The Portland daily press., 1900-08-23
TYPICAL CORNISH FAIR.
Superb Weather and
Good Races.
Fully Four Thousand People Saw The
Sport Yesterday.
Fair Regular Old Home
Week Festival.
Alfretta and Jeanette Winners
Of The Horse Race.

Cornish. August 22.-It was a typical
Cornish fair today, superb weather until
4 O'Clock, good races and rulIy 1000
spectators being present.
Tuesday is never big day here but
Wednesday ana Thursday rarely fail to
make mp q big average. In fact, this fair
constitutes one OF the Iyel1est' Old Home
weeks Of any IN Maine, ana has been
for years. There are hundreds Of former
Osslpee Valley residents in Portland,
Massachusetts,, New Hampshire and
other states and cities Many Of these,
with their friends, come to Cornish during
fair week. It is the nearest to excitement
OF any event of their vacations and they
are very welcome; they enjoy this feature
ol country life in the State OF Maine.
Tuesday was cattle day and today
horse day. Scores OF good blooi mares,
stock horses. ana colts. We're shown, and
/ the sweepstakes, oraught oxen, were also
decided.
it was an animated enclosure as re.
viwed from the grand stand and judges
stand. ag ! 80, when the first horse event
started. There was a grand stand fun Of
people. the west side OF the track densely
thronged and there was a string Of
carriages all around the inside of the
fence. Music was confined to the limited
repertoire Of the merry go-round' S
spirited strains. Fakirs abound, but not
"a ques tionable attraction is on the
grounds. The association has steadily
preferred It's state stipend and unsullied
reputation to the permission of all sorts
OF unsavory schemes, gambling devices
and frauds which some arrangements
consider essential to successful fair.
The strongest beverages obtainable are
ginger ale and spruce beer.
. The seven starters of the 2. 3S class got
away on the first score. The drivers
know starter Isaiah r. Morrill, OF
Brunswick, and realize what he means
I. when he says, sect down together. p
IS The first heat was over at 2 O'Clock
e and % minutes later the ~ horses
r had been heat and were under Dlan-
kets ana headed for their stalls.
Pixies Peak went away at the pole;
I, then Lillian 81, Deacon, star Boone,
q Major, Alfred and snip d. The gray
4 mare was Tar and away too fast for the
( field and went up from sixth place to the
! 'front.' IN third OF a mile. She drew
Z fully eight lengths and was not
: bothered for the mile. The rest were
unsteady and broke repeatedly. The
mare walked home In 2.31 IL, Pixies
Peak and Snip D., lighting for second
place. the former winn ing. Star Boone
was fourth, then Lillian NJ, Deacon and
Major.
Alfredo had things all her own way II
the second heat and there was a race for
the next best premiums Major was
the se3ond st the finish by a good mar
gin, then Snip D., Pixies Peak, Deacon
and Star Boone. Lillian M. rabitted
and got the yermillion banner. Time,
: 2.y3 10.
Alfredo was never in company the last
heat and Major was a good second, also
snip d. and Pixies Peak next. Inc
other two were shut out. Time, 2 81 f.
A rattling field came to the wire to
fight for the 5000 for the four best ones
IN the 2 - class. Benny. local horse,
was a favorite with the crowd, and
Driver Foss got a warm hand when
he drove down as did Eva W., driven by
o. w. Ramsey, who won many first
monies with Blacksmith some years ago
The others were Lucky Roy Sorrel
Jim, Woven Wire and Janet, with Eva
at the pole, Janet second and Benny
third.
After scoring for Woven Wire several
times, Sorrel Jim was upset by colli-
sion, turning to come down. He ran the
opposite way. having spilled Driver I,
W. Rowe, and got tangled in his hopples
so he could not run very fast. DR.. 4. B.
Gage. OF. Portland, ran through
the Judges stand across the oval, leaped
on the track, sped alongside the animal
grabbed his bride and stopped him.