The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-09-23

for the Somewhat Ungainly Jerry Al
mont.
Especial to the Press.l
SAco, September 22.-Today was the
third and last day of the York County
Fair. 1t saw the biggest crowd of the
week but still the attendance was sur
prisingly small, not much over 700 tick
cts being sold at the gate.
Local horsemen had been looking for
ward for some time to the 2.27 class race,
in which a Saco horse, Quartette, owned
by Hiram Harmon, was entered.
Quartette has been doing practice miles
in 27 easy and much was expected Of
him. His owner took offence at some
action of the society, however, and re-
fused to start him, and so t he race be-
came a walkover The trouble was that
several horsemen sent in conditional en-
tries and the secretary held the list open
while waiting for their money. Some of
these finally entered, however.
The $50 Glass
was the first one called, and the race
proved most interesting one. There
were five starters and they drew
positions in the following order: Harry
Lothian, pole, D. J. F., second, Con,
driven by young Warren, third; Lewis,
fourth and Good Friday the outside.
Lothair and D. j. f. took the lead, but
Good Friday easily passed them on the
back stretch. Good Friday finished
first, Lothian second, d. J. F., third.
Time, 40, 1.194, 1.594, 2.39a.
In the second heat Good Friday was in
the lead until the three quarters when
he broke, and d. J. F., driven after the
first heat by John Haines, went ahead.
had speed enough to finish first, Lothair
second, D. j. F., third. Time, .40a,
1.19a, 1854, 2.394.
The third heat split the race up. D.
J. F. made dive for the lead and got it
on the turn. Good Friday appeared to be
tiring. Con acted badly and was dis
tanced. The finish was D. j. F., first,
Good Friday, second, Lewis, third.
Time, 80, 1.174, 1.58, 2.35aa. &
The fourth heat was also won byD. ].
F., the Andrews horse losing by breaks.
Lewis was second, Lothair third and
Good Friday fourth. Time, 40, 1.1S, 1.57,
2.37a.
The last heat was good one. but the
Hollis horse showed the most staying
power and won again, getting first mon
ey. Good Friday got second money,
Lothair third and Lewis fourth. Time,
394, 1.191, 1.561, 2.3s. The summary:
2 80 0CLAss-PURsE $125.
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IS. Andrews, Biddeford, be-
Good Friday by Priceless ;....1 1 4 4
E. S. Riversmith, Sac0. b Harry
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w. F. Warren. Lyman, s Con
by Constellation. ...............4 Dis.
Time-2.391a, 2.391s, 1854, 2.371a, 2.3s.
Jerry Almont, big and rather gawky
looking ten year old, with race record
of 2.264, had
A Picnic in the 2.27 Class. ,
although the other horses kept him
moving most of the time. Fannie W.,
which won second money, seemed to be
distanced in the first heat, but the dis
tance man reported that she just got in
and that settled it.
Almont, Fannie W. and Grace had the
race ali to themselves in the second heat
wire in that order, Hortense just escap-
ing being shut out. Time-.37, 1.14a,
Isl, 2.271.
The third heat was the same as the
others, Almont having no difficulty in
winning, trotting asteady race. The po-
sitions were the same as in the second
heat. Time-.362, LA, 1.50, 2.2S1.
In the fourth heat jerry Almont and
Grace had pretty race all by themselves