The Portland daily press., 1888-10-10
THE CUMBERLAND COUNTY FAIR.
The Popular Farmers Festival
Opened Yesterday.
An Exciting Race by the 2.35
Class.
John Halnes Thrown From His Sulky
in the Second Heat.

but owing to the incleinency of the weathe
the attendance was small. The entries il
the several departments are large and of
high order. splendid field of horses bein
entered for the races. In the agriculture
department j. J. Frye and Daniel Kelle,
have their usual fine display of plows an,
other farming tools, and in the cattle de
partment ID. W. Clark of Cape Elizabeth
w. w. Cressey of Gorham, ]. N. Newcomb
Albert S. Riggs, Henry Morrison
Herbert Collins, Reuben Meserye
Frank Emery and Oscar Deering have at
tractive exhibits. All the cattle sheds will
be occupied today, making the Fair as
whole probably the best ever held on thu
Gorham grounds.
Yesterday the four year old horses and tn,
2.35 class were advertised to trot, but OWN,
to the storm and the small attendance it wa
at first thought best to postpone both TIL,
jockeys, especially John Haines, who drov,
Dan Wilkes in the 235 class, were anxiou,
to have the races called, and finally it wal
decided to trot the 2.35 class. and SO Isaial
Pomplly, j. II. Fifeld and Edward L. Cobb
the judges, proceeded to the stand and rams
the bell for the horses to come upon III,
track. At the time it was bitter
cold, and snow fell fast, bu
SO much had been said against postponins
the races that the judges were bound to have
the .35 class put over the ring if they had t.
go on runners. Soon after the appearance
OF the horses, however, the storm abated
and when the second heat was called the
had "a
stopped showing and excepting the cold
weather the race could not have been trotted
under more favorable circumstances. Some
two hundred people gathered about the
grand stand when it was learned that the
race would be trotted, and waited patiently
for the beginning. John Hanes. driving
Dan Wilkes, was the first Jockey to drive
upon the ring, and he was followed by the
nimble Frank A., driven by his -v-qnar
Frank Fox. Next came Tom Sands, of Saco
with Edwin L., and about at the same time
Fred A. Maxwell drove in from the horse
sheds with his chestnut gelding Kite, Scott
Jordan driving Gray Eagle, Black Pete
driven by j. M. Leavitt, ID. Hieber with
Gray Bunker and Albert Cobb holding the
ribbons over Doctor were the next to appear,
making eight starters, all driven by expert
enced jockeys. The pole fell to Frank A.,
Black Pete was fortunate in getting second
place, Gray Bunker drew third, the fourth
place fell to Dan Wilkes, Edwin L. got fifth,
Gray Eagle sixth. Kite seventh and Doctor
the eighth.
After little scoring, and there would have
been more if the starter. Mr.. Pompilly,
hadn't told the jockeys that he would fine
the first man who came down ahead of the
pole horse ten dollars. the word was given
and away they went. Frank A. shot q
length ahead in going around the
first turn and the others, excepting Dan
Wilkes, got no nearer to him during
the heat. Black Pete followed close behind
him, Dan Wilkes came next with strong
clip, while the others were near together
and all struggling for fourth place. The
quarter pole was reached in 80 seconds and
the half in 117a. AT the quarter pole Dan
Wilkes made noble dash for first place and
got it for moment, but soon fell back to
second, while Black Pete was obliged to give
up third place to Gray Eagle. Doctor and
Gray Bunker fell to the rear. The full mile
Ndo llOlttu Ill ZOO1, frank n. cOlnluR III
first, Dan Wilkes second, Gray Eagle third,
Edwin l.. fourth, Kite fifth, Black Pete
sixth, Doctor seventh and Gray Bunker last.
The second heat was both interesting and
exciting. Frank A., of course was entitled
to the pole, and from the word go he was the
first horse in the race. Before the first turn
was reached the jockeys worked hard for a
position. John Haines was close behind
Black Pete with Dan Wilkes and the others
We're punched. Scott Jordan crowded Gray
Eagle in for third place. this forced Haines
close to the rail to avoid collision, and the
result was that Haines was run into and
thrown head first from his sulky. Dan
Wilkes without driver kept on, running at
full speed with the reins dragging. Haines
was thrown among the horses but FORUM
ately was not stepped on. His face was cut
and badly bruised in several places and one
of his legs so severely hurt that he was
taken from the grounds to the village where
he could receive medical treatment, another
Jockey being appointed to take his place.
Dan Wilkes took the outside and
held thirc place by running, and Black Pete
was second. The horses. as well as the
jockeys, We're somewhat frightened by the
runaway, but all kept on The quarter pole
was passed in 391 seconds. Several men at
tempted to stop Dan Wilkes, but all efforts
were in vain until he reached the grand
stand. The horses passed under the
wire the first time in l Is, trotting the full
mile in 2.3S. Frank A. came in first
and Black Pete came second. Gray Eagle
held the third place, but was set back to the
seventh for crowding Haines and running.
Gray Eagle being set back, Doctor got third
place, Edwin l.. fourth, Kite fifth Gray
Bunker sixth, and Dan Wilkes was given
the eighth. j. M. Leavitt, Black Pete's
driver, had the axle of his sulky sprung by
somebody fouling with him at the time
Haines was thrown off. This necessitated
changing sulkies
The third heat was quite as interesting as
the Others, and was trotted in better time.
Frank A., which by this time had become a
great favorite with the crowd, trotted hand
somely, winning the heat and by so doing
winning the race. Edwin l.. acted better
than in the previous heats and succeeded in
getting the second place. Dan Wilkes came
in third, and Black Pete fourth. This heat
was trotted in 2354
The following il the summary.