The Portland daily press., 1891-09-24
BIcYcLs1s WED WITH THE TRoTTERs
In Amusing the crowd at'he Buxton
and Hollis Fair.
Berry of saco and Liscsmb OF Port
land winning wheelmen.
The cocoalns Dentist Busy Pulling
York County Teeth.
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of the Buxton and Hollis Fair opened with
a slight fog that gave promise of rain. but it
soon burned off and a good day followed.
The attendance was much larger than on the
first day. the horse trots and bicycle races 10
the afternoon proving drawing cards.
Many of the stock exhibits were removed
owing to the lack Of stalls alter the pre-
miums were awarded, but the hall exhibit
q. W. Costello Of WATERFORD has a fine ex-
hibit in the hall of bee keepers supplies, APP
paratus, honey and beeswax.
The exhibit of canned fruit and pickles Is
well worth attention, occupying long table
In the centre of the hall.
S. Meserve & Son, Bar Mills, have on ex-
hblton one Royal Atlantic range, one st.
Nicholas parl0r coal stove, one Acorn parlOr
stove. one New Home sewing machine. also
case Of Webber's medicines and extracts
manufactured by them.
The list of itinerant merchants who do
business on the grounds has considerably In
creased. In addition to the iamoaade man,
the.banana vender. the CANDY. Portland
lager" uno and ginger beer man and paper
flower merchant, the cOcoaine dentist Is
present and doing good business
The following premiums were awarded:
: Matched horses John G. Roberts, lat.
Colts. years colt by Artemas, Jr., Chas. H.
Harmon list: Jesse Newell, I'd.
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two-year stallion, David E. Russell, 3D.
Stations, any age, Walter G )rdon, 1st, Pilot
Wilkes; Judson Roberts, I'd, EomoDt.
Mare Mares az ana colts, J. F. Anderson, LIST; Wesley
Colts, three year olds, M. G. owen, 1st; J. s.
Smith I'd; two years old, Chas. II, Harmon, 1st;
list; N. G. Smith, Cd
Heifers and calves. two years old, s. B. Shepard,
Shepard, Holstein, 1stand I'd; twoyear old grade
Holstein. ). \. Shepard. list; one year old q ade
Holstein, Willie b. Grant, 1st and I'd; twO-year
grade Durham. Cyrus Palmer, ist; two Year old old
grade Jersey, Ralph Kay. lst; one year old grade
HeeSy fHe5ssy g say ast year old
, Bulls, Holstein, two years, Willie b. Grant, 1st;
3 3. Shepard, "a; Holstein, eight months old, A.
Steers, two years old, Squire Libby, 1st; Willie
b. Grant, I'd.
Town teams, Buxton, 1st; WATERFORD, I'd.
e rat cattle Frank Seaman, Saco, 1st; Horace,
s. Martin, I'd.
Cows grade Devon, Ralph Kay, 1st; herd of
cows, Ralph Kay, list: Holstein cows, s. b. Shep-
ard, ist and "a; grade jersey, U. A. Berry, 1st;
s. B. Shepard I'd; native cow, @. NJ. Pike, list;
Jersey cow, Ralph Kay, 1st; grade Durham cows,
Sheep, lBest flock. r. G. Stuart, 1s.,' n H. Fen.
deS derson, 2ndi best buck, N. IL. Henderson, LIST,
lst, John MIltiken, I'd; boar, N. ID. Henderson,
A Isl; n. =: Hayes, "a; Premiums on bucks, boars
Fowls, Geese, Willie B. Grant, 1st. John Milli-
ken, "a; Howard :. Usher lst on Wyandottes,
Dominique black Cochin fowl and chicks. light
LIST on buff Cochins; O. ii. Harmon, 1st on Min.
orcas, chicks, Plymouth rocks.
The contest for draft oxen resulted as fol-
lows:
Seven feet and over. A. W. Rowe, first.
Six and half TO. seven feet, Charles Houston,
1St, Seth MeServe, I'd.
sweepstakes A. w. Rowe, 1st.
The Races.
The first race of the afternoon was the 800
minute class, In which there were eight
horses. F0x's luck still held, although Fox
himself was not there. Milo drew the pole
with Harry Rankin's frisky Cephas next,
and Petren's French Girl third. Mahlon
Jordan, steering York's Knox drew the out
side. Milo not appearing on the track, Rank
In took the pole and the proceedings pro-
ceeded. There was considerable scoring
York's Knox threw a shoe and delayed mat
ters somewhat. PetIen passed Rankin on
the fist turn. owing to break by Cephas.
Mahlon Jordan cIme up and the race was
plainly between the tirst three. Rankin shot
by on the second turn and kept there all the
way round. Rankin let his horse out and
distanced the last three horses, Edwin r.,
driven by the one armed Linscott, Prince
Wilkes and UnO.
On the second heat there was no scoring.
The horses all broke before the turn, bus lost
by it, and MahlOn soon led. Before long
Rankin's horse steadied down and resumed
the lead, with French Girl second. The 9TH
er two horses were mot in the race at all un-
til Rankin pulled up for them, and they ran
in to save the distance. French Girl did
considerable running on the back stretch,
but steadied down when passing the judges
In the third heat Rankin took the lead and
kept 1t all the time, with Petren Just about
two lengths behind him all the way round.
York Knox and Daisy j. played with each
other for third ploce, changing occasionally,
but coming in Daisy j. third and York
Knox fourth.