The Portland daily press., 1897-08-27
ESPECIAL TO THE PREsS.1

ESPECIAL TO THE PREsS.I
Cornish, August 26.-Better Sweather
could not have been made to order fof
fair than that of today. 1t was per-
feet September day, cooler than the usual
run of August weather and this ensured
a banner crowd at the track. In the fore
noon there was not much going on save
preparations for the afternoons sport.
Arrivals were plentiful and the stables
We're filled and lines Of carriages sur.
rounded the track and clustered around
the track fence and, trees. Picnic per-
ties dincd under the towering pines while
the restaurants and confectionery booths
did good business.
The base ball game between the South
Hirams and the Freedoms was won by
the former II to s. Cornish and Lining
ton will play tomorrow, they being tied
this season.
Tomorrow will see the close of the fair.
The great event Of the racing card is ex-
pected to be the free-for-all, 10 very fast
nags being named to go for the money,
besides that class, the 2.27 and 2.45 have
good fields. The track is hard and fast
as attested by yesterday s work, the three
minute class taking a mark of
2.26 3-4.
Mrs. Lydia Colcord of Cornish was run
into while crossing the track this noon,
by T. T., and thrown. She lay as if dead
and it was thought at first that she was
killed, but she soon revived and was tax
en- home. Aside from the shock she was
not seriously hurt The horse and rider
were thrown, but not injured.
There were two good classes down to-
day, the a.3s and the 2.2o. Five horses
came out in both for the word. T.. T.
had the pole in the 2.38 class, and was a
good horse to the last rod, coming home
when Kitty drove fast enough to get into
the lead by nose and won in 2.32 fiat.
Annacautrix was third and Bennie
fourth. Choral G. was just inside the
flag.
Kitty went to aSbreak- in the second
heat on the back stretch. T. T. was good
for the heat from that out. Annacautrix
drove for it, but WASN'T competent ap-
parently. Kitty was third and Bennie
fourth. Time, 2.32 3-4.
There was a fine finish to the wire in the
next heat, Kitty driving hard for the
lead. Had few minutes been left to go;
she would have won it. T. Z. was
neck head, both using the whip An
nacuatrix was fourth and Choral G.. last.
Time, 2.33 3-4.
The fourth heat was the finish for T. T.
was steady as clock while the others
wavered and couldn's hold the clip. Kit
tiy was second and Bennie third, Anna
cautrix fourth and Choral c. fifth Time
2. 80 IA
7. T. won first, Kitty second, Anna
cautrix third and Bennie fourth.
Lucky Strike drew the pole in. the
2.2o class. They got away fast and went
fast. Strike went to break on the back
stretch and Mordica was too good horse
for either Clayceps or Miss Barbee to
outfoot the rest of the mile. Whirlwind
was inside the flag by narrow margin
ats the finish. Lucky Strike was too un-
steady to give good exhibition of him
self. The time equalled the track record
2.21 Ia.
The second heat was an elegant horse
race from wire to wire. Mordica had
plenty of speed to win 1T, but was driven
the whole mile by Clayceps. Every horse
was driven to win and a small mistake
would have been costly for any horse but
not one was made. 1t was a y clean mile
and aroused genuine enthusiasm at the
finish for Miss Barbee was humming
home dangerously close, Clayceps was
third, Lucky Strike fourth and Whirl-
wind fifth. Time 2.21 IA.
Mordica showed that she was good
horse and won her third heat in 2.2l IA.
Clayceps closed up big gap, being sent
away on her tip toes and showed his
mettle. He ia dandy, sure. Miss
Barbee was driven hard all the way and
it was whip finish in fast time. Whirl-
wind too sprinted almost up to the front.
Lucky Strike was second and close, too.
The money went to Mordica, Miss Bardee,
Clayceps and Lucky Strike
The indications point to a big crowd to-
morrow. 1t will be horse day and many
features of interest win beIon the pro-
gramme.
| The judges today were Geo. f. Clifford
Of Cornish, G. II. Tibbetts of Sanford.
and Starter Morrill, Of Brunswick. Har
ry B. Aver of South Berwick is clerk of
the course.
The summary:
2.3S Glass; Purse $780,
It: t., blk:g, W. A. Nelson, Port
land, gill
Kitty, b m. H. S s.sprague, aaver- : ! :
hill, 1922
Annacaustrix, ch m, Island View
Farm, Haxenport, 3244
Bennie, b &, A. II. Jack, Den
.mark, 4433
Choral G., b N, Geo. W. Carter,
Biddeford, 555 s
Time, 2ss, s.a2 s-4, 2.3s 3-4,a.Sa3-4.
220 Glass; Purse 5000.
Mordica, b m, Island View Farm, III
Miss Bardee, bl m, C.M. Gardiner, 2 4
Clayceps br s, Mt. Washington