The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-03
State Two Year Old Record Smashed
In the First Race.
BUT FEW PEOPLE WERE THERE
TO SEEIT DONE.
There is Promise of a Big and Successful
Fair but the First Day Crowd Was Too
Small to Induce the Nautch Dancers to
Dance-some Of the Features of the
Show.
ESPECIAL TO THE pnrss.l

ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.]
Lewiston, September 2. The State fair
opened here today and it promises to be
good one Today's attendance was not
large. There were several hundred people
in the grand stand during the racing and
groups of sightseers among the exhibits,
but, perhaps, there were as many people
within the enclosure as could have been
expected on an opening day. Among
them were large number of boys and
girls who had been given free picnic on
the grounds by the management, and the
little folks and their lunch baskets were
very much in evidence. Exhibitors were
busy getting their stock and wares in
place. The carriage men were putting
the vehicles in place in their portion of
the long room under the grand stand,
and at the other end of that big building
the agricultural implement exhibitors
were arranging their machinery. Ex-
press carts were driving into the grounds
laden with canvas covered coops from
which issued tie cries Of the prize
poultry. The cattle seemed to be about
all safely housed. To the visitors here
who has Just come from Righy, many of
the horned animals seem like old friends.
There are the Jerseys from the Kingleside
farm at South Paris, and Mr.. d. W.
Clark's beautiful Guernseys, while many
other Of the names Of the exhibitors Of
cattle are familiar. OF course the fine
herd from the farm of B. +. and F. H.
Briggs in Auburn is here. The Hood
%r1 iCf nd
neither have the Palmer herd of
Guernseys from Connecticut, which at
tracted so much attention at the Rigby
park show, but there are a number of
Maine herds to take their places.
Among the indoor exhibitors B. O.
Bailey & Co., and Kendall and Whitney
of Portland are prominent.
The fakirs are here. The blue haired
lady's at fractions are extOlled by the
same gentleman in Mexican costume, and
waxed 1noustaches, whose eloquence was
heard on the Midway at Rigby, while the
lame clown tells the same moth eaten
Jokes. The Nautch dancers, whose dance
at Chicago, Mrs Potter Palmer found SO
shocking, are also here, but they have not
danced today. Fsasir manager said that
as there were so few people on the
grounds and the ladies were tired, he had
told the ladies that they need not dance
today.
A noticeable thing about the State fair
grounds is the number of dining rooms
and booths for the sale Of eatables. There
is whole street of them, and Others are
put up in all the available hooks and
corners They contain provision for
feeding an army and had every man.
woman and child on the grounds today
eaten a whole pie there would have been
lots of pies left for tomorrow's crowds.
These restaurants are managed in various
ways. Some are run by individuals and
others by associations. One is conducted
by the Auburn W. G. T. u, and q
Woman's relief corps runs another. Their
number is good indication of the
success of the fairs which are held here,
fol- if the eating houses can feed an army
it is a safe presumption that the army
comes to be fed. In fact, this year the
fair management confidently expect
crowds as big if not bigger than in
previous years.
The racing today would have been of
no great interest but for the performance
of a two year, Kentucky horse by birth
and a Maine horse by purchase. 1t Is said
that this colt has in private exhibition
done a mile in 2. 90 on half mile track.
He is Bingen, the bay stallion owned by
Mr.. E. H. Greely of Ellsworth. The colt
was started today with three others in
the class for foals of 1898, and from the
mercy. In fact, he could so easily leave
the field that when in the second heat he
made break and fell way back to the
rear. he walked after the others and went
by them as though they were tied.
Bingen in this heat, when he was let
ont. did the mile in 2. 2414, notwithstand-
ing his loss by the break at the start.
wears -olds was 2. .2914, held Ly Emma
Westland. The best two-year-old record
for tho State fair track was made by
Palm and was 2 80
The 8. 90 class developed peculiar
finish for with five in the field, three
we're shut out in the second heat. Eddie
r, in this contest seemed to have the field
at his meroy, with the exception of Nibs,
a bic brown gelding. Eddie might have
been mercifu1 to the laggards had not
Nibs hung at his wheel at every trip
around the track The horse had a trick
Of getting up into the air. but each time
regained his feet in time to take his old
place as pace maker for the leaders.
The summaries:
TROTTING-FOALS OF 1S93-s3O0
Bingen. b S, by May King (Titer)
Julia. br m, by Haley (Pinkham) 9 2
Suzette, f, by Nelson (Gilbert) 8 3
Harrison Boy, G S, by Maine Prince
(Chaplin)
Time-2. 35A, 2. Pan.
THREE MINUTE TROTTING-STAK
RACE-S3OO.
Eddie B, blk g, by G. S P.
(Foster) l 1
Nibs, br g, by Harry Lumps :
(MerrilD 2 2 2
Lalla Rook, br m, by Albrino
(Thompson) 3 dis
J. G. Coburn, b g, by Albrino
3 (Russell) dis
Edith W, m, by Mystic Withers
(Tozier) 5 dis
Time-2. 35, 2.241S, 2. s4]1l.
The judges were Messrs. A. Ii. Merrill
of Danvers, Mass, starter; Levi S. Gould
of Melrose, Mass, and N. W. Goodric h
of Poultney, Vt, Col. 9. H. Osgood of
Lewiston and Messrs George W, Bishop
and W. K. Thome of New York acted as
timers
Tomorrow's trotting events are the 2 80
trotting class, the q 81 trot and pace, the
2. 80 pace and a pony race There will be
a grange parade and bicycle races in the
forenoon. A balloon ascension will be
made during the afternoon and there will
be an exhibition of stock on the track.
Doings of the Racers.