Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-22
the saggoGRs' NETTING.
LARGE LIST OF xxrRirs, GOOD RACES
AND A sxALL AUDIENCE.

The annual meeting Of the Oxford
County Trotting Horse Breeders' Asso-
citation at the fair grounds last Wednes.
day and Thursday was an unquaiineo
success % far - good horses and good
races are concerned, and IL deserved Z
much larger audience than was present.
seldom has q better field OF horses
been seen on this track, and seldom
have moro hotly contested or oestef
races than those IL Thursday been Wit
messed Ia this county.
But few were present 10 the forenoon
Of Wednesday when the class for gentle
mems driving horses was contested. Ia
this class Charles X. Thayer OF south
Paris won first, Otis Howe OF Rumiord
second, o. p. Harrington OF Lockeb
Mills third, and p. V. Everett OF Otis-
field fourth.
In the afternoou OF Wednesday an au.
dieuce of a few hundred had gathered
to zee the trotting Of the three-minute
class, the 80 class and the yeariinR
colt stakes. These races would nave
been more entertaining had the horses
been more evenly matched In speed.
A II was evident from the flrst heat OF
each race lust what the result would be,
Il took out the element OF uncertainty
which 10 the very thing the people
enjoy. IT, ..
appeared for the word and got It after
tedious amount of scoring. j. II. STAN
ley's bay stallion Dash, by Messenger
Wilkes, had the speed Of the field and
landed the heat and race easy enough.
He was driven by Ed Thayer who drove
away ahead Of the others and then pull.
ed the horse down and almost walked
him under the wire at the finish OF each
heat, Dash could probably have dis
tanced the field. There was o good con-
test for second money between o. +.
Farriugton's black marc Lucinda, Ralph
Fosters bay geldlng Harry and the
chestnut gelding Danvilie, driven oy
Charles +. Thsyer, the second money
being divided between the two former
sacLAss-PURsE >loo.
Dash, b. O., by Messenger Wilkes.
J. y. Stanley, Paris,
Harry. b. g.. Ralph Foster. Canton
psssiiis. eh. &, BY pr; rrsntlin. 50,
Chas. Thayer. South Paris,
Lucinda, b. m, by Victor Pstcnen'
2; 7. faransto AZ, Lce ii.ss Ink.
'f bowler, Mechanic pals, go
Dennett, b. e., by Judge Advocate >,
n. X. brown, auburn,
Jack. IT. T.. by wanderer, John b
Ames, Sweden,
Black Elys, bl M. by Robinson d,
T.. Recori, Buckheld, Gus
Little Nist. br. G., ~ George Wilkes, I'd.
l.. W. jackson, South Pari., Jus
Times 50, Q ~ -, saS IA.
The 2 80 class was won Ia straight
heats by the well-known Norway stat
lion, Capt. wedgewOod. This morse
was driven by Thede Thayer and show
ed good honest work and good driving
in this roe, lowering his record to $3.50
"a In the last heat. The most Interest
Ing feature of the day was the hot con-
test for second place between Young
Brothers' black mare Patience, Il. Z.
Chute's black mare Helen III. ana liza
woodbury's black geldlng, Charles A.,
I'm the second aud third heats. THESE
horses came to the wire In q bunch after
rattling heats down the stretch, and al
though Young's little mare Patience,
nv Maine Jefferson, started In sixth
position and was trotting. In class
several seconds faster than her own, sne
showed the fast and game qualities OF
the race horse and came very near 10
winning second money instead OF third
ay, CLAss-PuRsE eco.
cant. wedgewood. bl. g.. by weige-
wood, T. r. Richardson, Norway
Helen NJ, bl. m, by SUNSHINE &c. (,
Patience, bl. M, by Maine jefferson. =,
Yaung Ilrofhera- south Paris. y
Charles A., b. 81 Ira Woodbury. "a,
Portland,
wilder Patehen. bl. g.. by Victor
patchen, %. =. Harrington Lockes .s
Time-s % 81. 2SlL, sDa
In the yearllng colt race the chestnut
Stallion LlnwoOd, by Maine Prince, was
the admiration of the audience and an
easy winner. He acted the most Ike
an old track horse Of any yearling we
ever saw, and ought to have q great
future. lie Il said to be owned In Har-
rison.
YEARLISo COLT STAKES. HALF MILES.
Emma Ss sIi Sr. Z, BY ws:.i:nd. Z (;
Memo. b. ., By ps.i. Boy -
Thursdays races were among the
beat ever seen In this county. About
500 people occupied the reserved seat
chairs In the grand stand, and two or
three hundred more were upon the
grounds.
In the 2 rs class eight good horses
started, and, with one or two exceptions,
were very closely matched for speed,
fighting hard for the money and COM
ing down the stretch well punched. o. T..
Farrington's 3-year~old black stallion
Nichols, by Victor Patchen, plloted by
Emerson Ames, got the race In straight
heats, but he had to 90 some to do II as
the time shows. ASA 81 on q track
several seconds slow Is not bad time for
q three year-old. The second money
went to the handsome brown stallion,
Dandy B., by Norway Knox, owned by
Geo. Burnham Of the well known corn
packing firm of Burnham 4 Morrill,, and
driven by Ira Woodbury. Of Portland.
In the last heat the bay mare Eldora,
driven by Ralph Foster Of Canton Point,
showed great speed and came up to
second position.
AS TRor-PURsE elfs.
Nichols, bl. O., by Victor Patchen. :,
o. r. harrington. Locke's Mills, i
Dandy r., br. g., by Norway Knox,
Ira Woodbury., Portland,
Eldora, b. m, by Black Rolfe, Ralph
Foster, Canton Point,
Rolfe X, b. G., r. A. Jorian,
Mechanic Fails,
Betsey, gr. m, Chas. r. Graham,
Edwin r., b. T., X. Linscott, Brownneld,
Belle wilkes. By Allectes, y. 8. Smith,
Andover, Jus
Nettie Waite, br. m, by Records Black.
hawk, y. L.. Starbird, South Paris, sds
Time-2 IS Ia, IS IA. aAs+.
In the two-year-old colt stakes the
chestnut stallion Fearnaught Prince, by
Maine Prince, showed mp 10 great shape,
trotting the last heat, full mile, handy
a. a SO N 81 olo,ai,, tollo vpod hv Tn n.