The Portland daily press., 1888-09-21
The;Sanford Show.
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OAK GROVE PARK, SANFORD, Sept. 20.-
Fog and drizzling rain ushered in the second
day of the Fair. Nevertheless the trustees
of the Association have determined on carry
ing out the second days programme as ar
ranged. Almost every colt stabbed on the
grounds was on the track this morning in
the rain and there was unusual activity in the
vicinity of the stables. A look through the
stables showed the following list of trotters
IN readiness for the races: Kite, owned by
+. A. Maxwell of Portland; Royal Oakes,
owned by q. A. Weymouth of Sanford; the
brown geldlng Harry d., owned by G. w.
Davis of Dover, N. H.. and the bay mare
Jane, owned by the same party; Frank S.,
owned by j. f. Hasty of Dover, N. H.; Gill
ford Boy, owned by III. G. Rankin of Roches-
ter, n. I'll, the bay mare Cad Fly, owned by
A. ii. johnson of Sanford the brown geld
ing Ned, owned by Selden Graves of Spring
yale; the roam mare Rangeley Belle, owned
by Oscar Ramsey of Rochester, n H.: and
Bauneg Beg Chief. owned by Chadbourn of
Sanford.
"A At M 10 a. m. the grand procession Of steers
and oxen took place under the escort of the
WATERFORD Band, with K. Al. Kempton as
mounted marshal. There were four teams,
Sanford, 10 yokes; Alfred, IS yokes; Leba-
non, 10 yokes, and Bauneg Beg. eight
yOkes.
The clouds cleared away somewhat at
noon and no rain has fallen, but cold dis
agreeable wind rendered overcoats and thick
wraps a necessity. There were at least 500
more people here today than yesterday from
all the adjoining towns in anticipation of the
races. The race for purse No. II, $500, was
Clifford Boy, Joe I'll. and Frank S. In the
first heat Frank s. broke all the way round
the course, coming in, however, ahead of
Maxwells Kite: The order in which they
hIlIG Io6 IraA 10 lA,N
ford Boy, second; Frank s., third and Kite,
fourth. The best time made was 2.44, and
the race evidently lay between Joe ii. and
Clifford Boy. While the trotters were being
prepared for the second heat the colts were
brought out for the first heat in the colt
race, which was won by Golddust, owned by
q. w. Welloughby of Berwick; time, 1.221.
In the second heat of the trotting race for
the 238 class Clifford Boy came in first !;
Joe H., second; Frank S., third; and Kite,
fourth, as before.
The race was won by Joe III.
THE SUMMARY:
Joe H. ch. 6. owned by E. W. stiles,
Springvale. ........................ 2 [
Clifford Boy b. s. owned by H. G. Ran
kin, Rochester, N. H................ 2 L 2
Franks, g: g. owned by j. f. Hasty,
Kite, ch. G. owned by j. A. Maxwell,
Time~2.44, 2.44is, 2le, 2.4iilS. :
The colt race was won by Lady Woodbrino,
7. m. owned by FL. Butler, of Berwick, best
time, 1.221. Two others were entered, Gold
Dust, owned by q. A. Willoughby, of Ber
wick, and Gen. Wilkes, owned by T. III.
Wingate, of Sanford.
At Gray Park.
Especial TO the Press.1
GRAY, Sept. 20. Rainy weather has again
been instrumental in deferring the opening
day of the Gray Fair, but it is hoped that
everything will be fourshing within the
Park gates tomorrow. A trip through the
exhibition buildings shows the people to be
awake to agriculture. The ladies take a
prominent part, and the best specimens Of
cabbage were those grown by women.
The usual number of hawkers and cheap
showmen infest the grounds, and the stump
orations of some are exceedingly amusing,
to say nothing of the advantages of seeing
everything on earth for the small sum of one
dime. Messrs. Chase & Stearns, the local
dealers in stoves, make most excellent dis
play of goods in their line.
Your correspondent is under obligatio MS to
Mrs. b. f. Skillin and Mrs. Orin Higgins,
ladies in charge of the fancy goods depart
ment, as well as Misses, Florence Hunt and
Mabel Cobb, the reception committee, for
much valuable information.
In the cattle department, Mr.. Grin Hig-
gins kindly explained the various breeds
with their numerous advantages. Mr.. Hig-
gins purchased last season from Warren A.
Howard Of Brockton, Mass, four heifers,
Holstein breed, paying 5000 therefor. His
exhibit was one bull, full blood Holstein,
girts SIX feet and five inches, weight 1345
pounds, six grade cows HolSteins four
heifers.
Mr.. Andrew Allen, West Gray, exhibited
10 head, full blood Jerseys zone Jersey bull,
Morarity, years old, took first prize at Lew
lings, grade Jerseys two years old, cows
best grade; George Mcdonald, Gray, one
cow, helfer and thre young cattle; John L.
Merrill, Two Jersey cows, one grade bull, 10
weeks old. called Gen. Grant; Hezekiah
Whitney, Gray, one cow, two years old heif-
cow, heifer and heifer calf, grade Jersey !;
Scammon Fogg, Gray, four Jersey grade
cows; ID. f. Houston, two cows, Jersey, full
blood, one Maine State full blood; L. l..
Adams, Mountain View Farm, West Gray,
five cows, grade Jerseys, four heifers same,
three Maine State Jerseys, three American
Cattle Club Jerseys; True M. Merrill, breed
er OF Cattle Club Jerseys, West Gloucester
Lake View Farm, exhibited ten head A. G.
G. D., four grade Jerseys, one bull, Buffer,
oUD, MY pei Ctut. Db. lIdluDtIt, buTce years
old, another six months old, twenty-five per
cent. st. Lambert, one heifer six months old,
twenty-five per cent. Pocahontas; o. NJ.
Golf, two grade Durhams, one Swiss heifer,
three years old, one pair steers, yearlings (;
John Merrill, two heifers, yearlings, Jerseys
Irwin and H. b. Hall, two heifers, Jerseys
and Gurnsey, two and three years old; James
0. Whitney, two cows. grade Jersey; b. l..
Shaylor, grade Jersey bull; VIM. Akers,
grade Durham, seven and one-half feet.
The fair will be continued until Saturday.
and should the weather become favorable, it
is expected that from eight to ten thousand
people will be in attendance tomorrow and
Saturday.
What They Show in Knox.
RocKLAND, Sept. 20.-The Knox Agricul-
tural and Horticultural Society opened its
annual exhibition in this city Yesterday