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

test. A. r. Tenney's gray mare Meta,
easily pulling it off in straight heats
An interesting incident of the race was
the performance of Nellie NJ, aSPortland
horse owned by Clark Brothers. She
finished in the third and fourth places
in the first two heats. Then Ira Wood
bury got UP behind her and for the first
time the contest did not look quite So
much like dead easy victory for Meta.
Woodbury. sending the Portland FLYER
along to such advantage that she finished
a close second in the fastest mile of the
three The summary:
$50 Class; Purse $3.50.
Meta, g M, (Tenney), III
| Jennie H., bl m, 20 4
Nellie Moore, b m, Is. Clark-Wood-
bury, 342
| Choral c., b m, (Jordan), 4 8 3
Glen Wilkes, b G, (GatchelD, DIS
Early Dawn, S, (Kierstead), DIS
Time, 2.35 IA, 2.34 IA, 2.33 "a.
While the trotting was in progress, Mr..
Ferdinand Stevens went up under his
hot-air balloon and made parachute de-
scent, landing on the other side of the
at the Topsham fair always creates I'M
usual interest because of the proximity
of the river to the fair grounds. The
chance of seeing the daring aeron aut
get an Involuntary BATH. adds greatly to
the pleasure of the crowds if not to the
enjoyment of the balloonist. The
! crowds ON the ground this afternoon
oIoh h 10,
attendance for first day. There were
hundreds of people watching the racing
and the Midway was black with hu-
manfty all the afternoon. At the other
| extremity of the park, was an excellent
| feature of the show which nobody appar-
entity cared to visit The cattle looked
lonesome as they stood in the long rows
of stalls. 1t is remarkably creditable
display. The exhibition includes herds
of Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrshires and all
the other leading herds. They come
mostly from the large farms of the fertile
Kennebec valley. Among the exhibitors
is j. F. Buker of Bowdoin, whose cattle
are known by..reputation at least all over
the state. He has Meadow Brook farm
|
head being bull of distinguished an
cesUry.
E. S. Adams of Bowdoinham makes a
large exhibit of sleek and handsome
Guernseys. Ayrshires and Jerseys There
l Herefords and Holsteins exhibited by S.
B. Hathorne of Richmond are worthy
of notice and SO are the Guernseys which
| 49, e., of
Harpswell. J. o. Meserve of Topsham
has large herd here, including grade
short horns, Holsteins, Jerseys and Here
fords. B. NJ. Patten of Topsham exhibits
is head Of thoroughbred land grade short
horns, including full FLOODED short horn
bull. r. J. Patten has likely yoke OF
grade Hereford steers, two years old. To
enumerate the cattle exhibited by A. w.
Hunt of Brunswick, would take column
or so, for they are animals of famous
lineage in the race Of the Ayrshires. All
told they are s5 or 26 in number, and
they make showing seldom equalled by
a single exhibit at New England fair.
@. S. Libby of Richmond exhibits fine
lot of Jerseys.
4 Today is the first day of the fair. the
storm of yesterday causing postpone
J ment. As result yesterday IS programme
, was carried out today. Tomorrow the
, events assigned for today will occur.
They include the $50 and $40 classes
with large fields of starters. The fair
J will be continued through Friday, and
; on that day, in addition to the 2.2O and
, 2.S4 classes, there will be novelty in
the shape of race in which the drivers
will be ladies.