The Portland daily press., 1891-09-05
INCREASE IN THE POPULATION
Cornish Was Several Thousand Lare-
or Than Usual Yesterday.
The Crowds Saw About the Best
Fair Ever heId.There.
Jack Spratt Finished Second In the
Free-for-All at Cray.
Especial to the Press

CORNISH, September 4-The closing day
of the Ossipee Valley fair was bright and
clear. and the refreshing breeze, which blew
gently from the west. made the day quite
cool and comfortable. About o'clock the
teams began pouring into the village in a
steady stream. 1t was the largest crowd
seen in the village for several years, and it
was push and jam everywhere. The barges
from the morning train from Portland were
packed to their limit and the sidewalks re-
minded one of Wall street. To say that
there was crowd at the grounds would not
begin to express 1t. All the available space
was filled, and 1t was no easy matter for a
pedestrian to make his way through the
throng. Before noon more tickets had been
sold, ard there were more people on the
ground than at any time on the previous
day, and to say that the afternoon arrived
with 1000 people on the ground would be no
exaggerated statement At o'clock there
was an examination Of poultry, produce,
household and fancy articles. Although the
show Of poultry was not so extensive as last
year, yet some very good Plymouth Rocks
were on exhibition. The produce and dairy
were fine, thread quilt, "a hand painted
lambrequin and some Kensington embrOid-
cry work being especially good. The collec-
tions Of paintings attracted considerable at
tention At 10 o'clock the gentlemen's driv-
Ing horses were brought out for exhibition,
and premiums awarded as follows: 1st, E.
Cobb, Limerick; I'd, j. G. Aver, Cornish;
Sd, Freeman Pugsley, Cornish. The second
game of ball between the Freedoms and Ke-
zar Falls was but repetition of yesterdays
game, the score being "a to In favor of the
Freedoms.
2.27 Race.
BY the time the races were called between
four and i've thousand people were on
the grounds and the fences about the track
were lined with people. At 1.30 the long
watched for 2.27 class was called. and
all the talk of the previous days had availed
nothing for no one was sure Of the winner.
AS Mamie w. came down past the grand
stand the applause showed how she stood
with the crowd. AS the horses went down
the stretch to come up for the word. The
suspense. and nothing was heard but the
frequent cries Of the lemonade and peanut
men, seemingly unconscious of the event
that was about to take place. The second
time down the word was given. Mamie W.,
who drew second place, at the first turn
closed in ON Keystone and took the lead at
the three-quaiters pole, Mamie w. made
break and Keystone came up. The horses
trotted neck and neck, Keystone gaining the
lead as they came down the stretch. The
next half was uninteresting, Keystone hold
ing his lead to the finish. The first quarter
was made in 357 seconds, the finish was 232.
Scoring down twice. the horses got the
word in the next heat, with keystone a
little In the lead. On the lower turn, Mamie
W. made a good rush but failed to get the
lead, making slight break as the horses
went up to the quarter pole. AT the half.
woodbury. made drive and Mamie w. had
q good gain; The horses went, past the
quarters pole, Keystone made good gain
and came under the wire about length in
the lead.
The horses had a good send off. Mamie
". held held up well to the quarter, but here
not In It. All the way to the three-quarters
pole, Keystone made gain and came under
the wire at almost walk. Keystone was in
race-wise condition, having trotted several
las no besn h 4a@f ss Ms ~
having been worked out at her best only
few times
At the close of this heat the beautiful bay
stallion Pickpocket, owned by +. p. Fox of
Cornish, was lead out before the stand for
exhibition and his brilliant record was brief
ly announced by the starter, Mr.. Parker.
2.27 CLAss.-PURsE $500.
F. P. Fox, Cornish, b S, Keystone ......1 1
Time~2.SS, 2.s4' asia.
The 2.45 Race.
At the starG Josie Campbell took the lead,
holding first place easy to the close. Milo
held first place for the half. At the three
quarters pole Alice Z. was making gain on
Milo. Walter s., who had made a very big
squirt. was close at Alice E.'s wheel. Milo
came in second by one length. Alice E. and
Frank w. tr0tted down the stretch side by
side, Alice E. finishing third by about a
head. Josie Campbell started first and flo
ished first In the second heat: Alice e. was
second to the quarter pole, but there Milo
passed her. The horses finished in this or
der, with Frank w. fourth. Milo was set
back to third place for making three breaks
As in the two previous heats Josie Campbell
was an easy winner in the third. Milo
passed Alice E. at the quarter pole and held
good second till squirt by Alice e. as the
horses came down the stretch pushed Milo
hard. Alice K. would have finished second
but for break as she came under the wire
Pas cLAss.-PURsE 500.
N. ]. Foss, Cornish, m Josie Campbell.1 / /
+. P. Fox, Cornish, br g Milo. ..............2 2
w. +. Brooks, Boston, m Alice E........3 2 3
o; F. stackpole, Biddeiord, W S Frank WA DIS
Time-244, 2.44, 2.451A.
The 2.35 Race.
The 27 ard the 2.45 classes having finished
their races, the 235 class was called ou
After scoring little the horses were sent
off with Ned Allen at the lead and Saltpetre
close second. Walter s: and Guywood
fighting for third, Guywood winning. Salt
petre, who finished second, was set back to
tnlru Tor f0ur breaks.
During the intermission, III. G. Rankin's
stallion, Wentwood, trotted an exhibition
mile in 2374.
Ned Allen took the lead and held 1t to the
finish In the next heat. On the quarter,
Saltpetre closed up big space and went to
second position from fourth where he had
been trotting. AS the horses came down the
home stretch SaltpetIe was close to the first
place. Ned Allen finishing about one half a
neck in advance.
In the third heat Saltpetre had the lead for
moment, but Ned Allen passed him at the
quarter pole. The second half, the horses
trotted In line, finishing as shown:
2.35 CLAss-PURsE $3.50.
j. T. Dodge, Rochester, N. II Ned
f. 7. Fox, Cornish, b Saltpetre. ..........3 2 2
Mal0n Jordan Westbro0k, br s GuywOod.2 3
James Quarter, Biddeford, BIS Walter SD
Time, 2.4l, 2.3914, 2.37A.
And so the races of the day ended and
with them the 14th annual exhibition of the
Ossipee Valley Union Agricultural Society
closed. To say that the fair this year was
grand success hardly puts it strong enough
The races this year were very good indeed,
and the general satisfaction manifested on
all occasions was unusual. There were by
far more people present during the fair this
year than were ever before seen on the
grounds. The gate receipts on the first day
were more than three times what they were
last year on the first day. On the second
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