The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-09-19
WAITING TO SEE NELSON IN The RACE
A, .,r,v Of maine people Spent Last
Night in Boston.
Ro.ts and trains From the Pine Tree
state All crowded.
r.. Contest for the salch Stakes
comes Today II Pleasant.
rspecial to the Press.l


BosroN. September 1S.-Ihe ram fell on
thousands of disappointed Maine people in
the streets of Boston today They had come
70 to see the wonderful Nelson in the great
race but the storm got here with them and
the rsce has been postponed until tomorrow,
or. II the storm should continue, until Fri
day. The number Of people from the Pine
Tree State is a surprise to themselves and to
the Boston folks whes see them on all Sides
For several DAYS allshe steamers from the
Maine cities have /, d all the passengers
which they can carry. The Portland boats
have brought great many people from that
city and others have come on the trains, the
Pullman last nighthaving 10 heavily loaded
cars. At the Quincy House, which is the
headquarters for the eastern horsemen, are
a large party of Maine men. But Maine is
not the only State sending delegation.
The stations entered in the great race all
have their friends and an army Oh them is
here, so that the hotels all feel the pressure.
Still the Pine Tree State takes the lead in
the number of visitors it has sent to the
Hub.
Among the Portland people seen here to-
day are: DR.. George l.. Bailey. Edmund
Dana, Jr.. and wife. Arthur w. Jordan,
Hugh j. Chisholm, Mr.. and Mrs. John K,
liz a. Js
Donald, General c. P. Mattocks, William c.
Eaton and Arthur MaeFadden.
Nelson Is said to be in first rate condition,
while the men who put their faith in Alcry-
on are confident in the success OF the horse
which won the great Hartford race. The
other horses are in shape to make good
fight If the leaders give them chance.
1t is hardly necessary to say that the
crowd which will see the race will be enor-
nous. The limit to the crowd will be
i0l,
the race may be witnessed are taken. In
anticipation of the multitude the grand
stand has been strengthened to hold the
weight of excited humanity which will be
put upon it.
Budd Doble, who is to drive Nelson, will
wear as colors wine red. The competitors
of the Maine horse are thus described:
Alcryon, 7478, is a gray horse of the same
age as Nelson. and is BY Alcyone 1872 dam
Jenny Lind by Abdallah, Is. !. He was bred
by L. III. Mccoy of Louisville, KY, and is
now owned in Worcester by E. e. Frost.
He is the only horse that ever took heat
from Nelson, and with Geneva S. shares the
honor of having headed the Maine stallion
past the wire in a race.
Junemont, 1852, Is a chestnut horse, a
year younger than Nelson and Alcryon. He
is by fremont, 1866; dam Fanny Carey by
Jack Rosey, son of Holcomb Vermont North
Hawk; granddam Paulina by Don Juan.
he was bred by John Carey, jackson. Mich,
and will be driven by James Golden. He is
the dark horse Of the race and no one thor
oughly knows just how fast horse he really
is.
CRANKY, 2489, is handsome bay horse,
foaled in 1882, and is by Princess, $50; dam
Hamite, by Hamlet, 160; granddam Lindora.
by Hambletonian. 10. He was bred and is
now owned by r. S. Veech, st. Matthews,
KY. 1t is "a question who will sit behind
him when the word is given.
Pilot Knox, 2649, is bay horse and the
oldest in the race having been foaled in
1875. He is by Black Pilot, 1897; dam Nan
cy Knox, by Col. Ellsworth, 1863; granddam
and and 'T viii Be- driven either either BY his owner @ @ or
John Sian, the author