,
and . large roam horse. Spot Draper,
entered by w. NJ. North. Augusta.
Mac go, second money 10 this race. Seip'
10 third. Time 2:Ss. 2;+51. $40.
The t~o-yesr.old race brought out
some fine colts. The starters we're the
; bay flly. Matte. owned BY Evans &
Dyer. Soa,h Paris. the black hlly. Dinah
Owned by Marble & Pierce. Paris. the
bay gelding. Greenwood owned by An.
drews & Thayer. Norway. . colt owned
by p. A. Jordan OF Mechanic Falls.
Greenwood won this race In two heats
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