Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-08-17
PITTSFiELD RACES.
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so was the press box We did not learr
Just what papers were represented bui
there were "A lot of men in the press
Just the same.
Al the opening Of the afternoon
events Starter Merrill read tho riot act
t. drivers again during the scoring.
He gave them to understand that if
they did not pay attention to him and
not each other and come down in
some kind OF shape h. would make
them settle.
The 235 stake race had but a field of
six and was unquestipnably between
| Marion. the clever little mare by Die
tator Chief. owned by ". T.. Haley Of
South Gardiner. Pilot Wilkes aud Lin
ME o. Marion showed great speed III
thn pinchcs that were often occurring
| during the race. IN tle third heat
I.bcn LIS driver had hrcn promised =
new Sulky rs Bangor manufacturer
| if he would shut out The Held in thai;
heat, and how near hc came t. doing
il VIA he scen lYy tho score
Time FIRST heat -a5'-. HE: 80;
331le. Second boat -3s. III; l.ll: 2.23i
Third heat 3+a, l.lU. I.f5i4 ~
Fourth heat-3i'-; lloi-; 149: ~
Thu summary:
425 sTANE-TEoT AND PACE.
Marion 4. m. by Dictator Chicf
". u. Haley. South Gardiner. 1 , !
Pilot Milkce hlk. ~. by Wilkes
A. NJ. Nywhcrt. itoek3nd , z
i-hcn H. ,. nix 4 .- IN lioro''-oh a.
LINN, e. Xix. M. hy i.olus.
Charles hrstin, IitisHcld -.-- ldr
Harry T.. ~; s ~ iIyr ,!ii
Huy hlls ~ J.. r.. r. Whceldcn.
Bangor -.-.............-t---. p ms
Much interest was manifested Ia
the 2.l6 race. Edmund had his
friends The Seer Was i layoritc and
| HlacN Nathan was popular. Great
some. Erwin NJ, Jack WNman and
things were expected Of Jack WNman
| but he hardly held the position in
which he started. Hattie and Silver
Street had been entered. hut did not
start which WAS Il disappointment to
many.
Erwin NJ. drew the pole After
| scoring a number Of times they got
| the word and were oil we'll to grthCr.
| Edmund caught Erviu's wheel on the
| half, and kept there until thccutrancc
OF the last quarters when he closed up
| gradually without skip. NJ the en-
| trance of the last stretch. Edmund )
nose WAS nj trvin's shoulders then
| Edwards put on the whip and Ed
inund pu>cd his nose under the wire.
everybody thought first. hut the
| judges decided that il was dead
heat. 1t WAS rs pretty racing as one
could want to witness. The Seer WAS
third and very close. In the second
heat it was a repetition of the first
with the exception that Jack Wymau
| finished last instead of fourth The
| fight from the back stretch 10 the
wire WAS hot but steadily and cventu-
| ally Edmund drew ahead taking the
pole ON The last turn and reaching the
wire on squirt three lengths in the
| lead
! The third heat saw Erwin NJ. 90
| down the field To sixth position Ed
muud held the pole until the close Of
| the heat, winning by Il length with
The Seer next, Jack WNman third.
| in the fourth heat Jack Wyman got
Il good scnd-o:f, but he was not fast
enough TO head Edmund at either
| turn. The Seer being a bother. The
Seer and Erwin NJ. We're nose aud nose
at the close Of the first half, but En-
Vim fell back, Edmund taking the heat
and race.
Time first heat, 34H, 1901, Ia.
2.l9. Second heat. .34H. i.0S%i. 1.43M.
go. Third heat, .34%. 1.l0%. ll6,
2.2i. Fourth heat. .3lM. ITO. 1.I5.
2.2oM
! ZIG CLASS TROT AND PACE.
Edmund, b. &. by Nelson o. c.
Edwards. Fairfield ............. dh.1 / /
| Erwin NJ, br. $, by Iothair. Jr,
| a. T. Miller. Exeter .......... d.h.2 6 :
The Seer J.. $: by, General Ben
| ton, +. n. Hntchins Auburn. 3 2 >
Parker, ch. $, by Nelson, NJ. A.
Parker, Skowhegan ............ ) ) 6
Jack NNman. b. s., by Harold
| mont. IL. Is. Connor Pittsiield 4 6 3 4
Black Nathan blk. s.. by Rob-
| inson d.. \. l.. Russell. Buck
| heid ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ,
Edmund took first money. Erwin NJ,
second, The Seer. third,an the fourth
money was divided between Jack Wv
man and Black Nathan.
The one mile bicycle race was IA
feature. There but three entries.
! a. J. Dyer, Lewiston .... I
". $. Phillips, Skowhegan .......... 2
L. =. snow, OrOnO NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 3 :,
IT was Il cinch for Dyer. Time. first
heat, 2.35ta: second. 2.lO.
| The five mile bicycle race was be-
tween Dyer of Lewiston: Phillips of
Skowhegan. and Foster OF Orono.
Dyer won easily in Ism. SIS.
The races were at an end without
accident and then came hustle for
the trains.
+ Electric Bitters.
Electric BitterS is a medicine shifted f,,.