The Portland daily press., 1895-02-12
PORTLAND STREET TRoTTING.
A Large Number of Horsemen Were Out
Yesterday-Many of the Fleetest Showed
Their Speed.

Portland street was lively place yester-
day afternoon. The cold weather and
storms had kept the horsemeL In for so long
| that Yesterdays beautiful, comfor ia BILE
sunshine Brought them out In droves. The
road bed was in sple ndid condition. and so
apparently were the horses and their
drivers, for never were there warIaer
brushes or keener enjoyment of the exiting
sport TIE spectacle from distance was
| similar to that of a fair ground, where
crowds of teams and people of ali desc1ip-
| ton gather to witness the races.
All the fast horses were there. l.. p.
Hawkins, with Black Dinah. Charles Mill
ken with Pullman; Ira Woodbury. with
Topaz; Clinton Baxter with Freeman !;
Ernest Cross. with King Clifton. 2.2l Ia;
the veteran Ramslel1. with a fast mare
named Doris Fuller; John Barrett, with
the little mare Waveriing. 1926; John S.
Heald with his fast colt; Jim Floyd with
Gen. Squirting; Reuben Dyer with Daisy,
1928; W. E. Coffey with Pantaloon. and
many others.
| There were many exciting brushes,
especially between Dinah. Topaz. Pullman
and Freeman. Once when Charles Milliken
| and Ira Woodbury. were neck and neck both
|
ming match to the end of the course, with
the sleighs almost locked together.
| One man declred that Dinah had been the
winner all the afternoon. that Pullman was
next and Topaz third. Another man said
that Pullman Wasn't in it' all day; still
another. that Daisy couldn't be touched by
| anything on the street. And it was just as
easy to verify one statement as the other,
for on Portland street there are always SO
| many Interruptions from the presence of
| the crowd and other teams that the racing
only shows which horse is the best on short
bursts of speed.
But it is an exciting place. and yesterday
every body seemed to be full of good nature
and enjoyment. 1t is worth while to see
he beautiful, feet horses and their bursts
of speed, even if there can be no salts
factory race. and to those who take part
and enter the lists so to speak, ready TO
try anything that comes along. it is sport
indeed.
Deering horsemen were very largely REP
resented: There was u. p. Hawkins. with
Dinah; Ramsdell with Doris Fuller; Frank
Farnham, treasurer of the Rigby Park
association. with two fast ones. one driven
by himself and the other by Fred Ripley;
John Barrett. secretary of the Rigby Park
association. with Waverling; Charles and
Albert Cobb. each with rapid horse; Fred
Clark OF Libby's Corner, with Echo; John
S. Flanagan, with two horses. Danville
and his mate; Daniel Kelley. with fast
little mare named Lady Jane; Abner Smith
with lively stopper; Pat Kane. with one
of his bIooded colts; @. FL. Croker and
Will Loveitt of Oakdale, with their rapid
borses DR.. Huntington. with shapely
animal and others.
''You watch that horse il. year or two,
said one of the knowing ones. pointing to
shapely gray. that strobe swiftly by. AS If
conscious of his beauty and his strength.
The horse was Donald franklin, owned BY
Charles Hill of Cape Elizabeth.
Other Portland men besides those
mentioned were David Rines, with his
PAGER, Henry Fowler, Thomas 7. Beal,
Charles r. Dyer, Washington Libby. Lyman
Bachelor with Billy Ketchem, j Comedian
with Black Bob, Tom Towle with two
year-old by Westland. DR.. Warren, John
Munroe and others.