The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-06
Their Hands In Other Peoples
Pockets at the Fair.
MRS. POTTER PALMER WOULD
NOT BE SHOCKED NOW.
The Ladies Who Languished in Prison
Walls Dance No More-Yesterday's
RI Exciting Races-Portland and Deering
Horses Among the Leaders,.
ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.l

ESPECIAL TO THE PRESS.]
Lewiston, September 5.-Whether this
was better day in point of attendance
than yesterday at the State fair is
question which has been much discussed
ever since the grand stapd filled up at
noon. There was certainly big crowd in
the park. The people had good deal to
talk about today, for the fair manage
ment, after permitting the ladies who
shocked Mrs. Palmer to perform for two
days, finally came to the conclusion that
they must not longer permit the morals
of the men of Lewiston and the surround
ing country to be endangered. and so
they notified the manager that he must
close the pavilion. One reason for
this sudden step was suggested by by
stander who exclaimed, "Well, the
morrow, and I guess some folks don't
want their wives to see the kind of show
they We been at and have put the manage
ment up. to this move" The young
women sat disconsolate in the tent, and
ate pop corn, while the manager claimed
ullebU liO WdS ctohOu W III I1iS5 llAo ohOW AO1 y
by an official Of the fair who saw it in
Lewiston.
Perhaps before the show is over some
body may take pity on the poor little
poodle which is every day yanked up into
the air with the aerOnaut and then turned
loose to get down again with the help of
a small parachute. Nobody objects to the
balloonist who risks his neck for money
consideration, but it would seem to be q
case for the consideration of the society
with the long name, when he takes a dog
along with him. 1t isn't fair to the dog
for two reasons. He probably doesn't
want to go anyway, and then when he
descends he HASN'T even the slight control
over parachute which man exercises,
and SO is very likely to find himself
impaled on lightning rod or dropped
down chimney.
The light fingered gentry were in evi-
dence at the fair grounds today. One of
the exhibitors in the exhibition building
mourns the loss of an oyercoat and two
railroad mileage tickets which were in
the pocket thereof. One of the tickets
was Maine Central book and General
Passenger Agent Boothbay was notified
by telegraph of the theft A lady who
arrived on one of the trains reported that
her pocket had been picked and her purse
was missing.
An elderly gentleman reported the loss
of $40 The thieves kindly left him his
ticket. Another man was $50 out after
stranger had rubbed against him in the
crowd.
Last evening seven persons reported to
the detectives at the ground that they
had been robbed and several more cases
were reported at the police station. The
fair management have literally pasted
over the grounds printed warning against
pickpockets and are Of course in nc way
to blame for the thieving. Nevertheless
there is something humorous in the fol-
lowing paragraph printed in this eve
ning's paper:
"We congratulate the State fair man
agement and the Lewiston officials that
the professional gamblers and their skin
games have not been tolerated in this
CITY this week. That the prosperity of
fair does not depend on pool selling and
roulette needed no fresh demonstration.
When man has once been robbed at a
show, he is not so apt to come again, al
though some theorists are found SO
absurd as to argue to the contrary. y
An interesting event on the programme
of the day was the coaching parade, a
parade in which the horses were all
owned by one man, Mr. j. :. Sanborn
of Boston, q member of the firm of
Chase & Sanborn, coffee importers, like
many other wealthy men, has taste for
farming, and at his model stock farm in
Poland he has those imported French
coach stations, and their progeny, which
attracted SO much attention when shown
on the track yesterday afternoon. Today,
the great horses were arrayed in silver
mounted harnesses. imported from Eng
land, and were attached to fancy traps.
Then they were driven around the track.
The music put the great horses on their
metal, and they danced along while the
harness ratified in tune with the band.
Gemare lead the procession. harnessed to
a handsome wagon. Then came a tandem
team driven by Mr.. Sanborn himself.
Behind was four hand of two year
old bays harnessed to an English brake.
Lothalre pranced along drawing light
buggy. Then came three beauties har-
messed abreast to wagonette, followed
by another four hand of two year olds.
Captain drew Frazier cart; then there
came a pair of chestnuts and four-in-
hand of chestnuts harnessed to three
seated carriage which took prize at the
world s fair. Mr.. Sanborn imported the
harnesses and trappings used in this dis
play for this express purpose. These
French coach horses are all large bays or
chestnuts, with heavy black name and
tail. They have the high stepping action
seen in Gray -Parker's picture, and are
full of fire and energy. Mr.. Sanborn
certainly owns some beautiful horses.
THE BICYCLE RACES.