The Portland daily press., 1894-08-14
The Close Of the Christian Alliance
Camp Meeting.
THE BOSTON & MAINE VS.. COL.
STAPLES AND HIS RATCHET.
The Carnival of Boats Occurred Last Night
On the Kennebunkport River-,An Aims
House, just Completed. Burned-The
NewiSteamer City of Bangor is Flyer

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Especial to the PRESS0
Old Orchard, August 13.-The third meet
ing of the season at Old Orchards Kite
Track opens tomorrow, and will last three
days in ALL Eight races are down for de-
cisions, with large list of entries for EACH
A visit to the track today found many
horses already on the ground, while several
car loads from Mystic park will arrives to-
night. George Scattergood, ''Jock" Bowen,
@. H. Nelson, Tom Marsh, ''Col." Calvin,
Jerry O'Neil. George Garth, Henry litter,
Jim Golden and Ira Woodbury. all have
representatives of their strings entered and
will start.
Since the last meeting work has been
done on the track every day until now its
condition could not be improved. The top
of the kite is in good order as the sides,
and there will be no let up in speed at the
turns. The classes are not quite so fast as
at the last meeting, but the track record
should be broken by Nelson some time
during the three days. .Maine's greatest
stallion is to be given fast miles each day,
and on one day, probably Wednesday. will
De sent at top speed all the way. 1t was
hoped that the great race mare Martha
Wilkes would be in shape to go fast mile
at this meeting, but she failed to round to
as we'll as was expected and was shipped to
Kentucky few days ago. She is to be bred
to Col. frances great trotting sire, Red
Wilkes.
A topic of much interest to all the horse
men was the chance of Rigby getting the
Breeders Meeting, and with the geatest
race In the history of the tTotting turf, the
$4,000 lace for stations with records of 2.1O
or better. Opinions were divided as to the
prospects but all were unanimous in think
ing that Rigby would be the place if the
track was the only question to be con-
sidered.
Ladies are to be admitted free-to the park
throughout the meeting but will be charged
for admission to the grand stand. The large
attendance of the fair sex at the last meet
ing was feature and the taste of the ex-
citement of racing that they got at that
time should bring many of them out every
day.
On the card or tomorrow Tuesday are the
2.33 trot the 2.29 trot and the 2.27 pace.
Horses for the first race will be called at
1.3O p. m. and the sport will CONNIE nee
promptly at two.
Five Horses Burned.
Ellsworth, August l3.-A barn with the
contents belonging to Robert Gerry at Els
worth Falls was burned tonight. Five
horses and fifty tons of hay were burned
The total loss is fifteen hundred dollars and
the insurance is small. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
Kennebunkport River Carnival.
Kennebunkport, August sl3.-The annual
river carnival here tonight was very effec-
tive as much so as in other years. although
the boats were not so large or SO much
decorated as heretofore. Sixteen boats
participated. The cottages were brilliantly
decorated. After the parade suitable
prizes were awarded.
With His Little Hatchet,
Old Orc hand, August BE. G. Staples, in
and Maine railroad built fence because
he ignored the company's demand for pay
ment for the right of way. today cut down
part of the fence. Suit will undoubtedl ly
be brought by the railroad company.
Still Building,
Saco, August 13.-In spite of the petition
for an Injunction to prevent the work of
construction on the school house is still be-
ing pushed by the advice of Mayor Foss who
is uncommunicative as to his intended
action.
Burned the Aims House.
Centre Lebanon, August 13.-The town
aims house, hardly completed, was set upon
fire last night by an incendiary and totally
destroyed with the ell, sheds, shops, barn
and thirty tons of hay. The house was a
donation to the town by R. ". Shapleigh of
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