The Portland daily press., 1895-10-18
Fell on the Backs Of the Battling
TrotterS
BUT IT COULDN'T CHILL THE FRFE
'-'''--- PORT ENTHUSIASM.
Two Grand Races on the Card Yesterday
A Portland Horse Winner-The 2.35
Glass Unfnished-The Symposium of
Quilts in the Town Hall.
ESPECIAL TO THE pREss.l

Freeport. October IA good sized
crowd gathered at the Freeport driving
park this afternoon and enjoyed the
rare sport despite the wintry weather.
The wind blew hard and a few flakes of
snow which fell during one of the heats
reminded the people that the fairs were
almost oyer, but everybody seemed to
have a good time notwithstanding these
inconveniences. Of course the interest
conferred in the races as it always does
The first event Of the afternoon was the
2 SO class, and it was lively set to- King
Bird, the Brunswick PAGER. which had
won race on the opening day, was
picked by many as winner, but it
was evidently not one of King Birds,
days. He was up in the air most of
the time, and when he did get onto his
stride was generally so far behind that
| it was hopeless chance after the field.
There were five fast ones. in it. Isa L.,
owned by Clark Brothers of this city,
and driven by Ira Woodbury.. handily
captured the first two heats. Then there
was a mix up. Phinney sent Mary Matt
to the front Of the bunch. King Bird
settled down to business and seemed to
| be making a good bid for slice OF the
money, but Corrinna G., Bath horse,
and lisa L., staid with the leaders and
actually finished first. 1t was fight
| ing heat from start to finish. King Bird
went back to his old tricks before the
end and consequently again brought up
the rear. In fact had 1t not been for the
| fact that distance was waived, the PAGER
would have been shut out in the hrst
heat In this fighting third, Corinna
passed the wire first with lisa u. second
and Mary Matt third, but as both of
the two leaders had made many pad
breaks, the heat was given to Mary Matt.
| Under the rules, by which only the time
of the first two horses is taken, however.
the Gorham ..mare does not get the mark
| of 241 3-4 the time of the heat. The
| last heat saw lisa L. settling down to
business again and she won handlly the
heat and race.
and then the gathering darkness made
it necessary TO carry the race over until
tomorrow. Mahlon Jordan was on hand
with his gray Bradford b. Westbrook
was we'll represented by Dimple P. and
then there were Daniel, Ben McGregor,
Annie d, owned by l.. F: Hawkins OF
Portland, and lamont, an Auburn flyer.
Bradford B. took two heats to start
with and then Dimple P, with Trafton
up took two more. In the second heat,
Ben McGregor. the gay little black made
gallant drive for the first place and
| finished in second position. There was
great cheering when it looked as if Ben
was to win and the crowd also seemed
to enjoy the excitement when Dimple P.
got into the van. The race will be
called for the remaining heat or heats at
noon tomorrow. The summaries:
| Q. 80 Class-Purse 500.
Isa L., b m, e. Woodbury., ! 3 l
Mary Matt, bl m, (Phinney), 2 3 ! 2
Emma Nelson ch N, (JoIdan), 80 3
Corinna g., G.. Woodbury. 4 "A 4
King Bird, b g. (Morrell.) 5
Time-s. Al IA, $40 1-2, 241 3-4, 2.38
| So Class-Purse 500. Unfinished
Bradford B., (Jordan), 1922
Dimple p, (Phinney -Trafton), 2311
Ben McGregor. bl g, (Jones), SO 8 6
Daniel, b g., (Jenkins) 34 5
| Annie d., b m, (StanwCOd), 3 3
lamont, bl 8, D D
Time-2. 36, 2. 35 IA, g. 35, 2.37 1-2.
During the afternoon, Jack Spratt, the
only trotter in MaiDe old enough to vote,
and still doing business, was driven all
| exhibition half mile but was not sent for
speed. Tomorrow, however, the veteran
will be sent half with a running mate
and the horsemen who know him best
are confident that unless wind and
weather are very much against him,
Jack will do the half in l. Is or better It
| is an event in which horsemen are taking