The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-01

NAL Enthusiastic Over the Great Exh1-
bition-Three Good r. aces in the After
noon.
Especial to the PREss.]
CORNISH, August 31.-The cattle have
gone and the crowds have come. The
goadsticks, yesterday thick as Birnam
wood on its march to Dunsinane, have
given place to the whipstocks. The
ground is quivering under the rapid thud
of hoofbeats and the very air is horsy.
The Cornish fair is in full blast.
The morning was given up to the dis
play of horsefesh and to an exhibition of
the national game. Before the wise
looking judges in front of the grand
stand stations pranced, and proud look
ing brood mares emitted maternal
Whitney as they looked down fondly up
on the colts that capered by their side.
To the inspiring strains of the Standish
military band $50 called because it is
civilian organization) the handsome,
high bred creatures showed their PAGES,
and fairly danced in delight.
At 10 O'clock the stations, a stalwart
group, ranging in age from one year to
four, were trotted out before the stand
and Judgment passed upon them. All
were good, but in the opinion OF the
Judges five were the best of the group,
and to them the premiums were award
ed as follows: Churchill & Foss, four
year-old stallion Young Scipio, first pre-
MUM; two-year-old, Alfred Berry, Cor
nish, first, Fred T. Flint, Cornish, sec
ond, C. II. Bangs, Limerick, third; year
old, Frank P. Fox, Cornish, first and
only.
Then came the graceful fillies, tossing
their heads coquettishly after the man
ner of their sex. Their owners Jared as
follows: Four-year-old, F. T. Flint, first
and only; two-year-old, F. P. Fox, first,
Arthur Flye, Hiram. second.
To the owners of mares with foals by
their side the following awards were
made: Churchill & Foss, first; J. W.
Flint of Baldwin, second; Freedom Ber-
ry Of Cornish, third For sucking colts,
Churchill 6 Foss got the first, Freedom
Berry the second, and j. w. Flint the
third.
Munroe French of Hiram carried away
year-old geldings.
The display of gentlemen's driving
horses and matched horses was good but
not large. Premiums were awarded as
follows: Driving horses, r. G. Knight,
first, f. T. Flint, second; Freeman Pugs-
lev. third-all of Cornish, Matched
horses, Hermann Burbank of Parson-
field, first and only.
This finished the forenoon exhibition of
horses.
A rather loose, and for that reason,
| perhaps more entertaining, game of base
ball was played between the
Cornish and the East Parsonsfield
clubs, resulting in a victory for the for
mer by a scors of IL to 49,. The small
boy was present in large numbers and
lent eclat to the occasion.
Afternoon.
The judges stand organized as follows,
Starter, G. P. Smith; judges, F. T. Flint
Gardiner Walker; clerk of the course,
James G. Aver.
The horsea we re called at 1. 80 by John
F. Rand, marshal of the day, the 2l1S
class responding first. In this class there
were fourteen entries and but five start
ers. Milo had the pole, with
Fred Lothair, second, Helen, third, At
torney fourth, and Alba fifth. The
1;tt1e Etfses seor;nn gu on pi0''s w." ''' -
i'ssie E;rst soGIaa MaaE Milo hrota at the begin
n;nn tsg snd 1nst the poIa o fothair Going at
once to the front, position he held to
the close of the heat. He led easily
steng rss engtbs ahead Ia But on the
second he had close struggle with At
tblney anu Atu, eme hnebed .n,e in the or
Jar G1 aed. WI eSiy Ni;,o % half do1er lengths he
Hn h;nd and Heiar inst sfis sav;n@ her distance
T;me 'rina "e s7i n 0'' '''''s oA @''' '''--00'
iime, sao,ond n,1!a; Hea+- fret half Of This
beai s nrom;seJ % 70 he he Int % renet;t;on a ',a Of
+Ia o' ,ipraoad;nn Tho horsss croi,o ta,deno
!ne pieosu asda' VIZ +hau feS % All +ha
las+ ~ ee balf He ss o close between tbe
t%raa tdSo n%. aaadars Totba;r i;ft1e abeaS and
A. A4tornew 90 n and Aha % at his : m heels Bnt Ion on
IL Ln,,:a s4na+o1, +ba ro.n hro,ra had1,,
and onG ,Ut mant al to n;eces the hav and ths
h1ao1 Snu "ene sweenino e 70 h; bv him neck and In neck
isy smart r"o of extSa sneed at the critical mo-
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