The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-09-03
THE TROTTERS WERE OUT YESTERDAY
And Thousands Of maine People
Saw Their Performances.
Good Shows In Full Swing at Gray
and Cornish.
The Bangor Fair Will Last Until
Nearly Church Time.
Especial to the Press.1


CORNISH. September 2.-The refreshing
rain of the night before made the opening
day Of the Ossipee Valley Fair all that
could be asked for. Early In the morning
the teams from the neighboring towns be-
gan to swarm into the village and by the
time the morning trains had arrived there
was every reason to infer that more people
were In the village and there was more &C.
tivity about town for the first day Of the
fair than ever before. At the grounds every
thing is. at its best, many marked improve
ments having been made. The ground are
spacious and ample accommodations for a
fair of this sort are to be found. The
unique nickel shields of the officers designa-
ting their office, the neatly painted figures
at the. judges stand for announcing the
time, the score card system and the drivers
many colored caps, are all improvements
over last year and lend much to the general
fitness of things about the grounds.
A much needed and longed for improvement
has been met and this year mounted mar
shal Is master OF ceremonies. Everything
about the park shows general Improvement
and clearly mauifests the desire OF the man
agement TO improve so far as 1t Is wise and
fitting. 10 the morning the examination Of
neat stock. sheep swine and poultry showed
pecially was this so In the cattle department..
the display Of Herefords being unusually
fine and the Jersey breed well represented.
1t was good show OF cattle and has re-
ceived much favorable comment about the
grounds. Premiums will be given later.
BY 1.30 o'clock In the afternoonithe crowd at
the grounds had greatly increased the es-
timated number present being about 5000.
The 2.5o Class.
At two o'clock the drivers came up to the
stand for their positions In the $50 class.
The track was in splendid condition
and the horses In fine spirits. The
judges In the stand were G. r. Clifford and
f. T. Flint Of Cornish, with James 81. Parker
Of Hartford. Conn.,, starter. The driver Of
Edwin II, was declared over weight, 75,
pounds. The horses came down for the start.
After considerable preliminary scoring the
horses were sent off with Alice L In the lead,
holding her position well for the first half
mile. Josie Campbell. who had been doing
some very pretty trOtting, holding q good
second place, made spurt and gained de-,
cisive lead as the horses came down to the
finish. The horses finished as Indicated.
Jack Roache. who had made four breaks
was given fourth position although finishing
third; Edwin r finishing fourth, making the
mile with but one break, was given third po-
sition.
With Lady Lightfoot drawn on account Of
some injury received In the first heat. the
the word. Josie Campbell took the lead
from the start and held 1t with ease. trotting
the heat without break. Edwin r passed
Alice at the three-quarter pole, but bad
break under the wire, let Alice 4 In second.
After considerable scoring the driver Of
Jack Roache gave way to Mr.. i. F. Woodbury.,
the change being made on account Of the
over weight OF Jack Reaches driver. he be-
ing seventy-f five pounds over the one hundred
and fifty pounds allowed: The next time
down was the send of. Josie Campbell held
q big lead to the finish. In the first half
Jack Roache was pressing AliceE for second
place but failed to pass, making five breaks
and falling back to fourth position. The
driving Of Woodbury. In place Of Sawyer on
Jack Roache's sulky was noticeable and the
quick recovery from breaks was very pretty.
The finish was the same as In the two pre-
vious heats. The summary:
ESQ cLAss-PURsE 500.
W. J. Foss. Cornish, b m Josie CampbelL..1 1
w I. Brooks, Boston, m Alice E..........2 2 2
Z. X. Redlon, Porter. b Edwin R..........3 8 3
Q. y. Adams, Newneld, b Jack Roache....4 4 4
f..P. Fox, Cornish, blk m Lady Light
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