The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-09-16
FROM CUMBERLAND COUNTY FARMS
Come Sleek Cattle and Fine Horses
to the Show at oorhan.
The Fair Which Opened Yesterday
Does the Exhibitors Proud.
A Glance Around the crounds-how
the Trotting Resulted.

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| About two dczsn new stalls have been built
to the left Of the grand stand, and the hal
has been much improved inside and out.
The track has been improved and the ar
rangements for keeping the crowd away
| from the racers are much more complete
than last year. A siding has been built by
| the railroad company to admit cars Of stock
other exhibits being unloaded at the gates Of
the park.
The arrangement Of the fair Is the same
as on previous years and the same efficient
officers who had charge last year are In COM
mand this year.
! The stock exhi bit Is very large. Every
staiis yallable for show cattle and horses is
occupied, and more arrivals are expected to-
day, which MIST be tied up out Of doors. In
the cattle stalls An mn Libby's herd OF Jer-
seys and Ayrshires Is conscicuous. Mr.. D.
W. Clark's Guernseys also afti.sct much at
tention and favorable comment fromui.2yers
OF stock. Mr.. Libby also exhibits his ser-
| sey bulls Maine Sheldon and Fauntleroy aid
his Ayrshire Queens Duke. Mr.. Douelass's
| Ayrshire Queens Donald Is also much ad-
| mired.
The display OF oxen Is not large In point
OF numbers. but the specimens shown are
worthy of attention. In the working class
| Ayrshire, g. ID. knight, w. w. Cressey and
Hon. w. Fl. Vinton are exhibitors. Mr.
Vinton also has two pairs Of matched oxen.
| A. Usher and l. L. johnson also have fine
matched cattle entered for exhibition. There
are not many steers and calves, but Mr.. Vim
ton has several. pair of beef cattle and the
| Gray town team.
The exhibits Of sheep and swine are not
| large. FL. B. Smith Of Gorham exhibiting
several fine Chester Whites. In sheep class
es w. II. Lombard Of Gorham. and N. Fl.
Henderson of South Buxton. show South
| Downs.
The horses entered for exhibitio only are
numerous and handsome, occupying the
stalls to the right Of the main entrance.
| They are mostly young animals, including
the Isaac q. Atkinson string, the four year
| old colt by Hambletonian Chief, colts by
Harbinger. Burnham & Morrilps string Of
colts by Norway Knox, Ira Woodoury's
colts and horses and many other well known
animals. The Barrett contingent is well
represented and the Mountain View stud by
| Resolute.
| Granville F. Sturgis Of Gorham, has an In
terestlng lot Of Shetland ponies, mares and
colts In the far corner of the grounds. DIR.
| b. B. Foster exhibits his black mare Stella
with foal and Burnham & Morrill, have their
mares Nathalie. Emma ane Margaret NJ.
Woodbury. Brothers Of Duck Pond. have
two immense draft stations on the grounds.
In the hall the arrangements are the same
as In former years. On the open ground
| floor the poultry exhibit and it Is unusually
full this year. being mostly In the hands Of
| John A. Lord of Windham, Howard s. Ush-
| Ell, w. w. Cressey and +. Q. Harding Of
| Gorham, and includes all varieties of hens
aud ducks. The agricultural implements
/ are about dozen pl0ws OF all kinds, with q
horse-rake by ID, L. Kelley Il Son, and
moving machine by Z. II. T. Smith Of Cor
| ham.
Upstairs. at the front end Of the hall is a
beautiful exhibit of photographs In cabinets
and imperial sizes and groups. The collec-
tion includes speaking likenesses Of ex-Post-
master Palmer, Hon. ": w. Thomas and
many others, including the Ship Ahoy Com
paDy and the c0lored group Of Chandler's
Band. These are the contribution Of the
Lamson studio. On the left Is a fine line Of
boots and shoes from V. ID. Ward of West
brook. and complete house as TO furniture
| and carpets by the Atkinson Company. The
Quaker ran 70 Is not left out. and George Ul-
mer has another one outside on his cart.
Cressey Jones have piano and an organ
| which were frequently heard with delight.
Kendall u Whitney have their usual COM
plete and interesting collection Of dairy i'm
| plements, and FL. Il. Boynton Of Westbrook
| has a china set and other household utensils
large assortment of outside garments and
| fancy goods in charge of Mr.. Coolidge. The
| centre of the hall is occupied by the articles
| Of fancy work on which the good ladies of
Aw.A al
weary hours of labor with full measure
| OF success. The exhibit includes quilts,
| splashers, Tides, doyleys, aprons, lace em-
broidery and crochet work. and the list of
exhibitors includes Mrs. G. M. Billings, Mrs.
:. E, Stnrgis. Miss s, Lila Rogers, Mrs:
| Lee Il. Hunt, Mrs. Mary b. Clarke and
many others. An appetizing display Of pre-
| serves isllies and pickles is in the centre Of
| the hail, the exhibitors being Miss +. j.
Sturgis, Mrs. Helen Newcomb and Mrs.
| Rose johnson.
The second floor, as usual, is devoted to
| vegetables and fruit. +. @. Harding has the
| place Of honor on the right Of the stairs. and
he deserves it. The failure Of crops has evil
| IDENTIFY not reached his way, and In squashes,
| grapes, plums, apples and pears he has the
| field nearly all to himself. William Wesco,t
has 10 varieties OF apples, and Thomas J0r-
dan also exhibits great variety Of fruit.
The G0rham Grange exhibit occupies the
| other side Of the hall, and Is large and CON-
| pete. The front Of the room Is occupied by
beautiful display of flowers, arranged for
the Grange by Mrs. Wentworth and Mrs.
/ Palmer.
Ira +. Clark & Co., have foe assortment
Of ready made clothing in charge of Mr..
/ Hannaford.
| The Races.
| OF course the trot was the feature Of the
day. When the noon trains arrived, with
the American Band OF Westbrook, there
we're nearly 1000 persons on the grounds.
The judges for the trot were Isaiah Pompil-
ly. starter, John s. Heald, and Warren KIM
ball of Kennebunk associates, with John f.
Haines as sort OF confidential adviser.
The three minute class started first. 1t
was the greatest field Of horses ever seen.
There were IA starters, Of all styles and
kinds. They only scored once or twice. and
then got away, with DIR. Moulton Of Cumber-
land in the pole with his horse c. L. NJ.
Charles Evans's gelding Dick NJ. came next,
| and the rest OF them were more or less mixed
up in the track. They got away in good
style, but =. L. M. began pacing and soon
gave place TO Scott J0rdan's Dolly H., who
was not headed during the race. Charley
Dustin, with his head in an alleged magenta
cap, steered Grauietta near enough to make
1t interesting several times, but never head
| ed the mare. When they came down the
stretch they were nearly neck and neck, with
/ frlnco wilkes, Helen Nj. and DOT IN line,
and bunch of trotters beaind. Dick Clark
was distanced.
The second heat was procession. Dolly
IL. and Granietta opened from the others by
good margin most OF the time, although
they broke occasionally and then Helen NJ
and Gypsey, Ira Woodbury's lively mare,
| would edge up to them. Dick NJ, Gen. Wea
yer, Maud Spicer and Dot stepped out In this
heat and left the field reduced to something
like decent proportions. A good deal OF
scoring was necessary, but the finally got
away. Helen NJ. made brace and was al
most up TO the leader, but broke at critical
point and fell back. Daisy then came uI
and five horses were punched for some time
Charley Dustin let out yell and they scat
, tered, Granietta came up and the finish wa:
almost neck and neck, although Mr. Jordan's
horse had the longest neck. The summary
800 Clasp $3.50.
y. T. Mou ton, z, c. T. .M.................6 Z
Ghas n. Evans, 6, Dick M..............2 IL d
J.. Scott Jordan, b IN, Dolly H..............1 L
w. M. Rogers, Dl s, Dr. Franklin, Jr....... dis
, W. L. Cram, br m, Helen nM................4
4. Kane, ch &, Prince Wikes..............3
f. NJ Hawkes., br $, Gen. Weaver........ o dis
X. n Dyer, Portland, br m, Daisy. 8
Ma iMoououry, Q m, Gypsey........ ...l0 4