The Portland daily press., 1898-09-23
GoRHAM FAIR OVER.
Fifty-ninth Annual Exhibition was 8
Great Success.

The f1fty-ninth annual fair Is now
thing Of the past. but its successes.
crowds and perfect weather will go down
in history.
The crowds this year have surpassed
those of large years for every day.
The grand cavalcnde. and trades process
sion around the track was feature Of in
terest. The line was headed by Marshal
johnson with his aid, and followed by
the Presumpsoot band. Behind this
came barge filed with the officers. of the
association and ladies. The prize horses
and cattle came next in order.
Sometime during Wednesday an over
coat was taken from the clothing exhibit
of A. H. Benoit in the hall
A notable change has occurred since
last year in the restaurant beneath the
grand stand. Mr.. William Williams OF
New Sharon has leased the restaurant
and secured Mr.. j. Fields Murray Oh
Wateryille to operate it. Mr.. murray,
who has charge of the Maine Central
station restaurant at Wateryllle, IS well
knownsas an efficient caterer.
The horse racing excited much interest,
especially the Westbrook race which re-
quired six heats to determine the winners.
| The Westbrook horses were unfortunate
with accidents. While scoring for the
second heat Bert Manchester bay geld
ing, Billy Westland, had run that did
him no good. The field had just reached
the wire for the word to start when with
out warning or apparent cause the left
wheel Of the sulky collapsed and Man
chester was thrown to the ground. he
escaped injury. The horse had run once
around the track and all failed to catch
MIN when the cowboy saw his opport uni.
| ty and took advantage OF 1T. he was un-
I fortunate In not being on his horse. As
| It was he threw the rope around tne
I hold the animal he succeeded In choking
him SO that he was soon caught by
driver The horse won the next two heatS
and carried off second money.
| Stella WilBes gave two tine exhlbltions
of kicking. Once on ths last turn while
| scoring she kicked her owner and driver.
E. FL. Phillips, Out of the sulky. While
| in the heat for which she was scoring she
kicked again and Phillips fell to the
| ground. This time the horse got caught
and threw himself. The right shaft was
broken and it was necessary to withdraw
from the race.
The pneumatic tire on another Of the
sulkies in the WestbrOok race DursU
during the scoring.
The q so trot or pace for 500, was de-
clared off, there being only two starters,
/ viz: Dewey. blk &. @ z. Richards;
Irving r., blk g. !. W. Rowe. The sum-
maries are as follows:
2.4a Glass -Trotting-Pu $3.50.
dam Topsey g.. GA. Hanson)a 1 /
M11pss Mq1p Va dam ? n, noll,e ey gsyasa Boone,
E4sanh sKilsT2rs' e., br g, &c. e. Cobb 5 : 5
June Sherman, b m, (H. J;
I.ottie b, M, tE. B. sears). dis
Time-a. SO s-4, 2.s6s-4, s.418-4, 2.44 IA.
ais Trot or Pace-Pu urss $400.
Elder Booue. blk s. by David
Boone, dam Lady Leighton, e..
/ G. Edwards) 1
Meader Boy, g, (E. n. Nasonl 2 2 4
Lucky Roy. br g, (RaInsdell- )
). TS0dRaTgo V. f., Z E, tw. E. KimbalD. ! s s
Time-2.25 10. s.2s 3-4, 2.sa Ia.
2.4O Glass Westbrook-Purse s75.
Susie g., m. by Judge
Advocate, (Gofl 4 a 311 1
| Billy Westland. b g, by
| Westland, dam by Gen.
Knox. (Manohester-
sawyer) 2 43 8
Daisy S., b m, by Walter
| S., dam by Phil Sheri-
| dan, (South) 1 2 2 Q Q 2
Arbutus, b m, (Sawyer) 8 4 3 4 ro
Stella Wilkes, g NJ, (E. 81.
| Phillips) 5 DIR EI
Time-s 4s s-4, a.45 a-4, s46l-4, s.44 80.
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