The Portland daily press., 1894-09-01
THE CLOSING DAY.
Yesterday at the Bangor Fair Started
in With Fight,
And Was Full of Interest All Day-A Good
Sized Attendance for the Last Day
Prizes Awarded to Exhibitors-some of
the Winners.

Sized Attendance for the Last Day
Prizes Awarded to Exhibitors-some Of
the Winners.
Bangor. August 3l.-Today the Eastern
Maine State Fair of 1891, saw the sun for
the first time, and the result was one of the
best closing days in its history There were
aoO0 OF. $500 people at the races, whicL is
unusual on the last day, while the Bangor
Hayerhill base ball teams played before
great crowds NOR ming and afternoon. The
attendance at this years fair has been
rather below that of the banner exhibition
weeks in the past. People have been SO
accustomed to expecting 100000 fair-goers for
the week that elimination surprises them.
Today's crowd did much to keep up the
average. Today's excit ement commenced
at the track early in the morning. when
there was a row between the helpers en-
ployed in caring for the string of George
Vandyke, the New Hampshire horse fancier.
One of them, white man. known as Big
John, abused cololed attendant shameful
ly, and atslast assaulted him. l.rhe colored
man had been whiting. and stabbed his
adversary in the chest near the shoulder
with pocket knife. The cut was a deep
one and bled furiously, but is not con-
sIdered dangerous. Both men were arrested
and lodged in the police station, but may be
discharged, as the witnesses claim that the
cutting was entirely justifiable, and that
the victim continually abused the negro
when drunk.
The judges covered an immense amount
of ground today, finishing their work in all
the classes. There was great rivalry in
the horse department. where first prizes for
trotting stock stations were finally awarded
as follows: Three years old, Messenger
Wilkes, by Red Wilkes; seven year old,
Warrener. b. Electoneer; six year sold
Gene Briggs, by Messenger Wilkes; two
years old, Riven Oak. by Messenger Wilkes,
oy.sod by B. F. & FIJI. Briggs of Auburn;
eight years old. Donald Wilkes, by Mambrino
Wilkes, owned by D. +. Larrabee, Dover;
yearling, Kelso, by All So. owned by George
A. Tibbetts of South Exeter. H. G. Parsh-
ley, Dexter. 4. G. Burleigh. Vassalboro and
Frank Thompson of Salisbury Cove, took
the leading prizes on stations tor raising
gentlemen S driving horses. On Perchon and
Clyesdale draft stations the principal
owners were D. E. Larrabee, Dover: j. H.
Reed, Fredericton, N. B., and f. O. Good
win, Stetson. On the best pair of matched
drivers, E. l.. Willis of St. John, bore away
the honors, while the prize for the best
driving horse was divided between John
Fleming of Fredericton, N. B., and G. G.
Andrews CT Bangor. In the classes for oxen
and heavy cattle the principal prizes We're
taken by A. j. Libby & Co., and c. E. Blake,
Oakland: J.. H. Jordan, Sabattis; A. W.
Clark, Solon: J. E. Weston, Anson. Hun
dreds of premiums were awarded to women
in every part of the state in the classes for
domestic manufacturers and in the
pomolgicals department the awards would
solidly fill column.
The following are the summarizes:
Three Minute Glass. Trotting. Purse $500.
Val. s, by vasco, Q,eayitt,
PembI oke) 8
Pembroke bs twheelden, Bangor) 2 / ,
Belleville, b Libby, .GaIdiner) 8 8
Ludlow, G h S Starkpole, (Gardiner)4 4
Time-2.a5 l-2, 2.27 IL, 2.31 IA, 222 1-2.
2!23 Glass. Trotting. Purse S4CO.
Hallie,. m by Harbinger Mowe.
orono Boy. blk page. Orono) 5 2
Lycurgus, blk (HamIlton, Cails) dis
Dot, m Carpenter. Cranston. R.I.)4 8
Time-2.22 l-2, 2.21 IA. 2.2l 1-2.
s.ao Glass. Pacing and Trotting. Purse $500.
Silver Street, b m by Nelson (Silver
Lawn stables, Waterville) IL IL
Ned H., b Z Edwards. Fairfield) 2 2 q
Cashier. s (Spaulding and lngra-
ham, W. Rockport) 8 8 3
Time-2.s3 IL, 2. 10 1-2. 225.