The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-08-26
GRAY'S GATHERING.
Opening Of Annual Exhibition Of
Park Association.
THE SHOW COMPLETE In ALL THE
VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS.

The Midway Entertainers Are not Lack
ing-Two Interesting Ball Games-The
Horse Races Caused Much Fun.
Gray, August 25.-The 18th annual ex-
hibition of the Gray Park Association
opened today under the most favorable
conditions.
The crowd was not as largo as it
ed Wednesday and Thursday.
The exhibits come in we'll, many osti
tie were entered as well as q good display
Of poultry and other stock which goes. to
attract the neighboring farmers to the
grounds annually. The hall exhibit will
be as complete and interesting as in any
OF the previous II years the association
has conducted Its fairs.
The fair has the usual number of mid
way entertainers.
This forenoonEthe committee made an
examination Of the town teams, neat
stock, mares and colts, sheep, swine and
poultry. The following is list of some
of the entries:
Town teams-Gray, SIX yoke; Ray
mond, six yoke
Eat oattle-S. W. Foster, Gray. 1 pair
fat oxen.
Matched oxen-W. P. Haskell, Gray,
pair; M. G. Morrill,, Gray, pair.
Stsers-Charles Cole, Raymond, ! pair
8 year 0lds, pair matched steers, year
old; pair years old and pair l year
old.
Herds-O. 8. Higgins, Gray, Holsteins !;
W. C. Streeter, Cunnlngton, Mass,
pure blood Durhams 6. Merrill, Gray,
Holste1ns and Jerseys.
Draft oxen-J. G. Benson, Gray, pair
6 feet inches; Howard Verrill, Gray,
Gorham,1 pair feet A inches. pair z feet
inches, and one pair feet inch.
Swine-Charles Cooley, Gray, white
Chester SOW and nine pigs; Charles Cole,
Raymond Chester sow and six Figs.
Sheep-Charles Cole, Raymond, grade
Southdowns; j. G. Benson, Gray. sheep
and lambs.
J. E. Leighton, Gray; year old stall
lion owned by Frank Quint, Gray ;
Albalo, year old, owned by W. Fl. Mar
rett, sStandish Woven Wind, years old,
W. H. Marrett, Standish; Gold Bird, Jr,,
2 years old, Elmer Frank, Gray; Rolf
K, years DID, 8. M. Farnham. Danvills
junction.
The trial OF strength and discipline OF
steers, which was catalogued for II
O'Clock, did not come off.
The three and four year old colts were
shown to harness on the track for the as
ISOLATION premiums at II O'Clock. The
committee, composed of Messrs. y. NJ.
Hawkes. of Wilson Springs, B. H. Morse
and Harry Merrill of Gray, decided the
awards as follows:
Colts, two years-M. 7. Douglass, South
Windhan, first.
Colts, three years-M. T. Douglass,
South Windham, first.
Colts, four years.. T. Hancock, Gray,
first; o. s. Higgins. Gray, second.
BASE BALL GAMES.
Two games of base ball were played on
the grounds. One in the forenoon, be-
tween the Presumpscots of Westbrook
and South Windhams, for purse of $40,
given by the association, which was
easily won by the Presumpscots. The
score by innings:
Fresumpscots, o GA 3 o 2-S
So. .Windhams,0 0 8 % 8 0 o OF
This afternoon the Grays played the
Dry Mills An interesting game. At the
end of the third inning the score stood
to s, but all said that it was sure
thing for the Dry Mills team.
The bicycle race assigned for p. M,
failed to materialize.
Ht
~ va HORSE RACES.
The horse races were in teresting and
caused much fun. The first race was of
green horses, trot or pace, for purse of
$50. 1t was won in three straight heats
by Riverton, owned and driven bysL. e.
Halves of Windham. There were six en-
tries, but only five came to the wire. 1t
was pretty race. Riverton, Fred O.
and Daisy H. kept we'll together, while
Dottie 8. was way behind, and in the
second heat was distanced Melody, driven
by Allen, was not in the race, either by
trotting or pacing, but succeeded in COM
ing In fourth place by running the eptire
mile every heat.
The second event was for colts, three
years old, trot or pace, for purse of SOC,
and was easily won by Woven Wind,
owned by DR.. VIII. Marrett of Stand
and driven by Delano. The two first
heats were made in 2.3s 10 and 2.4O,
but at the special request of the judges
an exhibition mile in the third heat,
making 1t easily in 2.29. Woven Wind
made a two-year- record of a.25 "a.
The summaries follow:
Green Horses, Purse $50, Trot or Pace.
Riverton, TO g, by Fred Lothian,
(Hawkes,) / 1 ]
Fred G, br g, (Graffam), 3 2 {
Daisy 81, m, (Cobb), Q 8 {
Melody, b IN, (Alleu), 4 4 4
Dottie s, (MoCorrison), dis