The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-09-14
LOttie May Wins Unfinished
WestbrOOk-GOrham Race.

The second day of the county fair at
Narragansett park, Gorham, was per-
feet success. The weather was bright
and comfortable and the fair was attend
ed by at least 5000 people.
The police was Increased by the addi
ton of City Marshal Donald Wight OF
Westbrook and Officers Record, Bonner
and Allen of Portland. Everything was
orderly.
The midway was increased by a guess
ing board, two or three more shooting
galleries, bakery wagon pop corn
stand and several fruit vendors.
Among the advertising wagons on the
grounds were those of Ira f. Clark &
Co., Smith Photo Co, and the Norton
Chapman bank of Portland,
Ice cream is served in front OF the Me-
thodist tent by the ladies of the Gorham
Epworth league.
The examination of all horses, neat
stock. sheep and swine was made at 9
o'clock by the committees.
DRAFT OXEN PULLING CONTEST
A large crowd watched the pulling
contest by two classes OF draft oxen in
the forenoon The prenminaries were
won as follows:
Six feet, ten inches and under-J. f.
/ Hilton, West ScarbOro, so feet inches,
tirst Charles w. Martin, West Buxton
40 feet 10 inches, second; Simeon Tracy,
West Falmouth, ii feet, inch, third
Seven feet, two Inches and under-C.
II. Bean, East Hiram, IA feet, inches,
first; Oscar r. Deering, Gorham, 81
/ feet, second Eli Stone, Windham Cen
tire, 20 feet, inches, third.
Messrs. G. A. Chaplin, A. S. Collins
and Frank Seaman were the commit
tee.
MYSTERIOUS, 10; STANDISH, s.
The ball game was the principal attrac-
ton of the forenoon and was witnessed
by large crowd. The contestants were
the Standish team and the nine from the
Haskell silk Mill at Westbrook. The lat
ter won the game 10 to s. James Hen
derson of Westbrook was umpire. The
team were made up as follows:
Westbrook- Charland, c.; Rivers, p.
Dandaneau, III; McCavitt, 2b Huno, BIB.
Small, S.; Burgess, RI; Gooezy CT;
Norton, If.
Standish-Gotf, p Libby, C. Chase,
ID ; Rich, 3D.; Hartford, 3d.; Todd, IS.
Norton, IF; jackson, CT; Paine, If.
They will play a return game at West
brook Saturday.
THE HORSE RACE.
The race for the Westbrook and Cor
ham horses which was unfinished after
the third heat Wednesday afternoon was
finished at II a. M. Lottie May who had
two heats to her credit won the fourth
heat and race. Prince Westland had sec
ond money, Martin L., third and zeb
W., fourth. The Westland horse got
record of 2 SO 81, and Lottie Nays best
time was 2 36 1-2. The judges awarded
$40 out of the purse to Ira Woodbury. for
driving Lottie May.
The 24O trot or pace for purse of S1C0
was won in straight heats by Snip b,
the bay gelding owned and driven by F.
Durgin. The race was between the
winnerS and Pixies Peak, bg, (Runnella)
Sico, blk 6, Il. p. Woodbury., barely |
escaped being distanced. The best time
was 2.33 IA.
Four horses contested the 2.29 trot or
pace Tor $500, and the first four heats
were divided alternately between Friday
BIN, (Boss), and Harry L., blk, q. |
Woodbury. The best time for the two |
days was made in the second heat by
Harry L 1926 1-2. The audience in the
grand stand took more interest in this
race than any of 1.-The others. When
Harry L., passed Friday on the second |
heat and won, the shouts of applaus |
were deafening.
Harry L., won the fifth heat and race.
Friday was almost neck and neck with
Harry L., but broke when only a dozen
feet from the wire. Third money went
to Reagan's bay gelding George C.Clark,
and fourth to Ohio, blk g, (Mitchell),
The ? 30 trot or pace for $3.50 had three
starters who were Turner Girl, b m,
(Twombly) Baby Mine, b g, (Warren),
and Romans. b g, (McManiman). c. II
Nelson's bay gelding Romans took the
first heat without much difficulty. Tur-
ner Girl asserted herself in the second
and won out. The third heat was de-
layed by Baby Mine throwing a shoe
while scoring. The field had JUST ar
rived at the wire and would have had the
word to go. the heat was won by
Baby Mine so that the three horses each
had heat.
ssAltreda, owned by Henry j. Holland
of Someryille Mass, entered for the 2.29
class was not allowed to start, as he is
not q Maine horse. Holland protested
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