Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-05
MADE GOOD SPORT,
A Great Crowd at the Driv-
ing Park, Yesterday.
Hal G. Given a Mark of 80 ~ in
the $50 Glass.
long List Of ExceIIeat Attractions Made r.
Moments Fly.

fractions, all good and alone worth the
ice oi admission. and Charles T..
Dorrlty. the king of Maine starters.
al contributed to make the event at
the Augusta Driving park. yesterday
afternoon. the attraction of the dav
ne crowd was very large. The
grand stand was packed. Inside of thu
ran on the track there were more peo-
pie than the judges wished to sec and
croWds and teams We're lined up against
the teilce on the inside of the track.
IN addition to that the Augusta Band
furnished music and these attractions
win those furnished by the bicycle
riders the creased pig race and the
Singing by Paul Dooley of Cambridge
MASS. furnished Il list that could not
but satisfy the most fastidious.
AS starter. {. f. DOrrity was a star.
nut once mad the crowd any fault TO
ma. Ihat was when the carriage race
was belng run off and there was a
good deal of scoring. The starter
could do nothing different from what
lie ala. as there was a great deal of
feeling among the participants. and in
addition to that the horses were driven
-
to get the horses off on time.
The tist race on the card was the IN
trot. or 20 pace With four horses in
til" field HaZlewCod. George LAWRENCE
horse, had things pretty much his own
WY. but for all that there were some
surprises. Won Hillern in the first heat
lead all the way around until the three
quarter pole was reached. Then Halle
wood came up and had no difficulty
in taking the at. The second heat
was procession from the start. Halle
wood lead all the way round and there
was no change in the positions. In the
lhlrd heat there was no change. al
though Won Hillern and Stub Wilkes
fought for the second position.
In the 2.iS trot and the 80 pace it
looked at the start as though Tom
Nolan might win out. This race was
the best on the card when it started in
With the exception of the last heat
there was always an open question
which horse would come under the wire
first. In the first heat Hal q. carried
things off with a high hand until he
reached the threc-quartcr pole. Then
Tom Nolan came down the stretch and
the two horses went under the Wire so
close together that Il blanket would
have covered both. In the second and
the following heats Tom Nolan acted
badly and was off his feat a good deal
At times he would catch himself and
then again would not recover until he
was on the stretch. The race at all
times was between these two horses
and among the crowd there was a kind
ly feeling toward Tom Nolan who took
second place.
In the second heat Of the $50 pace.
Hal G.. was given a mark. Tom Nolan
had the better at the start but on the
turn fouled sulky and did not come
on his feet again until after the quar-
ter pole was passed. In the meantime
the driver of Hal G., fearful that Tom
Nolan would pass him. let the horse
out and before he was aware of it had
come under the wire in 39l2. The horse
is perfectly green and made his first
mark, yesterday.
Between the heats everything was
kept going. When Starter Dorrity was
rot tolling the return boil like SEX
ton in a meeting house he was start
ing the band or calling on Paul Dooley
for solos There was not at any time
lack of something to amuse the
crowd. While all else failed horses
groomcd to the Queens taste ana with
pedigrccs the length of their names
We're trotted out for exhibition. In the
meantime the chase for the creased
pig in which there We're a score of
men and boys after the squcalinS pig.
took up the time. The pig was cap
tured by Roy Cunningham.
But of all the side attractions none
could compare with that furnished by
Paul Dcoley. He is the guest Of
friends in town for a short time. Dur
ing the winter, ne sang at kcith's in
Boston. and here in this city. yester-
day afternoon, made a great hit by
his singing. His sweet tenor is I'M
usually strong ana is very sympa-
thetic. He at once became favoritc
of the crowd ana was repeatedly en-
corcd.
In the bicycle races there was
great deal of interest in the second
heat. The following started: Cannon.
Topsham; Joseph Houtant, Lewiston;
il. Ganncar, Lewiston. "A. Joulin, Au
Custa. During the first heat the men
loafed all the way round. The crowd
was not satisfied with this and start
or Dorrity placed a time limit on the
race. The men had been offered the
services of Simons, the champion 100
mile rider, for a PAGER, but would not
accept. The pacing set by Starter
Dorrity furnished an incentive and the
men then went into the game and
made better time. The race was for
purse of $25 for the best two in three
heats of a mile each. The summary:
Cannon Observation-Disclosures .-.t--'-''... !
j Dlin Observation-Disclosures .-.---...'..-
Ganncar Observation-Disclosures " .
Eoutant NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ---.-.-..
Time 3.2S, 2.3l.
Simons. the champion long-distancc
rider. tried for a 5-milc record. during
the afternoon. Owing To misunder-
standing he did not make il. 1t was
not settled who should notify him
when he had completed his nine laps