The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-09-09
GORHAM'S FIRST DAY.
Opening Of Fifty-Seventh Annual
Fair.
ATTENDANCE NOT UP TO MARK
BUT SHOW A GOOD ONE,

The Hall Exhibit and the Midway-Fre-
quent Changes of Drivers the Feature
| of the Races-Tack Hammer Morrill,
Wins a Good Race,
The 9th annual fair of the Cumber-
land County Agricultural and Hortioul-
| tural Society opened successfully at Mar
| ragansett Park, Gorham, yesterday. The
| attendance was not SO large as it might
have been, but the crowds which will
attend today will probab Iy make up the
difference In receipts.
All of the exhibits are.good and are
sure to be appreciated. The cattle sheds
are filed, many fine bred horses are en-
tered and the stock of swine, poultry
and other fowl is complete. The dis
play OF apples. pears, grapes and vegeta-
bles beneath the hall is large.
j. +. Barrett of Deering has fine
string of Is head of the famous Westland
family.
The midway is complete. It hasYthis
year the six-legged OK, a merry-go-
ound, Samson, the strong man, and sew
eral other places to enter which costs you
only dime. There are q half dozen
restaurants and score of Refreshments
stands.
HALL EXHIBIT.
The hall exhibit is as good, If not bet
ter, than on the previous years, and un-
der the charge of q capable corps of la
dies. The exhibits were not complete
esterday noon, but when the fair opens
today grand display will meet the in
spection Of the public
HOOPER, Son & leighton have fine
display Of furniture arranged in an at.
tractive manner, under the management
of tn cir well-known salesman F. 81.
Dunnsof Woodfords. The exhi bit. is set
of living rooms for we'll furnished
house. There are five of them, the par
Tor, sitting room, dining room, kitchen
and bed room, all complete in their
outfits. Mr.. Dunn states that the cost of
the entire outfit including carpets and
all. is abont $3.50. and bargain too.
The art gallery above is complete in
its exhibits. There are. four booths In
colors, made of green, white, blue or
pink material, for the exhibition of the
china ware. The cases and other furni-
ture for these booths are furnished by
Hooper, Son & leighton.
A case in the gallery contains an an
attractive exhibit of the hand painting
done by Mrs. John ". Warren and Mrs
May Worthley of Westbrook and Mrs. N.
w. Edison of Portland.
Mrs. Hebron May brey has fine colleo-
ton of hand painted china which re-
ceives much admiration.
Messrs. 9. B. Cotton and Walter M.
Cotton of West Gorham and Charles
Davis OF Cumberland Mills have exhibits
of honey in the comb. The latter has
two cases of honey bees.
HORSE RACES.
The horse races started in successful
~. The track, which Is half mile, was
in az good condition as usual. The faces
had small audience, not more than 100
people being in the grand stand. There
were two classes, the 2.a7 class in pacing
for purse Of 5000 and the three. minute
GLASS in trotting for purse of $3.50.
They were exciting races made much
more SO by the change of several of the
drivers during the heats. During the
first Of the pacing race, 1T looked very
much rs If General Mac would win the
so per cent Of the purse. but as soon as
the judges put Ira Woodbury. in to drive
Tack Hammer Morrill, things changed.
The latter made good race against
General Mao and as result five heats
were paced and won by Tack Hammer
Morrill,.
The three-minute trot had q good field
Of six starters. Four heats were trotted
and except the first were won easily BY
Nellie s.
The Judges were Albert Cobb of Deer
ing and Alonzo Libby of Westbrook, with
the successful starter Elmer E. Went
worth of Springyale. The timers were
Edward Clark and Fred A. Bibber, as
sisted by W. @. Jefferds, all of Portland.
2.27 Glass, Pacing.
The 2.27 class, pacing for the purse of
5000, was good race after the first heat.
While scoring the fourth time the pneu-
mAtic tire wheel of Van Buren, Boys gig
struck the left wheel of Tack Hammer
Morrill's gig, quitting the wood off one |
of the spokes, but luckily this was the |
only damage. After the heat one of
the drivers claimed to the judges that
Van Buren, Boys gig had struck tho
driver and attempted to run into him
as well as one or twoyothers.
But many OF the horses were running
about half of them breaking several
times 80 that the judges were unable to
tell whether the drivers assertion was
true or not. On account Of these breaks |
the judges did not alterE..the positions
of the horses from those made In going
under the wire.
General Mao took the pole on the frat |
turn and held the field all the way