The Portland daily press., 1897-10-08
Little Rigby Fair.

Oo5OOs Wv. v AO0hy o 1ehAA AlehS OCC II
one of the greatest in the history of the
association and one of the most success
full as the smiling faces of the officers tes-
titled. The people began to come in the
early morning and kept coming until
noon. There were goo present as a con-
sentative estimate and the entertainment
furnished them has been Of the best
There is some very fine stock here
among which may be noticed the follow
ing: George L. Curtis, Casco, full blood
Jersey cow, years old and calf, also full
blood. William +. Cook, Casco, one pair
steers and one pair oxen. Willis II.
Rolfe, Casco, three grade Durham; one
2yearsold heifer, Egrade2J Jersey; one year
old heifer, full blood Holstein. Wilbur
F. Tenney, Casco. one yearling heifer,
giade Holstein.
a fine exhibit of their work W. W.
Hamlin, Casoo has his usual good show
of vegetables and farm produce includ-
ing A plates fruit, a rather rare article
this fall. Mrs. A. E. Mayberry, Casco
has 10 varieties of canned fruit. Other
good exhibits were those of A. e. May
berry and brother and ). NJ. Jepson,
squash weighing Sc, 40 and 80 pounds re-
speotively.
G. T. Neyens of Auburn, the we'll
known carriage man, has an exhibit
shown by A. D. Randall.
In the forenoon there was a ball game
between the Oxfords and Bolster Mills
clubs, the former winning after an excit-
ing contest by score OF ~ to 16. A
large crowd witnessedst the game that was
umpired in very satisfactory manner
by Willie Mains, THE Windham won
der''
There was pulling contest between
horses under 1860, the load weighing
about 5000. Robinson aud Foss, Scar
borO, took the first two moneys, $40 and
So; Morrill,, Norway third money, 81 !;
Leender Mosher, Naples, fourth money
81. Coinmittee-Henry Harmon, John
III. Hayden Raymond, Isaac l.. johnson
Gorham.
The grand stand was well packed when
at p. m. the gong was. struck for the
2.27 class. Hon. B. III. Fernald of West
Poland, acted as starting judge, the
others being Frank NJ. Hawkes. of Wilson
Springs, and John B. Robinson Oxford
Charles L. Keene of West Poland, and R.
c. Edes of Edes Falls, acted as timers
a II of these officers gave perfect satisfac-
ton. The 2.27 class had nine starters
and proved to be fight the race being
been trotted. Much unnecessary scoring
took place during the contest which
finally resulted as follows:
s.s7 Glass, purse s125. Diminished.
Sorrel Jim, G, j. r. Wes-
colt, Falmouth, erich
ards), 115 2
Riyerton, IA g.. L. J.
Bracket, Newhall,
(Brackeut), S41 1
Bonnie, b g, A. II. Jack,
Baby by s., &. j. Russell, .
Buekfsid, (RusselD, 2 2 o 2
Gertie B.. b m, A. Chute,
el Naples !oehsuts), 8 g
Chaplin, Harrison, (Chap-
Made9Ia, s s 5 dr.
Gen. Mao, Carl Stuart,
Gray, (Stuart,) 9 9 dr.
Lucy Luce, ch m, M. L.
Getchell. Lewiston, (Get-
Time-s.25 II, s.s4 s-4, s.s7s.4. a.ao, s.ss.
The ESQ class was pulled off insstraight
heats IN race unmarked by any sensa-
tfonai Textures. In the second heat how :
ever, there came near being bad acct
dent, Quito ran into sulky, reared and
overturned the sulky with the driver I'M
derneath. Luckily he was caught and
soon was In condition to start. The
summary.
260 Class. Purse, $10O.
Meta. gr m, II 1
Bolt Casey. 8. n. Farnham, 2 2
Johnnie Reb, 3 8 8
Glen Wilkes, b g, N. L. Getchell, 4
Quito, br G, J. B. Page, 5 5 6
Time-2.39 IA. 2.37 Is, 2.36.
Tomorrow the 2.27 class will be finished
and two other races will be pulled off.
Should the management be favored with
another dag Of good weather there will
doubtless be large attendance. The
track Is considered one of the best half
mile tracks In the state.
President Willism Woodruff, speaking
at the Mormon conference, said to his
hearers: God Almighty requires you tc
unite in your temple work and unite in
your policies. You should unite to elect
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