Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-09-08

The grand stand seats have been in
great demand the past two days They
have been sold far ahead that 1t
was next to impossible to get one OF
them unless engaged ahead. At 10
o'clock this forenoon, not a seat could
be secured, though a few or the poX
tickets were left. And the way that
grand stand was packed was caution.
BY the way, that stand is an excellent
one and the boxes are finely arranged.
The races of today We're excellent.
There was all the sport any one would
care to watch with the four classes
that were trotted, chief among which
was the 2.10 pace. The free-for-all
was completed and it was race that
was of the heart palpitating order.
The track was excellent. as it has been
all the week, and the wind was not
hard enough to cause any one of the
horses TO lose any time.
The stage show was, as usual, at
tractive The trained cuckattoos and
doves the trained monkeys, and aero
bats and the aerialiStS We're all there
with their usual good turns. Then the
two high divers did their turns TO a
nicety 1t was not such trying day
wind blew so hard. And in connection
with that it might be well to tell OF the
dive of Wednesday when the crowd
and the diver alike We're frightened.
The two men had been having hard
time with the trapeze, as the wind
would blow it away every time it was
reached, so they started to do the
crowning feature. the jumping from the
pole 80 feet high to the tank of water,
that is about 10 feet wide and 20 feet
long by 6 feet deep.
The two men take turns in jumping,
one doing it one day and the other the
next. The man whose turn it was
went to the top of the pole and the
wind swayed it terribly and he clung
to the brace. hardly daring to let so
of it. He tried TO get his balance, but
could not and kept shaking his head.
The crowd began to call for him IL
come down and not jump. and he start
ed to do it. When about half the way
down he was applauded by the audi
ence. He took this for stump and he
signalled for them to haul him ul
again. which they began doing. he
poised himself on the top of his lofty
perch and shaking his fist at the crowd
jumped to the tank below. 1t was d
perilous thing to do. but he landed all
right and his days work was over
One of these days he will jump once toe
many times and there VIII be another
brave high diver who will be no more
Among the Journals callers, today
have been F. w. kinsman. Augusta;
Mrs DR. A. w. Butler. Mechanic Fails:
Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Merrill, Fairfield;
Edward d. True and Miss Lou NJ
Dole. Gardiner: f. a. Merriman. Mad
ison: A. w HaWes, Augusta; r. II
Humphrey. Madison; 5. NJ. SNOW
Providence, r. l.; F. l.. Dixon. Lewis
ton; Frederick l.. Fogg, John ID. New
man, H. A. Heath. Augusta; }. l.. fol-
SOM Lewiston: f. :. Forrest. RlNer-
side; Hon. and Mrs. Martin l.. Rey-
nolds. Sidney; Hon. l.. ID. Carver, Au-
gusta: H. J. Merrick, Waterviile; A A
Nichols, II. w. Nichols. George l.
Weeks. Harold c. Weeks, Augusta
John w Donovan. Burton Nj. Cross
Augusta: William H. Moody, Liberty
Mrs. f.. M. Staples, Washington; 5. j
Chadbourne. Augusta: F. c. Holt
Norridgewock: j. f. Trask, Gardiner
A l.. GasIin. Augusta: II. II. Bachelor
I.ivernfore Falls; Charles l.. Redmond
l. F. Fossett. Mrs. Ida NJ Cole. H.
Haskell and Howard owen, Augusta
Friday will be the last day of the
fair. but it will by no means be th'
least interesting. for according TO TN
nrogramme there will be the 2.2O pace
the go trot and the 2.24 trot The
stage show will be here and all th'
animals will be in place until late II
the afternoon.