The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-08-28

Ss w VsE 4%1Eney Jenkins, who act
Issx W. ed as sstarter at the
VS. last Rigby meeting,
and Will ofioiate in
alike capacity dur
ing the fair The first race on the card
was for two year old trotters. Out OF
eight entries five appeared Conquest
Star was driven by his owner "Hod''
Nelson whose familiar face and figure
at once attracted the attention OF the
spectators. Then there were Aldwlld,
owned by Nevins of Claremont N. H.,
We from the Riverside Farm at New
market Junction, n. H., Lou ", whose
owner is E. f. Bass of Will1mant1c,
Conn.,, and Pooh Bah, from Maplehurst
Farm, Lancaster, Mass. They were a
lively set Of youngsters, but went away
in a bunch after one or two trials. Lou
v, as the field strung out. made a gamey
fight for the first place, but she was
unsteady and was sew eral times off her
feet. Still she led the field until the
stretch was reached, when she again
went into the air, and Pooh Bah pushed
ahead and won the heat in 2.29 Ia The
judges set Lou V. back to fifth place for
her repeated breaks
Pooh Bah had it his own way in the
second heat, and was not headed. al
though Lou V made several gal liant at
tenpts to steal first place, getting well
to the front and then going off her feet
every time. Nelson with Conquest con-
quered the second place. The time was
229 "a
!. This being race for two years olds,
two heats decided it. Pooh Bah Of
course took first money; second went to
Conquest Star; third to Aldwild, and
fourth to Lou V. The summary: &
TWO-YEAR-OLD. PURSE $500
Pooh Bah, by Ralph Wilkes (Trout) 1
Conquest Star, c, by Nelson (Nel-
SOM
Aldwild, b +, by Advertiser. 4
We br S, by Woodbino (MaTsh) 5
Lou ", br by Quartermaster 8
Time-a 291z g 29A.
THE 2. So PACE
The second race on the programme
was the 2. IS pacing class. Nelson again
appeared driving Sarah Fuller. 1t was
an owners race. for Drake Of Lewiston,
was driving Beatrice Nevins sat on the
S. r. Clark of Philadelphia drove his
bay stallion Claus Forester. Then
there were the Boston stallion Mutineer
and kingsley's Hollister. Hollister and
the white sulky had the pole and there
was a streak of light at the front for
three-quarters of the way around the
route, when the leader went to pieces
and came in in fifth place. At the start
Nelson, who had fifth place with Sarah
Fuller made a Leaf drive across the
field into the second place and hung there
to the end Hollister passed him and
won, but as Rex went all to pieces, the
Waterville man and his mare were in
the second place at the end. The time
was 2. II IA
srrThe second heat began with a pretty
brush between HOLSTER and Claus For
roster for the first place, but after passing
the quarter Hoilister made bad break
and CLAUS then had 1t his own way with
Sarah Fuller a close second, and Hollis
ter in the third place. The time was
2.1615.
Claus Forester took the third heat, but
had no walkoyer. 1t was one of the
prettiest races seen on the track for q
long time A blanket would have COW
cred 'en until on the stretch Rex broke.
Sarah Fuller and Hollister crowded
Claus hard and the three came down the
stretch in a bunch with Hollister in the
second place. Beatrice did not appear.
She fell on the track at the conclusion
of the previous heat, overturning her
sulky, and was drawn by permission of
the judges. The time of the heat was
ARR.
Tbs fourth heat fell to Claus Forester,
giving him the race, but at one time it
looked more like HOLSTERS turn, the
gelding leading the stallion on the back
Stretch but finally breaking and going
to third place. Nelson with Sarah
Fuller finished second. Forester got
first money; Holiister, second; Sarah
Fuller, third; Mutineer, fourth. The
summary:
a.35 CLASS. PACING. PURSE $500.
Claus Forester s, CLARK 8 1 1
Hollistor, b g by Almont, Jr.,
Sarah Fuller, b m, by Nelson
MatinesF,< b $, by William L.
Rex Nutwood, CHI Shy Nutwood
(Neyins) 5
Beatrice, blk m, by Bayard
Wilkes (Drake) DIR
Time-2. ~, 2.16A. 2.1711, 2.1774.
THE $50 TROT.
The third race was for the $50 trot-
ting class, and seven contestants came
to the wire. Pat Kane brought out his
chestnut stallion Dexter K, L. A.
Pray, the bay mare Leola from Auburn;
then there were the grey gelding Leigh
ton, from Lead Stream Farm, Canaan,
Vt. the bay mare Arlena from Airing
ton Air Line farm, Middlefeld, Conn.,;
Harry Flagen from the Union stock
farm, North Vassalboro, Blackstone
Brine from the Riverside farm and
Bolio Butler, one of Demarest's horses.
Woodbury. won the first heat with
Leola taking the lead on the stretch after