Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-08-30
Odds and Ends.

| The thought that a buIl WAS loose an,
| on the rampage frightened large mum
| her of people. Monday dll,inoun. but il
was all of no cons quCncc after al. II
seems that young man was leading q
large Jersey COW from the train and naJ
| just entered the bac * entrance to the TAI,
ground. when. 10 ana behold She sa.y
things Of which she had never bcfnrl
dreamed. Her pride was touched To thilk
that she had 70 appear before that vas;
ScmblagC led bV 4 Slp Of \ boy ,u
she uphcelcd that boy as quickly as n
ever moved in his life. She then role
over him and striking on her feet, started
away for the track. The boy had pole
in his hands ard this led the people ,
believe the animal was bull that ne had
been leading BY ring in the nose. and
the cry of "A bun loose was set up. The
as an acrobat and then followed sport
galore as she was chased for fully half IN
hour by crowd OF small boys ana a few
Of the cattle owners. before she WIS fin
ally captured.
oh. horror Of horrors, just think Of it.
\ member of The National Guard OF TIN
State of Maine hrs been asked to imper
senate Spanish admiral. Was Their
ever anything where So great an insult
was offered to the National Guard? Ana
he was asked partly because he knew
military maneuVcrs and looked 50 like a
Don. Yet this is what they wanted ~
the handsome ex -adiutant OF the 81 Kcgi
ment, Major Frank A. Cummings H.
gracefully declined. as he can do when
mcring at Deer Isle and is tanned ana
bronzed enough to impersonate 4 Don in
great siy.e lie was to be dressed in tha
ruiz Spanish uniform ana to gracefully
surrender his sword at the end. Instead
of doing this the major is this wear riding
his charger in his usual capacity as the
assistant marshal.
OF all the real sports that one meets
here. there arc none that are ahead of
those who annually come to the fair
grounds from Connecticut ana other
states with the running horses. When
the truth is known. they do not bring a
first class set of horses. though there IS
an occasional good one. But as Il rule
they are a class of second rae animals
and nearly every man is out tor second
money. as there is usually one that can
easily capture first. The races are an
ways good. for there is something 10 e
running race that inspires one To excite
ment of the richest sort. The jockeys
are a class Of men who are goodna turcd
and as free with the money that thev
have. as though ii came easy. They will
bet on anything from the outcome ~ their
own race to the next Presidential election
or the successor to the Hon. Thomas T..
Reed. II is not unlikely they would have
bet on his resignation had they been in
the State at the time. but unfortunately
they were not.
Sidney Grant is one of the Augusta peo-
pie al the grounds. He is with r. e. Bur
leighs fast trotter St. Croix. Jr. This
little horse trotted under hard luck AT
Pittsfield. last week.
There was great sport at BittSlleld, last
week as can be learned i'm conversation
with the various horsemen, but the
weather was terribly against them. We
ate fog for a week and il is wonder the
horse were able TO do anything. re-
marked one of them. 1T must have made
Colonel Morrill, rather discouraged to ~
having such fine races To so smail crowds
He gave $50 10 the horse that broke tac
State half mile track record. and $50 10
the woman who broke The record for a
womanS driving race. Those extra tx
penses must nave come hard out of his
pocket. but he is always willing to do as
ne agrees.
THE sport in the green horse races a.
the State fair mas greatly changed. said
one track follower. the other day Look
at tise green horse race that we are To
have mere. Look over the field There
YOU viii. see one horse that has recently
made "A record at Rigby IF 2.l5a4. and
there are several that have stepped under
~ IN II" list. What IS an ordinary horse
To DO in such company? The green horse
race is now looked upon as one of the
prime features Of Il show for it is whore