Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-31
GOVERNORS DAY
The Great Event at the East
ern Maine State Fair.
Thousands Enjoy Day Attractions and
the Battle Of Manila.
Satan Wins 2.24 and Ioe Gain the Green
Horse Races.

Bangor, Ne, Aug. 3O.-(SpociaD.-
Bangor is full to running over, for this
| is the Governors day and that means
the greatest day of the fair without
any discount. The hotels are filled
even beyond the standing room mark.
Cots and every other thing have been
brought out for the use of the visitors.
The trains coming into the city during
the day have been packed and there
has been a good crowd at the fair.
His EXCllenCy Governor Powers ac-
conpanied by Mrs. Powers ana the
| greater number of the staff arrived
Tuesday night, and We're quartered at
the Bangor house. They visited the
grounds. this forenoon. escorted by
| President Beal.
| The party was composed of Governor
| Powers, President BCal, Adjutant Gen
eral Richards, Major Atwood Spauld-
ing, Col. John Vi. Glidden of New
castle. Col. John u. Printable of Port
| land, Inspector General +. l.. Hoyt of
! Auburn. Col. w. J. Maybury Of Saco.
Col. Isaiah X. StetsOn of Bangor, ana
Inspector General of Rifle Practice T..
| G. Harrington of Augusta. Some Of
the gentlemen were accompanied by
| their ladies.
| In fatigue uniform, the party made
very attractive sight as they rode
| about the grounds in the forenoon and
| inspected all parts Of the show.
| 1t was 4 most lively forenoon though
| probably Thursday forenoon will be
equally as lively. The judging of all
| the horses. the cattle and in other de-
partments was in progress, every
where making sport.
Down on the lower part Of the
grounds the pulling of the oxen
was in progress. This is the
part of the show that the Humane
Society has petitioned To have
barred from the list. but by the way il
went. today. there has been nothing
objectionable. There We're policemen
near 10 see that everything went all
right and 4 greater crowd than ever
gathered around to soc the contests
which We're warm and displayed the
great strength of the oxen. Elsewhere
will he found the result Of the work.
Some of the men who owned the
oxen. in fact all of them, We're very
much wrought up to think that people
should think they abused their sleek
| looking animals in the pulling contests.
| 1t WAS rather amusing to hear them
| as after q especially hard pull they
would turn to the crowd ana excited
| ~ addressing them. rXclaim. Was
there anything cruel about that"
OF course there We're those in the lot
| who would reply that there certainly
| was a lot of cruelty to it. but they
did not mean it all the same.
1t may be possible that there was
an unusually humane lot of drivers
and owners Of cattle. but certain it is
| that there never was more cOnsid-
| crate lot of men. They did not abuse
| their animals in the least. There was
practically no goading done. And at
| the same time the contests We're hard
| fought and exciting to those interest
| ed The drivers seemed to be a class
| Vt men who were skilled in their art
and knew how to make their animals
respond to the commands without be
| ing beaten. The dumb beasts would
pull and then upon being stopped. look
around wonderngly and with ears set
to catch every sound as though Won
dering why the people We're cheering.
What are they making such a piece
of work about" the intelligent animal
seemed to say 1--WE DO that every day
in the year at home and no one seems
10 think we are doing more than our
duty"
There is more rea. sport for the
farmers in this part Of the fair than
any other. and unless there is more
cruelty displayed at other fairs there
-l,vri Oh
be cIassed as cruel when there are 50
many other ways in which animals are
abused that are allowed to go on.
4 like To sec good pulling match
said 4 horny handed son of toll to
the Journal man as we together watch
Cd the contests. II see more in II than
I do in one of your blamed horse races
where they sell out the races and you
don't know one horse from another.
Here is where you see the sport. They |
don't sell out their game here. 1t is
fight to the finish.
The arrival of the Governor and his |
Marty was the sign for the beginning |
of the afternoons sports They left |
Tho Bangor house in full dress uniform |
occupying four carriages Major |
Frank A. Cummings acted as the mar
shall ana led the IlItit pti iicdttt
nv the Bangor Band and escorted by |
the Hampden military company. They |
came in the main entrance and were !
driven to the grand stand by the way |
If the track whore they were left, and |
they occupied boxes and seats. On the |
stand they were Joined by Col. E. c. |
NiIIiken. the state pension agent, and |
T'abor commissioner Samuel W. Mat
thewS.
The crowd by this time was i'm |
mense. 1t was a large crowd even for
Bangor. the immense new grand stand |
Being almost filed. and this means
,,+, Some estimated it at 10000 |
lille others set it even higher.
The sports of the afternoon We're
rich The racing was good and the |
balloon ascension was made. Then,
beside the music of the band there
was performing by four coiored come
dams in front of the grand STAND with
No assistance of a clown.
rr,,a crowds about the cattle stalls
o,a stables were especially large and