The Portland daily press., 1900-09-26


contest, the first three being the winners
in the order named: -
Philip &. Leighton, North Yarmouth,
1st.
Erald Crocker, West Cumberland, 3D.
Philip e. .Brackett, Cumberland, Sd.
Herbert Morrill, OF Souh Portland, and
Everett Milton Strong of Woodfords.
But the browning glory OF the Cumber-
land Fair is that good, old fashioned New
England dinner, served in the upper
story of the exhibition building, a dinner
eaten at tables covered with cold meats
and vegetables dishes of baked beans.
and profusion of pies, which make it
perfectly evident that I'VE are in the
pie belt, and il all pies 4rere as good as
those baked by the housewives of Cum
berland, who would emigrate from the
beItP
THE RACES.
There are two races on the card for the
afternoon, and the Yarmouth Band helps
the fun along by playing enlivening airs
between the heats. The afternoons
events on the track are the three. minute
and 40 classes In the judges stand I.
starter, with q. H. Cobb, II. L. Coffin,
f. A. Lane and I'M Anthoine as judges
and timers.
Five horses line up for the 2. 40 class.
The veteran John Haines sits behind
Bayardeen, L. J. Brackett, also well
known figure in the sulky at the coun-
try fairs, brings out l.. j. b. There are
Little Glimmer, Fred and j. Scot Jor-
dams Marthy to complete the field. 1t is
a close and lively brush from the start,
with Bayardeen in the lead land L. j. B.
a close second. They do the quarter in
5S, the half in LII, ,and the three-quarters
in SO 1-2. 1t is a neck and neck finish
between the two leaders, but Bayardeen
clings to that first place and wins in
2.36 IA.
Bayardeen has it his own way again n
the second heat, but Marthy captures the
second place. Little Glimmer finishes
third, but Is set back owing to the fact
that he has a faculty, happy or otherwise,
of trotting or pacing, and mixes the two
gaits and a number Of breaks into COM
bination of styles of locomotion which is
dead against the rules.
The quarter is a little better than in
the first heat, 81 IL; the half is the same,
1.17; the three quarters 1.55, and the mile
233 IA.
In the third heat, Bayardeen again
leads the parade, but Bayardeen is un
steady, and so are the others, with the
exception of Little GIimmer, which this
time never makes a skip or a break, and
handsomely takes the second position.
The money is awarded, first, TO Bayar-
deem; second and third divided between
L. j. B. and Marthy; fourth, Little
GIimmer. The summary:
$40 CIass-Purse $780,
Bayardeen, br m by Bayard Wilkes,
dam by Baby Dean (Haines), 1 1 1
L. j. b., b G (Brackett), 23 4
Marthy, b IN (Jordan(,
Little Glimmer, b g (Stuart), 2
Fred, g (Huntoon, 3
Time-2. 36 IA, q 33 IA, 2.36 IA.
Three are four of them in the 30 class,
and they draw positions as follows:
George Huntoon's Nelnah, the pole
Mitcheu's Ortho second; Q. K. Richard S
Trou blesome third; and Irving Row s
Henry Hal fourth. NeImah has the best
Of it from the start, though at the finish
Rowe sends Henry Hal down the OUT
side in a gallant though unavailing
effort to pass the two leaders, They reel
off the quarter in SO 1-2, the half in
1.131-2, the three-quarters In 1.52, and
the mile In 2.3O 1-2
"That's a horse race, is the exclama-
tion as the quartette speed twice around
the track in the second heat. Nelmah
again takes the lead, but the roam is
unsteady, and makes four breaks. They
trot In pairs like team, Troublesome and
Nelmah the leaders until Rowe sends
Henry Hal to the fore and swings into
the stretch at a rattling pace, which evil
IDENTIFY means trouble for Nelmah. 1t is
one OF the closest finishes seen at the
fairs this year. Perhaps Nelmah's nose
is a bit ahead, but with those breaks
in mind the judges settled 1t in favor
of Henry Hal. 1t is a faster mile than
the first, the quarter in 36, the half in
1.12 IA, the three quarters IN LOU, ana
the mile in 229 Ia,
NeImah does some fast work In the
next heat, making OF it parade. Had
tire leader been pressed that mile might
have been reeIed off In 2.27 or better.
AS 1t is, NeImah goes to the quarter In
g6 the half in / 13, the three-quarters in
/. so, and finishes in a jog we'll abe ad OF
the field, in $50 1-2.
The last heat is also easily Nelmah's'
and with it the race. The summary:
$50 CIass-Purse 500.
4lll1'9H' +nnn9 1911
rJO,',[ oooI Hal bIo (Rowe). 3I2
lIiS.o,,I1osoI3,e a-, PR 0(K1chards), 234 3
Otho, bl g (MitcheIl), 4
Time-s. 30 1-s, 2 80 IA, 30 10, S.SS.
The fair will continue today with an
attractive programme.
In the forenoon there Will De pulIlng