The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1895-09-07

unexneoted and so we'll executed that the
crowd in the grand stand stood up and
11.atched The horses shot under the
wire side nv side and then the spectators
made the stand ring with applause. The
two went under the wire SO nearly abreast
that when the judges announced that
it was Pilots heat and race, there were
some vigorous expressions of dissent from
the Grand stand. From the judges stand,
that the decision was right Woodbury.
had made a great drive and it came very
near winning the heat Had he done so
II was even money that the mare would
have won the race, for Pilot after his
snnrt in the first heat was not as fresh as
Halle. The summary:
s.19 GLASS, OPEN, PURSE $500
Pilot, Jr, by Black Pilot, (wil-
Haley, b. S., by Nelson, tPink-
ham),
Halle, ch. m., by Harbinger,
(Wocdbury), 8 8 2
Time-First heat, 80 ia, 1.O6 ia, 1. 40,
9 10 ID: second heat, "a IA, Ill, /. 45 10.
2 10 IA; third heat, 81 5-4, 1.o9, 1.43 IA,
2. 1S Ia.
In the 2.s4 pacing class Nelson horse
had it his own way, being the chestnut
stallion Merrill by Nelson, dam by
Matchmaker sMerrill has figured in many
Maine tracks and on none of them has
he failed to take first money. He is
owned by J. f. Merrill of Damariscotta.
Today he did the first mile in 2.1s 1-,2
2. 23 ga made at the Eastern Maine Fair
at Bangor. Becker, one of Pooler's
string from Skowhegan, was an easy Sec
ond in the money getting. but lost the
second place in the third heat to Otto,
entered by f. H. Berry of Rockland. Otto
behaved badly in the first heat, but ac-
Quilted himself creditably in the next
two. The summary:
s2.s4 GLASS, PACING, PURSE $4Oo.
Merrill, ch. S., by Nelson, (Merrill), / /
Becker, b. by Cohonnett, Wood
Otto, B. = g., by onawa, )Lamson15, 8 5 2
Ned H., b.g.,by Gen. Grant, Ed
Venture, ch. s.,by Cunard, Jr.,
Cydex, Oh S. by Nelson, (Smith), s s
Cashier G. s., by Nelson, (Ingraham)7 5
Evelyn, b. m, by Robinson D.,
(Thompson,) 8 2
ards), s 9 dr.
Time-2. 1S 1-2, 2.2O. 2.2l.
There was a large Auburn delegation
on the grounds to see the performance Of
one of II. Wesley Hutchins' string, the
chestnut Slide. in the $50 trot, which
came next on the list. Nibs, Chapman S
brown gelding from Bethel was in the
field of six and was marked as the win
ner from, the start. 1t was Nibs which
in the three minute race Monday pushed
the leader Eddie b. to mark of 2.24 1-2,
and distanced the rest of the field. To-
day he took the three heats handily, never
once being headed by Slide, who clung
to second place about a length behind the
leader. The summary:
2. so CLASS, TROTTING, PURSE $500.
Nibs, br. g, by Harry Lumps,
Slide, Oh. g., by The Seer, .
Mozart, ch. s., by Harbinger,
(Fuller), 6 8
Lalla Rook, b. M, by Albrino,
(Thompson),
Greenbrino, b. s., by Goodbrino,
Quoddy Girl, b. f., by Domineer,
(Titer), 3
Time-2.a9 4,as7 3-4, 29o
Another event on the card of more than
the wonderful two-year old from Ken
lucky. Bingen was sent to beat his rec
ord of 3 "a IA and did it handsomely go.
ing to the quarter in 30 seconds the half
in 100 IA the three quarters in l. 45 Is
and the mile in 2.20 IA.
Ira Woodbury. the Portland driver is
the hero of the hour among the horse
men here. Besides his drive with Halle
today it was he who drove the veteran
Glenarm II years old when the stallion
lowered his record and it was Woodbury.
who was behind Emma Westland.
This fair is among the most successful
financially ever held by the society. The
total receipts will be $4,000 or more an
increase of several thousand dollars over
last year which was better year than
1898. The success is a deserved one, too
for the fair has been good one ably con-
Quoted.
George W. Bishop, the New York horse
buyer when asked the other day what
Bingen is worth replied GAS much as
any horse in the world. -