The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-10-14


Fair in sagadahoc County-some
| Points in Which 1t Excels-Fine Dis
plays, Good Tro,ting and an Up to
Date Midway.
| ESPECIAL TO THE PREss.I
Brunswick, October 13.-They call it the
world fair in Brunswick and Topsham.
1t is really the fair of the Sagadahoc Ag-
ricultural Society and there are two
things which distinguish it from other
county fairs. The first of these is that
it is better than most fairs of this sort
and the second, that it is held so late in
the fall of each year that it barely escapes
conflicting with the first snow storm.
This year, SO far as the quality and extent
of the exhibits and the size of the fields
in the track events are concerned, the
fair. is living ups..to it's reputation for
excellence, and if the succeeding days are
as fair and as warm as has been today,
no complaint can be made against the
weather.
The fair grounds are in Topsham. You
enter by way of the exhibition hall.
which is jammed full of fruits, vegetables,
carriages, agricultural implements
crazy quilts. pianos and organs, paintings,
pen and ink sketches and photographs.
and the thousand and one other things
which go to make up the indoor exhibit
of the first class fair. The exhibit Is SO
fine and SO large that the spectacle VEN
ders and the candy men have scant room
in which to ply their trade.
Leaving the exhibition hall, the visitor
ascends long flight of steps to the high
er ground beyond and plunges at once
into the midst of that necessary adjunct
modern farmers festival, the Midway.
There are degrees of excellence-if You call
it excellence-in the Midway attractions,
and this Midway seems to have few OF
the objectionable features. To be sure
there are some women In skirts shorter
than those usually seen on bicycles, but
the place seems mainly devoted to tintype
galleries where Jack and Jill may have
their pictures taken setting hand-iu,
hand. One couple had begun to pose be-
, fore reaching the photograph gallery,
They were seen wandering hand-in-hand
through the exhibition hall. Then there
. is the merry. go.round, various strong
! men who, according to the bankers, riya
t Sandow in physical strength, and &
3 troupe of colored jubilee singers. On al
sides are the men with canes and rings tx
: throw at them and the coon who maker
: target of himself is in evidence.
THE TROTTING.
! The track is nearby. 1t is narrow, bu
of good footing for the horses, and in tn,
I years since it was built, 1t has been tn,
scene of many an exciting race. Toda,
! there were two events on the card ant
they proved. to.. be exciting, the 225 clas
= in particular with its field of IA starter
out of an entry list of 20, developing int
fighting match from the start to finish
!, In the list of starters were some well
known Maine horses. Local interest cen
tered in the performance of Beuventur'
. Boone, the bay gelding owned and driver
by DR.. Fandez of Brunswick. Then Their
: were Riverton, Gen. Mac, Lady Frank
lin and Sorrel Jim, all well known to tn
attendants at the fairs. 1t is Difficult
) task to handle so large field on SO mar
r row track, but Mr. Chas. S. Dorrity, tn
. starting judge, did it and did 1t we'll
He told the drivers that all must worl
3 together and his words were needed. thu
/ starts being made with little scoring
Sorrell Jim had the pole in the first heat
! but went off his feet and fell back int
: the ruck, while Benyenturo Boone sho
! out of the crowd and into the coverte,
/ position in advance of the field. Afte
? that Benyenturo was not headed and fin
3 ished an easy winner by a length, Will
, the Brunswick enthusiasts shouted them
selves hoarse in his honor. The triumph
: of the Brunswick horse was short lived
, however, for the second heat went to A
E. S., which had finished second in tn
s first heat. Benventuro Boone was evi
IDENTIFY not able to hold his clip in tn
lead second time, and A. E. S., pushe
to the fore early in the mile, Linnie G
9 following and getting second place. Th
y race had become exciting and the thir
q heat added to the excitement by bring
e ing two new candidates for chance a
the money into the rattle. Lady Goodwi
. was the horse which this time capture
f first place with Gen Mac close benin
j, her. The men who understand horse
. and driving saw something in this hea
! which gave promise of another surprise
: Riverton, driven by the veteran Brack
S EFT. had been content with ninth positio
in the first two heats but in the third
i the horse let out several links and easil
S sailed into third place. Riverton'
. promise was fulfilled in the next for b
was an easy winner by several: lengths
q That made four heats trotted with fou
= horses winners.
The race was then postponed until 1873
. tomorrow. The summary:
, Beuvenuto Boone, b 6, Gan.
= diz), l 8 s.
g A. E. S., b g, (sawyer(. 2 | 4
Lady Goodwin, ch IN, (Hood), 5 /
| Riverton 70 O. (Brackett1, 9 9 2