The Portland daily press., 1898-09-02

| b O. by King Lear; norwich, 6, second
Queen, or IN, third. Best time 2. 29 1-2.
| J. G. Walker lowered the state bicycle
record for five miles to 1857 3-4.
BURSTS INTO SONG.
Conditions at Cornish Fair Awaken
PRESS Correspondents Muse.
ESPECIAL TO THE FRESH
Corn ish, September L.
Somewhat back from the village street, -
| Stands the old Cornish fair retreat.
It's yearly shows are just o. <.
| 70 the countryside holiday.
| But drawbacks come, as drawbacks must,
This year twas dust. dust. blanked,
BANKED dust.
Which is a poetical (?) metnud of de-
scribing a very prosy fact and Conditions.
Likewise as disagreeable as prosys
Despite the drought the citizens of the
Ossipee Valley towns were out in full
force and gaily oaparisoned eqnipages
lined up along the fence, laden with
festive Summer boarders'' and vacation.
lists.
| The first horses to come out We're three
which had been in races both previous
days, being secured for special event,
Q. 20 class, which failed to fill. They
were Nelmah, Irwin R. and Silver and
Gold. all eligible to the 2. 81 class. Mel
nah went away at the pole, Silver and
EGold next and Irwin r. hanking the two.
IT WAS the prettiest heat OF the meeting.
| T 9 roam held the pole from wire to wire,
al three horses being as II one team.
| They came home in a rush. the roam
ahead by neck, Irwin r. second, nosi ng
Silver out. Time, 2.39.
Nelmah had snap in the second heat
for Irwin r. was extremely unsteady and
the chest nut unable to make drive. II
was only 2.4l ga.
| It was three straight for Neimah and
decidedly easy. Irivn r. seemed used
up and was third. Time, 2.37 80.
Three craoker-a- jacks hauled bikes UP
to the wire to hustle for the big end OF
tie $3.50 purse of the free-for-all. Neither
was afraid of beating his mark. They
have all battled for big money on the big
rings at big meetings against big guns.
The crowd hoped for big race. which
seemed justiaable. Tack Hammer Nor
rill drew the pole, Dennie B., second and
Dexter E., outside.
1t was glib tri o and they made g
merry heat. Dexter &. made bad mis-
take at the half and the Connecticut
horse closed up to do battle in his stead.
Coming into the stretch it looked like q
big uncertainty when the unfortunate
and unlocked for happened. Donnie B..
who goes on the pace rated hobble and
was done up for the rush. 1t was easy fol-
the Lewiston flyer in 1921 3-4
Frank P. Fox teamed the Deerine
stallion in the second heat It was one
of the best exhibitions of teaming ever
seen on the oval Dexter K. is sluggish
naturally, and it takes powerful man tc
get the speed he is capable of out Of him.
He started fast, caught the pole on the
turn, aided by Morrill's break, and thu
Waterbury hor Sc laid back and the othol
two went the mile under the whip, and
goaded on by continued yells from the
drivers Jason Russell, the veteran, wht
has won bushels Of money with Blact
Nathan, did the best he could with Nor
rill, which was second. Dennie B. logged
home moderately. Time 2.20 IA.
Fox couldn't land the next heat, tht
winner being Dennie B., who was al
right and not SO tired as the other two
after their hard drive. Morrill, was salts
fed with third place. Time, 2.22 IA.
4 The fourth was easy for Dennie ir
ABBA. Dexter heat Morrill, home fol-
second place making up four lengths ant
finishing strong. The last heat was SAFE
to Dennie B., Dexter K. being second
| Time, 2. 90 3d. 1t was hard fought
race throughout And the fair was over.
The summaries:
| 23s Class-Purse $40.
Nelniah, by WestJand, G. Fl.
| Hunton, Portland,
| Silver and Gold, cb 5, W. H.
Abbott, Fryeburg. 2
Twin f., b. II. Delano, Cash's
| Corner.
Time-a. 80, al 3.4. 2.37 "a
Free-for- "A ll-Furse $3.50
Deunie B., by Edgar Wilkes,
George VIM. Waterbury,
Dexter K, P. Kane, Desring
Centre,
Tack Hammer Morrill,, Jason
| Russell, Lewiston, 3
Time-3.2 81 s-4, a.2o1-4. s.as Ia, 2.s3 81