The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-19
SCARBORO'S CLOSING DAY.
Threatening Weather Kept Crowds
Away.
ONLY ONE RACE, BUT EVERY HEAT
WAS HOT.

The Pulling Exhibition Occupied the
Morning-Both Oxen and Horses Com
| peted-
| The second and last day Of the Scar
boro Fair was attended by the disagree
able weather which most of the fairs held
in this vicinity this year have encount-
cred. A cold wind swept across the
grounds which made listers and mittens
luxury.
| The dark clouds threatened to release
down pour of rain at any moment.and
under these conditions it is not to be
wondered that the attendance was very
| light.
THE HAULING CONTESTS.
The morning events consisted of the
| trials of strength of the oxen and horses
The first contest was for cattle OF seven
feet girth and under, thesweight to be
hauled being 5000 pounds. 1t was the
same old story. The drivers "gee'd'
and "haw'd' while the beasts tugged
and strained in their efforts to move the
dered what it was all,about and were gald
when the time limit was up and they
could return to their quarters and chew
their cuds in peace and also incidentally
nurse their bruises made by the goads.
In this event the first premium went
to Henry Morrison and the second to
j. A. Libby.
The next oxen to try conclusions with
the drag were those over seven feet girth
and in this class B. Scott Larrabee got
the first premium, E. S. Libby seco nd
and j. A. Libby third.
THE HORSES.
! Az .er the cattle had finished their work
| the horses came out and although. the
| weight ON the drag was reduced consider
ably, still there was more than enough to
tax the strength of the animals to the
utmost limit.
| The horses snorted and strained until
their muscles stood out like whip cords,
and although the drivers did not abuse
them any with the whip, it really seemed
toovbad to make the willing beasts work
SO hard to crafty the pride of their
owners.
! For teams under 2400 pounds, Charlie
Robinson received. the first and second
premiums. For those over 240O pounds
J. S. Jordan got the blue ribbon. For
single horses Edmund Dyer won the
first-~premium and J..S S. Jordan. the Sec
i, ond.
For matched horses, B. Scott Larrabee
was first and S. Jordan second
THE RACES.
Only two entries we're made in the 2. 20
class so the management felt obliged to
cancel the races They tried hard to
arrange for race to take the place of
the cancelled one, but without success
The only race ofGthe day was the 2 40
class for purse of SIS. The starters in
this event were 7. H. NJ, Annie D.,
Dixie, Billie Almont and Susie. Ira
Woodbury. was up behind Susie, and the
fgreat driver was fortunate enough to
draw the pole. This advantage, though
/ was of little advantage to him, as
Susie did not have the requisite speed
to cut much r. of u figure in the race.
Annie d. took the lead at the start and
at the end of the back stretch was lead
| ing the field by a good margin.
:, Up to this time Billie Almont had been
staying back, but as they swung around
and was soon even with the bay mare.
las they went into the back stretch the
second time Billie Almont passed Annie
D. and the blind gelding headed the
procession unil the field Strengthened
away for the wire. Annie D. by some
very fast work had overtaken Billie
Almont, and suddenly L. Fl. M. who
was not considered a dangerous factor in
the heat swung outside of the field
and also took place at the. head of the
field. The race to the wire was a cOrker
and it was pretty hard for anyone not
in the judges's stand to say which of the
three leaders finished first. L. II. NJ
got the first place, Billie Almont second
and Annie D. third Time @ 80 IA.
There were only two horses that cut
any ice in the second heat and these
were T. H. M. and Billie Almont They
went neck and neck to the three-quarter
mark and it would have been pretty
hard to pick the winner had not the
blind gelding made a break on the last
quarter which allowed T. H. NJ to finish
first. AMMO d. was third, Susie was
fourth and Dixie came along at the
end of the procession As result of this
heat r. H. M. won't play in the 2. 40 class
any longer, as the time was reeled off in
| 2. "a IA
u. H. NJ should have won the third
heat and ended the race, but the bay
stallion made several losing breaks
which killed his chances of winning.
Billy Almont was also in the air great
deal of the time and was poor fourth
at the finish. Annie D. went the mile
in good shape and went under the wire
first, hard pressed by Susie and 7. H. M,
although the latter finished on the run.
The time was 2.36 Ia
The fourth and last heat started in as
though the fight was to be between
Annie d. and the blind oeldino as thew