Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-09-26

THE ANNUAL NETTING.
The annual meeting Of the society wa
called to order promptly at o'cloc
Friday afternoon, by President Roberts
Mr.. Roberts thanked the society for cor
| tinuing him In the Office OF president a
long as they had, and stated that he wa
not candidate for reelection. The bal
lot for president was then taken, an
! resulted ~ follows:
Whole number Of votes, IL
Necessary % choice,
W. J. wheeler. 81
II. ID. HAMMOND. SO
A. d. Park.
i The ballot for secretary and treasure
resulted As follows:
Whole number Of voscs.
Necessary 20 . choice,
! A. CT. King. ~
II AID. PARK. -
For trustee In place Of c. ii. Georg'
OF Hebron the ballot resulted:
Whole number OF votes,
Necessary 70 choice,
i william o. buckingham, 80
Charles II. George. 81
| For trustee In place Of +. W. Penley
Of Greenwood . ballot was next taken
By this time the crowd had begun {,
wake up, and there was some NOISY
electioneering. The ballot resulted:
Whole number of votes, =
Necessary 70 choice.
r.. r. Andrews, ~
| E.w. Penicy, q
Five delegates were chosen TO attend
q convention to choose member Of tn,
State Board Of Agriculture. On motion
of j. r. King, = single ballot was cas-
for the following, who were authorized
to All vacancies:
II. q. Hammond, c. II. George. John wyman
J. W. Libby, X. W. Penley.
The result Of the election was = sur
prise to many, and means that the horse
portion of the show will hereafter bt
given more relative prominence. 1t Il
the old contest Of the 'horsemen'
against the FARMERS" and the horse
men had been doing some work, mostly
on the d. O., and had things about their
own way.
THE RACES.
la the race for green horses Tuesday
only three starters appeared. June Bird
by Westlaud owned and driven by Guy
Buck of South Paris drew the pole
Peter, by Norway Knox, owned and
driven by Frank Buck OF South Paris,
drew second position aud silk Knott, by
Col. Knott, q Mechanic Falls horse,
started on the outside. II very soon be-
came evident that silk Knott had plenty
of speed to spare. He was an easy win
ner taking record Ia the second heat OF
:35 l-2, which was no measure OF his
speed a. he was walked under the wire
June Bird made good showing In the
two last hests considering her poor con-
dition, and her present owner is not at
fault for her condition as he has owned
her only q week. In the second heat
Peter had knee boot broken and dsngl-
Ing and consequently was distsnced.
GREEN HoRsE cLAss.-rURsE 600.
silh Knott. b, s, By Col Knott. Geo. Pratt, D.,
June Riri, D N. by wc.,iand. Guy Buck.
Peter S 81, e.. BY Norway Knox. Frank 4.
Time, sS7. sssl-s. 23s.
The 2:34 class, Tuesday, WAS worthy
OF a larger audience. Ii was very close
and exciting contest between the little
Robinson d. horse, james T., owned by
James Thompson and driven by II. G
Fletcher of South Paris and the brown
PAGER Cannon, owned by DR.. c. s.
Childs Of Buckfield and driven by ORR
son Jordan. Cannon came here from
hard fought victory at Bethel and many
selected him a. the winner. He IL gen.
orally steady going horse with big
gait but he met more than his match 10
the game little Robinson d. horse. In
the first heat Cannon made long run
in the stretch and came under the wire
first but WAS set bick TO second position
for running. In the second hest James
T. made break that gave Cannon the
heat. In the third heat James T. went
TO the pole on the first turn and It looked
from the grand stand IS though Gam
mons driver crowded James L. TO the
fence In his efforts to beat, not succeed
log however. he laid Cannon up for the
next. The first half OF the fourth heat
was horse race from wire to wire. In
many places the horses were side by
ellie, and both driven under the whip,
making the half In IA l-2, bat Gam
mon could not hold the pace for the
finish and dropped back TO third posi-
ton, leaving James T. winner OF heat
and race.
cLAss.-rURsE tiI3.
James T., br. e.. by Robinson D.. II. G..
Fletcher. South Psris, .-;---.-::.; 81
Cannon, br. g.. 0rrison jordan. Buck
Gladstone. asas. sl e. Jane. pledge, Yor.sy,i
Miiiea, Norway -.-..............s4tt
Wednesday Was day of waiting. The
heavens opened and the rain fell and the
drivers and ''swipes" got 10 some fast
miles while shivering around the stalls.
Thursday mornings weather brought
the crowd; Il excited their anticipation
and worked up their appetite for horse
race; II went so far as to oil the grand
stand with eager spectators, and then
dissppoint US all so suddenly! A black
cloud gathered; the rain came down the
home-stretch ut q two-minute clip; II
came In at the back Of the grand-stand
st q wetting pace; 1t blighted our hope
and ''bedraggled" our best clothes and
we went home cold, wet and mentally
saving goodbye" to the little quarter
that we paid to see the horses trOt.
Friday saw the best race Of the fair In
the 2 20 class. Six of the best horses
that ever contested on an Oxford County
track met and fought 1t out but 1t took
six heats and lots Of whipping to decide
It. The first heat does not appear In the
table. 1t was "splte" race. The horses
scored down and somebody In the crowd
shouted 'go." They went. All except
Charlie Russell needed not the changing
of the judges bell. They went around
| In bunch flushing the mile In 2:22 2
with the gray horse Laundryman slight
| " In the lead. 10 the next heat, which
was really the first heat Of the race the
gray horse showed his PAGES. One yeaI
ago he was doing daily duty In laundry
| wagon-hence his name-and was foI
sale at $50. On this day he went
around bunch OF Names fastest ones,
keeping the outside Of the track ant
finishing the mile easily In time that wal
hung out As 2:l9 IL and was timed By
some Of the spectators 10 2:l6 IL. Hi'
IQusfters as given out were made 10 "a
half In :0S, three-quarters In ! :43. i
was great drive for second place be
tween Baby 8. and Ned o. and whip
were used freely. In the third heat tn
drivers evidently combined to bea
Lsundryman. They took turns 10 crowd
ing him and succeeded-for after grea
| drive In the stretch-the game littl
horse Ned o. Tapped the gray horse GU
BY Just nose and when he repeated tn
trick Just at dark In the fourth heat ID
excitement became intense-and the rae
was postponed until next morning. Sat
urday morning saw the gray hors
rested up and an easy winner In tn
deciding heat.
$50 CLASS. PURSE 600.
sundvvman a. . nv Gideon Wig.