Daily Kennebec journal., 1896-09-01
IhE STATE FAIR.


I viii also start in races but Westbrook.
Another horse with late mark is
! that of Sam. bs. by Charles NJ. dam bv
I records BlackhaWk. Sam is five
/ years old, weighs $40 pounds. stands Il
/ hands His first race was this sprinp
/ when he started in the 230 class. trot-
ting the first heat in 29A and finally
! winning the race. getting his mark i'm
( the first heat he ever trotted in a race
! sam IS owned by Dr. X. Smith Of Au-
/ burn.
/ The Elmwood Stock farm Of Poland
! IS here life size with its exhibit Of i'm
/ ported coach and gcntlemen's driving
! horses. Or. T. y. Drake Of the Ha-
thorn Stock farm, Pittsfeld, has
string Of u good ones in his large and
well appointed stables J. F. Barrett
pf Deeling, has a string of II including
/ Westland and Emma Westland and T.
# D0yen where with Ola WestIand
Suzette 2.20H and Regal Nelson 233&.
owned by i. Morrison Of Boston. pro-
prietor Of the Morrison Stock farm of
East LivermOre.
The 31-years- old Walter Wentworth.
ion so years in the show business. is
mere with Hubin's Beauty show Went
worth although II years old is the con-
turtioniSts of the Hubin show and
good one at that. Old men have crowded
under the canvas all day long to sec
Il man older than themselves working
himself through a hoop, squirming and
twisting himself about in knots.
state Detective Ira NJ. True is on the
scene in the employ of the Maine Cen
tral Railroad and Detective +. l.. OdIin
Il tins city. is also about the grounds
and that man who wants to work a
game illegitimate will find the sluths
pressing him closely.
Tomorrow will be Grange day, which
wil include an address by National
Master Bridgham of Ohio. from the
grand stand. Hon. Edward Wiggin.
Master of the Maine State Grange will
also speak.
There viii be meetings of the Maine
board of agriculture. Wednesday even
ing. at 80 O'Clock, at which time there
Viii be addresses by DR.. a. W. Harris
president of the Maine State College.
and Prof. Charles y. Woods, director
Of the Maine experiment station. and
singing by Miss Jennie King Morrison
of the Ladies Cicilian Quartet of Port
land
There will be a meeting of the Maine
State Grange in Mechanics hall on the
grounds. Tuesday evening. at 80
O'Clock. State Master Wiggin and Ma
tiJnal Master ]. H. BridEham will ad-
dress the meeting.
There VAS considerable interest man
if, sted in the race events. this after
noon. and it was a disappointment to
many. however, when the rain began to
FAN. about , o'clock, shutting off the
races after the first heat in the 3years-
Old class. Suzette. Woyenwind and
Julia Were the faVorites with the first
and last named a point or two ahead
Suzette drew the pole on the start.
Wovenwind second. Julia next and
Driole on the outside. Wovenwind was
unable Ia hold his position and lost it
on the second quarter, Julia drawing up
and appropriatins his place. but the
stufly little stallion drove Julia downth
stretch finishing third
THEEE-YEARS-OLp CLASS
l.uzctte. b. m. Nelson. Kentucky
Oriolc. bl. $. Arrival Bayard .......... !
Wovcnwnid, b. $. Sphinx. Nision.-.-... :.
Julia. b. m. Haley ..-........,...........- =
First quarter b 81: half 1.l24; three
iuarters, l-iN',; mile, 22''4-
The finest display of butter ever made
anywhere in New England is now in
the hall on these grounds. The fish
exhibit draws well. You can see
landlocked salmon from its earliest in
fancy to a six pounder The fruit of
The orchard and the fruit of the needle
is very CONSPICUOUS this year.
Visitors to the Journal office. today.
were: john w. Scott Lewiston:
Thomas \. Brennan. j. NJ. Nichols.
Mrs. J. NJ. Nichols, George l.. Weeks,
W. q. Fiheld. II. l.. Han. II. Il. Cony.
=. Walker McKeen. ii. T.. Leighton,
Augusta; NJ. ]. Murphy. George West,
Waterville; Sumner Soule. Charles
Stackpoie. Gardiner; John l.. Read,
Boston Globe representative; NJ. j.
kavanaugh, Lewiston; O. ID. Gardner.
Cross Hill: w. G. Hunton. Rcadfield;
Editor Charles kendrick of the Booth
bay Register: Mr.. True, Leeds; Ira NJ.
True. Hallowell; Fred L. Odlin. Lewis
ton: Deputy Marshal Daniel Sands.
Lewiston.