The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-19
THE SCARBORO FAIR.
Good Races On the Opening Day at
Pleasant Hill.

The Exhibition of Stock is Well Up to the
Standard, as is the Display of Fruit and
vegetables-some Interesting Events
for Today. a
| The 10Th annual exhibition of the Scarboro
and Cape Elizabeth Farmers Association
WAS opened successfully yesterday. All
the exhibits had not yet arrived. but most
creditable display of vegetables, fruit.
flowers, dairy products fancy needle work
and paintings was made in the exhibition
hall. Noticeable among the rest were the
specimens of.apples shown by G. p. Tricky
of Cape Elizabeth, NJ. Sawyer and Lemuel
Milliken of Scarboro. A remarkably fine
collection of potatoes and other vegetables
was shown by various parties, for which the
premiums will be awarded today. A fine
buoquet of flowers. grown by herself, was
exhibited by Miss Annie Gilman, and
night blooming cereus with thirty-four buds
by Mrs. Ben jamin Larrabee. A large
braided rug. made by Miss S. A. Woodbury.,
and table cover composed entirely of
yellow cigar ribbons. shown by Miss Anna
NJ. Peables, were greatly admired. Some
pretty oil paintings We're shown by Mrs.
Eugene Lord, Miss Anna Peaples and Miss
Leila Woods. Miss Angy Jordan and Miss
Lizzie E. Scammon were the committee In
charge of this department.
In the neat stock examination Hereford
bull and two Hereford COWS were awarded
first prize in their classes.
In the trial of strength of oxen, team
owned bysB. S. LARA bee, took first prize.
and team owned by George Carter took
second prize in the contest for oxen
measuring under.6 foot inches. and in the
class over that size team owned by Eben
s. Libby took first, and teams owned by
Charles Hanson secondhand third prizes. In
the ladies competition in speed in harness.
ing a horse, driving a mile and unharness-
ing, Miss Annie Gilman won the first prize
in capital style, accomplishing her task in
the creditable time of five. minutes and
forty-three and three-fourths seconds.
Mrs. H. R. Rutter was second, with a
record of five minutes ffty-four and three
fourths seconds. Miss Mabel Gilman was
third, her time being six minutes. three and
one-half seconds.
The trotting track has been considerably
improved since last. season, and has been
fenced in and new judges stand has been
built The track was in perfect order
yesterday and number of close and inter
esting races took place during the after
noon. For the purse of free-to-all members
of the association, four horses started, and
the race was decied in three heats as fol-
lows:
Little Miss. b m ]. Scott Jordan,
Pansy blk m n. B. Lane,
Maud j. g m II. E. Dyer.
Willard Knox, blk W. $. Cole, A 5
The time for the three heats was, s.55
1854 Ia, 800 IA.
1t was practically series of matches be-
tween the first and second horses, which
left the others in the rear and made close
finishes.
In the a.55 class race, there were five
starters, and they finished in the following
order:
Gypsy. m Ira Woodbury., Is /
Lady Duncan br m Mellen,
B billy a R s. 2 = k hsisht0n'
Dixie, CHI g Fl. E. Dyer, o
The time of the heat was, 2.3S, 2.40 H.
2.40, $50 IA.
A good many breaks were made during
the series, and in the third heat Ira Wood
bury, who drove Gypsy. took wheel off H.
E. Dyer's sulky, owing to the latter allow
ing Dixie to swerve into the way. The first
three heats were gamely contested between
Gypsy and Lady Duncan with the Others
strung out at intervals in their wake
Dixie was ruled out after the third heat.
The track officers were G.. Fred Mureh,
starter; G. NJ. Stanwood and Alonzo Libby,
judges.
The officers of the Farmers Association
are:
?resident-P. ". Jordan, Cape Elizabeth.
Vice Preside nt-J. A. Libby. Scarboro.
Teasurer-H. S. jones, Scar boro.
Secretary--StephenS Seaman, K nightville.
Complete satisfaction is expressed with
the arrangements of the fair, and the ex-
hibit of both stock and vegetables is gener-
ally pronounced to be above the average.
If the weather continues favorable much
larger attendance is expected to witness
the trotting matches on the programme for
this afternoon.