The Portland daily press., 1895-09-14

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horse, and SO when Haley was retired
SILVER Street fell easily into'second place.
Halle made a dash for it and the two
had lively set-to for the second position
keeping up the struggle all through the
mile. All this time, Mahlon was keeping
tsteadily in front, but as they made the
last turn there came another surprise.
Then Silver StDeet pushed ahead again
and put herself on level with the leader.
There was dash and the WaterVllla
horse was ahead. Mahlon made. a oreak
ami was not being able to pick himself
I'D in time to getsback into first place.
SILVER Street won .he heat by lalf a
klength. This leftaeverybody in the dark.
Had Ma-lon given out? If SO that
meant THAT another horse nightly the
| race and there were those who thought
that Halli, and not Silver Street would
! be the wiz zer of the race in that event.
The fear that Mahlon had lost his chances
was increased when the report was
brought from the stables that his boots
had chafed him and when the fourth heat
began with the black in the rear, conf
dence was still further shaken. Silver
Street was not in it long and Halle did
not show any desire to got the first place
Haley, however, made strong bid for it
and was at the head most of the way
around. 1t was not until the second half
was reached that Mahlon showed the
crowd that he was still in it. The black,
with head up and ears back, shook him
self away from the other two in the
bunch. took the outside and passed them
ON the back stretch and collared the
leader in thesturn. Then there was the
dash between the two on the stretch, the
black climbing ahead inch by inch until
he was half a length IN the lead at the
| finish and that endedbthe race. The sum-
mary:
FREE FOR ALL-PURSE $500.
Mahlon, blk,g, Alcantara Wood
silver Steet, b, m, Nelson tWaite) 8 8
Haley. BIS, Nelson (Pinkham) 2 2 2
Halle, CHI m, Harbinger (Lowe) 4 4
Time-a. 81, a2O1z, 2. IA, 2 1921.
i That three minute pacing class made a
funny race of it. There were four in it
and of them the gray mare Mollie S., a
II oAOeoAAAt3
record of 2. 251a, had mortgage on first
money and foreclosed it without diff
Guilty, leading the procession through the
three miles with lots of daylight between
her and the field. Ira Woodbury. drove
Ocean Wilkes, and the horse was so wild
in the first heat that the experts predicted
that the redfag would wave in his face
at the finish. That horse won second
mouey. He saved the distance and was in
second place in the next two heats. In
the second trial, there were four horses in
the race, two only finished and yet no
horse was distanceG. 1t came about in
this way. On the first turn there was a
collision between Ned H., and Ben Nc
Gregor and McGregorfs sulky wheel was
so smashed that he hadsto be taken out
of the race Ned H.. was SO delayed that
he could not save the distance. AS neither
driver appeared to be..atffault, the collision
being an accident pure and simple, the
Judges exercised the discretion which is
given them by the rulesiand ignored the
distance, awarding third place to Ned H..
and fourth to Ben McGregor. The last
heat was notable only for the fact that
Ocean Wilkes which had behaved SO bad
ly in the first heat was again IN second
, place. The summary:
500 GLASS, PACING, PURSE 5000.
Mollie IS, m, Wilson's Knox
1Fistnnl II
Ocean wilkes, b s, Bourbon Wilkes
Woodbury. z
Ben MoGregor, b s, Charles Wilkes
(Jones)
(StanwoodD
, Thae-2.3s1z, 2.3412, 2.33h.
, Last came the consolation race for a
5 purse of 500, open to horses which had
t NOT won money in the other races. 1t
] WIS kind of running race, but Baoy
, Mine trotted the most and the fastest,
winning as follows:
f CONSOLATION RACE, PURSE S1o0.
Baby Mine, b g, Gen. Mac (Wilson)1 1
Fred Weaver, S, Gen. Weaver,
annie 1meI DE- b m! Glenarm (Jenkins)s 2 5
, Black Bess, b m, Baymont Chief,
g Nat j., br 2, Viking (Farmer) 5 5
g Time-2 40, $40, s.3s14.
r Today's pulling matches resulted ro1
the class of oxen seven feet, six Inches
and over in giving first money to the pair
owned by James Thomb of Harrison.
;, Mr. Thomb also won the free-for-all, G..
\ W. and W. B. Hall of Windham, second,
j, r. B. Meserye of South Gorham, third
= In the class for oxen seven feet two
inches and under. W. B. Plummer Of
+ Raymond got first money, W. r. Dresser
n of Standish second.
a Mr.. Plummer's oxen found great favor
p with the farmers by their fine appearance
d and behavior.
q . A gold watch was stolen fromka visito
ii to the grounds yesterday and the police
~ tried to locate it, but as the loser coult
l. not identify the thief the case had to b
IL dropped.
a Agent Perry of the Society for TN
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