The Portland daily press., 1900-08-28
Largest Exhibition Of
Cattle Ever in State.
Two Good Races On The Card
Yesterday.
Especial TO THE PREss.l


Old Orchard, August s7--Manager M.
Z. Porter of the Old Orchard kite track is
trying his luck at running the New
England fair. Every one OF his fellow
townsmen, and all the horsemen who
h ave had dealings with him. admire his
pluck and wish him unbOunded success.
If he gets full week of good weather.
he ought to reap, in some measure, the
financial harvest that his persistent effort
and hard work merit.
The attendance today was what might
be termed fair. Mr.. Porter himself said
that it came fully up to his expectations
for the opening day, and If he is satisfied,
there is no reason why every body else
should not be AS cattle show, the fair
is an unqualified success. The stock entry
is as large as Rigby ever had, and that is
saying a great deal, as the last fair at
Rigby park broke all previous records in
its stock entry. The poultry show is also
exceptionally large.
The Hood farm of Lowell has a special
tent under which are exhibited twenty
one of its high bred Jerseys and ten
Berkshire swine. B. 3. Morrill, of Siam
sted Que exhibits a very large flock of
fancy sheep. Wood & Freeman Of Fitch
burg, Mass show seventy coops, and W
j. Wheeler of Worcester seventy-four
coops of fancy fowl. The other principal
exhibitors of stock are Col. @. p. Mat
tocks, Portland, Brahmas and ducks y;
Guy Laid, Saco, oxen; Byron A. Hill,
Dayton, oxen; j. w. C1Ough, Farming
ton, oxen; estate of A j. Libby, Oak
Ian1, h erd of Herefords; Columbus Hill
ton, Arson, grade HerefOrds; f. G. Hill
ton, Arson, sheep; Herman Corbett, Far
mington, sheep and fowl +. J. BENNETT,
Hollis Centre, matched steers and oxen;
Charles W. Hilton, Starks, sheep; G. G.
Manter, New Sharon, matched and fat
cattle; f. M. Norton. Pennington, oxen;
J. f. Jordan, Sabattus. oxen; A, b.
Jones, Turner, swine r. & Q. D. Waugh,
Starks, herd of Shorthorns; Walter q.
Hilton. Arson, grade Herefords and
sheep; W. E. Eaton, South Scion, herd of
Herefords; f. G. BurIeIgh, VassaIboro,
herd of Herefords; Frank Moore, Madi-
son, sheep; j. Libby, Richmond. cattle
L. H. & E. II. ingalls,, Denmark, oxen
A. r.. Smith, Hollis Centre, HoIstein
herd; j Il. & j. II. Hamilton, West
Scar boro, oxen; M. +. Burnham, Au.
burn, fowl; A. w. Hunt, Brunswick,
Ayrshire herd i. H Maxim, West Sum
ner, Devon herd; s. NJ. King, South Par
is, Jersey herd; 9. II. Ward, Richmond,
poultry; o. f. Deering. Buxton, oxen
.. A. Kelly, Worcester, Mass, Swiss cat
tle e. p. Putnam, West Sutton, Mass,
fifty coops Of fowl; Green Bros, Leomin
ster, Mass. poultry; ID. n Barnard, Shell.
burn, Mass, herd OF Shorthorns; W. b.
Davis, HaverhiI, poultry; h. IL
Vaughan, Worcester, poultry; Il. o. Tay-
Tor, Sanbornton, N. H. herd of Here.
fords; Stockweu & Clifford Sutton,
Mass, herd of Devons: J. B. Palmer
Jewett City, Conn, herd Of Gurneys
@. w MiIIiken, Youngstown, o., hero
of Herefords; William Watson and son,
Youngstown, o., herd of Shorthorns
High Lawn farm, Worcester, herd OF
Holsteins; L. Q. SpauldIng, Poultney
VT, herd of AyrshIres; ex- Governor
GoodeH, Anterim, N. H. large herd o.
Holsteins; J. II. ID. WhItcomb. Littleton
Mass, Holstein herd; W H. Meredith
Devon herd; Hillside Farm, Worceste r,
Jersey herd; George H. Yeaton, Dover
N. H., Ayr shire herd; q f. Dole, Bard
wells Ferry, Mass, herd of Shorthorns
q. E. Taylor and son, Greenfield, Mass.
Shorthorn herd.
80 much work of building construction
and park Improvement had beer. crowded
into the last few weeks that preparations
for the big show were not absolutely
complete today. About $4,000 has beer
expended in new buildings, grading and
enlargement of the show grounds. Severa.
crews of carpenters were hustling today
to complete their work Consequently.
there was more or less cOnmotfon about
the grounds which VIII be overcome to-
morrow, as the last strokes will be made
by the Workmen before tomorrow noon.
The front fence has been extended to
the street, and spacious new Office
built near the new gate. Everything is
in convenient shape, and the park makes
an ideal fair ground.
From the entrance gate to the grand
stand is the midway which used to be
a prominent feature of the Rigby shows.
1t is lined with fakfrs, corn peppers.
cane ringers, schemes for WEIGHING lunO
testing and athletic development, tents
OF fortune tellers and various other catch
penny affairs
Today s races were high class, though
there were but two events on the card
The 2.19 trot went off in straight heats
to William O'Neil-s aelding. ]. r.. G.
every heat was closely contested, and
MS mark OF S.lS IA made last year as a
three-year was thrice reduced, the
last time to 2.15 IA.
In the S.SS pace, the professional guess
ers were treated to costly surprise party.