The Portland daily press., 1889-09-05
THE GOVERNOR At the FAIR.
With His staff He Sees the Show al
MapleWood Park.

BANGOR. September 4.-Governor Bur-
leigh and staff arrived this afternoon, on the
322 train, to visit the fair. Col. F. d. Pullen
and Col. d. A. Robinson, of the staff, ac-
companied by Milton 81. French, of Denison,
Texas, joined the governors party at the de-
pot, where they were in waiting, in response
to instructions from Gen. Sprague. All the
party were in full uniform. President j. P.
Bass and Secretary E. l.. Stearns, OF the
Eastern Maine Fair, whose guests the dis.
tinguished party were to be, were In waiting
governor and party and take them to the
grounds.
The whole party were driven direct to the
were driven around by the stalls to see the
fine exhibition Of stock. Gov. Burleigh ex-
pressed his admiration of the showing as
did the other members Of the party.
AS the party came In front Of the grand
stand which was alive with sweltering hu-
they were heartily cheered by the vast
crowd all around them. They left the car
riageS in few minutes and took seats on
the balcony which afforded fine view of
the grounds in front and the races.
The party consisted of Governor Burleigh,
ID. A. Robinson, Milton Ii. French, Col. H,
E. Mcdonald, Hon. Silas c. Hatch. Gen.
John Harper, Col. Geo. L. Thompson, Col.
Stanley Plummer.
This evening the Governor and staff took
tea at the residence of Hon. j. P. Bass.
on High street. and returned to Augusta
on this evenings train.
The Exhibits.
Among the cattle exhibits Hall G. Bur-
leigh's Herefords, and Thomas c. Burleigh's
Sussex cattle attracted great attention,
A fine herd of eight H0lstiens comes from
New Gloucester, and is the property of F.
W. Berry. There are two bulls, two cows,
TWO heiferS and two calves.
f.. A. Bailey of Winthrop, has 80 head of
his famous Herefords here.
George d. Knight of Saccarappa, shows
pulling and working oxen, grth six feet and
nine inches.
Last evening c. II. Eaton of St. Stephen
offered Mr.. Briggs $1,000 for the splendid
two-year old gelding Palm. He is the ami
NAL that broke the Maine record yesterday,
was sired by Messenger Wilkes, and is prob
ably the best one of his progeny. The offer was
promptly refused.
The Races.
The races drew another big crowd this
afternoon, 12,0C0 people seeing the contests
which resulted as fellows:
THREE YEAR OLD cLAss-PURsE 5000.
~, ~, +; LOU, oI; stephens, ms Or Lycurgus..l l
w. q. Marshall, Belfast ms br Wilkesmont.2 2
Geo. ". Horn, Saltwater, ms br s Stanwood.. ..3 3
b. +. q +. II. Briggs, Auburn, ms b Ben V. a
TIME.
Quarter. Halt. Quarters. Mule
1st heat. AZ 1.21 2.O11a 2.43
I'd heat..... .401l 1.2O 2.O1 2.4O1a
2.32 CLAsS-PURSE $3.50.
E. II. Woodside, Auburn, ms. b G, Free
Il i L
Chales Milliken, Augusta, ms. b G. Dudley
DQCh 's....... q
L. j.. Lawrence, Fairfield, ms. br G, Ticon-
e. W. Sullivan, Bangor, ms. blk m. Lady
hOckVllle. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
TIME.
Three
Quarter Halt. Quarters. Mile.
1st heat ...........39 1.1e1a 1.54 2.3214
I'd heat...... .....39 1.161a 1.5534 233
Sd heat. lit 1.55 2.31M
There were two races at the park this
morning. The two-year-old class was won
by the black mare Lady Leda in two heats
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