The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1897-09-09

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to consult the young woman in the rad
Jersey who looks more like golf ,,l.rrou
than sooth saver. She is Madame Zoyo
and will tell your past. present and fin.
ture for the usual fee. In this mart Of
the grounds the flying horses seem to ba
doing the best business and thew arc
crowded the livelong day. The rintyne
artist also seem to have a thriving bnsi.
ness.
BIKE AND BALLOON.
The main features Of the day, however
at the Gorham, as well as at other places.
where fairs are held, come in the after.
noon, and yesterday, in addition to some
of the best horse racing seen hereabouts
for q long time, there were other interest
ing things to keep the people in good
humor. In the midst of the racing a
tramp appeared on the track and showed
how Weary Willie rides bicycle. He fell
off the machine in more ways than the
average beginner and that is saying
good deal and the way in which he came
near running down the bystanders and
just missed them created a great deal of
merriment. Later the same tramp came
out on the track and did some difficult
trick riding, winding up with novel act.
A set Of steps was brought out and placed
on the track. 1t consists of four steps on
each side SO that you can ride bicycle
up one side and down the other--if you
know how. The man, dressed like a
tramp, knows how, and he did the trick
twice to the great delight OF the crowd.
The rider is Fred ST. Onge of Boston, and
if he stays in the business he bids fair to
enter the class with Lee Richardson, who
did so many wonderful things during
the fair at Rigby.
For the balloon ascensions the manage
ment secured Mr.. Ferdinand Stevens
Lewiston, who made number of success
full ascensions at the State Fair. The
ball players varied the programme some
what and SO did the balloon, for just as
1t was swelling out to its greatest pro-
portions the boys holding the guy ropes
on one side pull.d little too hard and
tore the big bag. Then 1t WAS let go and
started heavenward, but as it was still
held by the ropes connecting it with the
two tall poles, it turned upside down and
settled back to earth. Now number of
women with proyerbial curiosity of the
sex had Joined the crowd around the bal
loon and when they discovered that it
was coming down on them looking for
all the world like the famous funnel
shaped cloud which accompanies cy-
clone, they gathered their skirts about
them and fed. It was about as lively
trotting as was seen on the track and
they scampered away to such good pur-
pose that nobody was under when the
balloon got back to earth. Mr.. Stevens
went right to work to repair damages
and soon had a new breadth sewed into
the balloon and the hot air once more
filled 1T. 1t was during the last heat Of
the trotting that he was again ready to
ascend and he made successful trip GO
ing up to great height and coming back
all right in patch of woods near the
park. Another thing not ON the pro-
gramme was the participation of little
Johnny Evans in the trotting. Johnny
started to CROSS the track between heats.
He lodged the sweeper which was being
driven down the stretch, kut he did not
see that Horace Nelson was exercising
one of his fast horses at that particular
time and place. Johnny did not know
just what had struck him when he was
rolled over in the dust Perhaps he
thought that the big balloon was on a
bender again. He was badly frightened
and the next time that he goes to a horse
trot he will look long and carefully before
he wanders on the track He was not
hurt, save slight cut on the lip. 1t was
an accident pure and simple, and one
for which no one was to blame.
THE RACES
The races of the day began with the
unfinished 227 pace. In this race five
heats had been pulled off Ola the day be-,
fore and so all the field but the heat-win-
ners were ruled out As Also, Jr, was
drawn after taking two heats Tuesday
GneTe were only UWO CONTESTANTS, Lucky
Roy, with one heat to his credit and
Benovento Boone, with two. Lucky Roy
was on his mettle and won two heats and
the race. For match with only two
the two heats were exciting
and made an. excellent beginning for
the sport Of the afternoon. The money
went to. Lucky Roy, Benoyento Boone,
General Mack and Riyerton in the order
named.
The trotting brought out beside num-
Der of fayorite horses some leading Maine
trainers and drivers. Ira Woodbury. was
in the sulky In nearly everything on the
card. ''Hod'' Nelson was on hand with
two promising youngsters from his es-
tablishment at Waterville. Mahlon Jor-
dan was also familiar figure, and Chute,
Pinkham, Rowe and Chapman We're well
known to the lovers of horse racing.
First on the afternoon programme was
the 2.2s trotting class and it was fight
ing race from the start to the finish, tak
ing six heats to find the victor. Snyder.
a western horse took the first and fif+h