Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-09-25

crowded down the etr9tcn ~ yremcn.
does clip b Niehols. driven By bile
ownsr, d. r. fsrringtou. Nichols broks
before reaching The wire and Th0mpsou |
took the heat In 3:B ~. A. soon -
the horses Tot ths word foe the second |
hat, Nichols made . great burst OF
speed and went IN the pole. Grimm,
driven by I'd. Thayer, went TO second
position and Thompson made bad
break and fell way hack but recovered,
aud gradually closed The gap coming In.
20 the homo strctch on nearly equal
terms with Nichols.
Then eusued an exciting brush for the
wire, In which some thought TIN driver
Of Nichols would have got bad fall on.
20 the back of hIs head II tho relns had
happened to break. They held ell right
wlre first In Z 10 -. In the third heat
Thompson brDke soou after getting the
word, and Nichols took long lead
which the former gradually closed up
and the horses came Into the stretch
nearly together again. This time
Thompson made = bad breSk on the
stretch aud Nichols WAS allowed 10 take
thu heat In 2.50. Hebron was drawn
on account Of lsmencss. In tho fourth
heat Enrol met With an accident and
dropped out. Nichols had the pole and
vas never headed winning In 3:3o IL.
Owing To darkness and "exceesilngIy
warm wcsther" around the Judges, stand
the nith heat MAS postponed To satur-
day.
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NIshols by Victor Ps,sh~a, or.
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Grimm. by Me.-esr~r Darcc. WIN.
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Who ever saw such q timer The
trouble all arose In the consolation race
and there VAS more need Of consolation
after than before. The starters In their
positions were I.slia Rookh, Emma T.,
bon Carlos, Belle Dean, Pop Corn and
Nellie Pratt. In the nrst heat the PAGER
Pop Corn, driven by Charles Russell Of
Buckheld, made rush Tor the pole and
GOT there With comparative ease and .
good show Of speed. Before the heat
hnlshed however Pop Corn was collared
by Belle Dean aud the two PAGERS seemed
closely matched In speed. Belle Dean
reached the wire first however, and I'm.
mcsiiately there arose from the grand
stand cries of. "I'uli OF the driver 90
Top Corn" After due dcllberstion the
starting Judge, Mr.. A. II. Merrill OF
Danyers, Mass, announced that the
judges wer. unanimously Of the opinion
th,t the horse Pop Corn Was not honest
" driven and u be started sgaln Il must
be with new driver. Jason Russell of
liuckfield At once appeared on the track
before the judges stand aud addressed
that august tribunal In words which
would require quite = good deal of trans
posing Ia make q good Sunday School
Ie.son. starter Merrill ordered the driv-
er of Pop Corn to retire FROM the race
aud "Nelghbor Jason" ordered him to
remain and "coms down With en-"
Mindful of his parental affection and OBJ
legations, Charles obeyed Jason. Starter
Merrill then ordered the marshal Ia rs-
move hlm-an act which the ofiicr 1T
tempted to do, when Charles whipped
up Pop Corn and would have run over
IIis Msrshalshlp, gloves and all. but Tor
q well.tlmed and steel-trsp-like q nh
movement on the part Of the marshal.
Things were getting exceedingly Inter
eating BY this time, and Charles kept at
the upper end of the stretch with q per-
slst.ncy that betokened q GOODNESS be-
tween himself aud the marshal. Merrill
then announced: "rhe hors. Top Corn
l. not nov legally nor rightfully IN TIL.
race; " he finlshss the mile be- will NO,
be placed In the summary" Jason -
piled "1he society will get sued then =
Starter Msrrilrs next tack Was "a order
the other drivers 10 line under the wire
while Charles Russell and Pop Corn were
keeping proper distance from Marshal
Cole In the secluslon Of the upper end Of
the stretch. and give them . standing
start. Charles "caught on" . tribe
late. and ran Pop Corn way around Ia
catch up-but no use-he did not get
inside the distance dag. Al Russell.
brother of Charles, and driver of Nellie
Pratt In the same race, failed To "line
up" under the wire, and be- too Was
caught ''out late, and did some good
running. Well, now, u you think Jason
Russell found any considerable degree
Of consolation In such q "consolation
race" "a that, you mistake the man. A
great mob gathered In front Of the
Judges stand, aud everybody talked At
once and talked loud-not excepting
Jason Russell 10 liuckheld. The judges
made timely disappearance from the
stand and were conveyed from the
grounds, and n. q. Fletcher of South
Paris announced that the races had been
postponed until . o'clock saturday
morning.
Saturday morning . good sized audi
ence Was on hand early to "sec the fun"
Il seems that Starter Merrill had receiv-
ed an urgent call % boston. and had
an excuse for placing . good number Of
miles between himself and Jason Russell
real quick. Thede Thayer Of South Paris
MAS In the stand ~ starter.
The last heat Of the - class Was trot-
ted on with Nichols an easy winner, the
game son Of Victor Patchcn making the
first half Of the mile In Ill. Thompson
second. Griiiln third.
when the '.Consolation" class WAS
called every eye VAS on the watch for
Pop Corn. lie Was hltched To the sulky
aud had been for q long time walked
around the outside Of the track-outslde
the fence.
The gates 10 the track had been guard
ed by sheriff. and assistants, and the
society had decided TO lock Pop Corn out
aud not allow him TO start. For an
hour or more this walking around
process continued. Finally Al RUSSELL
drove down To the gate near the south
end Of the grand stand with Nellie
Pratt and ordered the gate opened. lie
Was closely follos ei by Chas. Russell
with Pop Corn. This gate WAS guarded
by Otiicer Chandler Garland, with Geo.
A. Cole Of Norway, q. II. Porter and
W. II. Young Of south Paris as assist
ants. Mr. Garland ordered the gate
opened for Al Russell, but when Chas.
Russell attempted 10 make q rush direct
~ behind Hun with Pop Corn, sheriff
Garland ordered the gate closed again
which was done In the face OF both
horses. Mr.. Garland then took Pop
Corn by the bride and turned him
around, and his driver, Charles Russell,
raised bis whip and threatened to strike
Garland, but did not strike. During
TIL. time the guards had opened the
gate for Al Russell, and he drove about
half way through and stopped his horse
90 that the gate could not be closed.
seeing this Charles made another
rush for the gate With Pop Corn,
aud this time was confronted by Geo.
A. Cole Of Norway who grabbed Top
Corn by the birdie and set him back, and