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

rack. Shs Was we'll driven and made
y Close for The fast pecers In IL Iaee
heats. Jason Russell's pacing cols
Chestnut, full brother 70 Black Nathan,
was failure 10 this race. Ths colt hlt
hls knee and acted unsteady. Uncle
Jason took ths place Of HE sou, Al, IN
the third heat and succeeded In getting
the colt distapced. Hes fast colt Just
The same and when he gets right again
will prove u. TIE esprit Of tho Hub"
saysi "Jasoa Russell always had . way
Of hiding speed"
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riE woxAN's CONTEST.
TIE annual contest for purse Of eJ5the
for woman Who could harness her horse,
drive once around the track, unharnes..
and hang up tho harness. occastoned
much merrimsut. Talk about "hust-
lers, those women went At 70 ~ . ter.
rier would catch q rat. Mrs. NJ. 4. Nor.
rili Of Gray, who has carried on the
prize for this performance for the past
two years, was defeated Wednesday by
Mrs. Katie Lamb NJ North windham,
who did the act In , inmates ~ IL
seconds. Mrs. Morrill's time VAS
3;it ~ and Mrs. Dora N. BRADY OF
Mlnot. made the time I :N.
RicYcLE RACE.
There were three starters In the
bicycle race. W. J. Haskell Of Norway,
started on scratch, q. II. Pfkc. Norway.
10 yards, J. A. Richards, Norway, 10
yards. Haskell Was sn easy winner In
3:5G. Il Was evident he had much morn
speed than HE contestants aud could
have reduced the time considerably had
I've been forced. The contest MAS 90 one
sided as 10 Dc almost devoid Of Interest.
GIrsEI ".
The show event of Wednesday vas the
appearance on the track Of MAinc's
"aucen Of the turf" The fast pacing
mare Glpsey NJ. This mare Mas driven
by her trainer. william Gregg Of An
dover, and her appearance before the
grand stand VAS the occasion of hearty
applause aud we'll Il might BE-, for
Glpsey ". IL an Oxford County prod
duet. She was bred by Ion. MArston Of
Andover, who still owns her. Her slre
IL Macbeth. . son Of Daniel Boone. This
mare has been trained aud driven by
Vim. Gregg and u credit 10 his ability
ss we'll AZ her own. ~ i.igby Park last
fall Glpsey ". won the fourth heat OF q
race In the fast time of s;lJ IL aud at
State Fair this year she paced \ mile 10
q race on the hslf.mlle track In AIS u,
thus demonstrating her ability To take
. record better than 3;lO on . good mile
track. Gip.ey NJ. Was given an easy ex-
hibltion mile here Wednesday. Her
pacing Vas like the hummlng Of finely
adjusted machine from start % finish,
breaking the track record by several
seconds and making the quarter In ~ u,
the half In %, the three quarters In
I 20 and the mile In a:i9 ~. Glpsey
". l. q beautiful little brown mare and
Il IL needless 20 sAy that she Was the cd.
miration Of every lover Of the horse III
the Oxford County fair.
A Boston horse paper says of the per-
formance Of Glpsey VI. NJ state Fair
"rhe ,;lt pace had Gipsey NJ, Edmund,
otto and Subscriber participating. u
looked A. though hot race must surely
De the outcome. Distance WAS waived
aud Gip.ey N. Was started Ia establish
q new track record. She left the gang
In the first turn and made the quarter ia
- IL. reaching tho half In :05 IL,
Around the turn she slipped Ike . deer
and NJ she bore down the back stretch
she was slipping glib aud faster than a
ghost. The swing Into the last stretch
il made without q slip, and what ter
rifle clip abe struck as she worked to
wanl the wire. At the shouts from the
grand stand Gregg pulled the hect mare
and logged under tire wire In 3;ij -,
establishing q half-mlle track record foi
Maine. Never did excitement run "a
high as II did here this day, and Glpsey
VI. will forever live fresh In the minds
' III UO htIt ~ - W WV
/ meas this grand event"
THIRD DAY RAcgs.
The first race friday Was that for
green horses. The bay mare belle Marie
appeared "a have the speed To win but
abe was unsteady and under the skill
fui management 81 Ed. Thsyer. frothing'
hams westover proved tn be- an easy
winner In three straight heats In two OF
which he was almost walked under the
wire. Il took considerable scoring to
get the green hor.es away, but when
starter Merrill notified the drivers that
he would TAX. up q collection" 10
which the driver of every horse that
came 10 the wire ahead Of the pole horse
would participate, there Was more
trotting aud iess scoring. It's . din.
cult task to get large field Of green
horses away, hut Mr.. Merrill's ability
though severely taxed Friday, Was equal
10 the task.
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ws.so,er by w-.,lahi. ". A. Frsh.
inshan. south Paris.
iielle Marie. Hiram v. Ahl-t,
Hon Van. BY Messenger wilkes. J. v. iio. /,
issi. Paris,
GariA, =. o. Hutehins, Rumfori,
Time. O. sit. s,sS; sNt.
The three minute class vas won by &.
ID. IIeald's Fancy Boy Ia straight heats
with Jas. A. brooke black mare, Mount
ain Maid, q good second. iIutchins' Slide
WAS speedy but unsteady.
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Fancy hoy. by Robis.oa D.. en-. =,
Na .ssii ' Ssis. ~ MAJOR nposs.
nr,eks, south Paris.
side, BY The ser. u. Wesley iiu'ehia'. , =,
ps,sr y b, Ar,smu.. Jr.. W. A. rrvsA.
isshsm, South Paris, 90
i.Alla iteolh, by Aibrino. Dr. A. L.. stan
IIss.sr wiiIs.. by jim wllis.. nrt,.
Cisrs isiis. }. 4. r,cir., norway, ! "a
lyeslaun by AleAntarA. Wheeler
llumpu., south Paris, cur.
Tine ~ 81. sS, is,s5'A
The first race called Friday afternoon
Was the free-for-all In which three fast
horses appeared, yet, AZ q race, u was de-
void Of Interest. Gipsey NJ, Black
Nathan and WAveland we're the starters.
Glpsey NJ, drew the pole and Was driven
just fast enough to keep her nose ahead
Of the popular son Of Robinson ID:
wavelAnd made several stand-stlll
breaks and was not "ln It." In the
third heat the distance WAS waived and
Gipsey NJ, Was sent To break the track
record of 2.l9 IL established by herself
on Wednesday. The mare went away
from the other horses like q whlrlwind
when the word MAS given, but for some