The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-07
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Lewiston, Sept. 6.-The heavens have
smiled on the State Fair and this closing
day was as fair as it's predecessors The
interest in the show continued for as
many as 5000 people were on the
grounds today. OF course, the exhibits
began moving out before the races were
over. but the trotting was OF kind to
keep the people interested. When a
horse trots half mile on half mile
track in one minute and six and one
quarter seconds, the crowds have plenty
of reason for their applause and cheers.
1t was day of rare sport for the lovers
of fast horses and fitting close to a
week of fine trotting. Today's track
event began with the finish Of the trot
for the foals of 1892, in which the Deer
ing mare Emma Westland took the first
two heats SO handily yesterday. afternoon.
1t was pretty heat, but there was
little doubt of the result. Emma Vest
land took the heat and race handily in
2. % 3-4, which makes a new mark for her
and is the fastest three-year old record
for Maine mare. Emma's previous
record was 2.29 1-2, made when she be-
came the first Maine. bred colt to enter the
2. 80 list The su nm ary:
TROTTING, FOALS OF 1892, PURSE
s4o0 -(CONCLUDED).
Emma Westland, b. f., by Vest
land (Woodbury), l /
Emma Wilkes br. m., By Wilkes,
(Tozier), 3 2 2
n I
Wilkes, (EllisJ,
Albert H., br. g., by Warrener,
(Dustin), 4 A
Regal Nelson, b. s., by Nelson, !.
(Gilbert), b
Sunset r., b. S., by Warrener,
(Noyes), CIR
Time-s. s3, 1888 1-2, ass 3-4.
With only three contestants. the 2. 10
class, open. made rattling good race,
introducing to the spectators Pilot, Jr.,
horse famous in the Provinces and
N. B. Pilot. Jr.. is by Black Pilot, al
though not that Black Pilot once SO we'll
known in this State where he was owned.
This Black Pilot, like his fast son,
asyagProvincial. The dam of Pilot, Jr.,
was by Gilbert and Gilbert was by the
famous Constellation. Pilot, Jr.,. today
trotted the third heat in 2. Is IA, his res
ord beng 221 fat, made at Amherst, N.
S. But Pilot, Jr., had done better than
that for on the Moosepath track at St.
John he recently worked mile in
3 90 1-2. This track is described as being
as sandy as the desert of Sahara. On it
Nelson once did milo in 2.17 3-4
That was just after the great stallion
had made his record of 100, but the
Moosepath track was too heavy for him.
Pilot, Jr., is the horse that trotted the
half in l. 06 IA. He did it in the first half
of the starting heat when he made the
quarter in 80 1-3 seconds, the half in
1. O6 IA, the three quarters in /. AZ and the
mile in 2 10 IA.
He had only two competitors in the
race, GHaley, a bay stallion by Nelson,
entered by W. D. Haley of Gardiner, and
Halle, chestnut marc sent here by ii.
NJ. Lowe of Shawmut and driven by Ira
Woodbury.. Haley finishedia good second
in the heats but was evidently hard
pushed to do it. Halle was not moved
in this or the next heat, which was also
trotted in 2.19 IA The mare came along
in third place, but Woodbury. was waiting
for his chance and when it came, nearly
captured the honors. 1t was when Pilot
turned into the stretch for the finish in
the third heat that Woodbury. sent the
mare for the sensational drive of the
meeting Pilot swung away from the
pole and then the mare let out a link,
Shot into the vacant place and started for
the wire at an express train gait The
chestnut crept by the leaders sul1y, her
nose reached point by Pilots shoulder
and then in twinkling the horses were
neck and neck. 1t was man Oeuyre so