Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1901-10-01
ANoRoscoeeIN VALLEY FAIR.

ANoRoScoGGIN VALLEY FAIR.
THIRTEENTH ANNUAL AT CANTON LAS,
WEEK. THREE GOOD DAYS AND 4
GOOD TINE ALL AROUND.
The Canton fair always has crowd
| 1t used to be the rule that this fair, OF
any races at the Canton driving park
brought rain. 1t was number of years
before this rule was broken, but for
few years it has usually been honored IN
the breach. This year three days as good
as could be reasonably expected at this
time allowed the programme to 60 on
without interruption. And the people
came. Convenient train arrangements
and low fares on the Portland and Rum.
ford Falls road from Lewiston, Rumford
Falls and Livermore bring in crowds
from all three directions. Unless the
Democrats judgment is largely astray,
there were more people on the grounds
last Wednesday than have ever been
assembled there in any one day before.
The exhibits, it must be frankly con-
fessed, were hardly up to the usual
standard in quantity. There were
good lot of nice horses on the grounds
Canton may always be depended upon to
show good horses. There were also a
lot of good oxen and steers. Canton is
the centre of steer-raising country. A
good string of the Hartford and Sumner
steers are always seen at the county fair,
and the Canton fair is their native heath.
Outside of the two lines already men
toned, there was small show of stock.
w. w. Rose, the prosperous Canton
farmer, exhibited herd, mostly Of
grade Jerseys, and there were a number
of other individual exhibits. Several
herds of good stock, from Canton and
neighbOring towns, which have been
here in previous years, were not at hand
this year.
Three men from the Lewiston police
force were on duty at the grounds as
special policemen, and did their work
we'll. Notwithstanding the large crowd
which was on the grounds Wednesday,
everything was orderly, and there was
less evidence of liquor drinking than
usual. The situation of the society is
such that it must expect more or less
patronage from rather rough crowd,
and some extraordinary precautions are
necessary to prevent this element from
becoming offensive. The good order
which was maintained this year is testi-
mony to the value of such arrangements.
A large portion of the space in the
upper hall was occupied by the grange
exhibits. Two oranges, Canton Grange
and Rockemeka Grange of Peru, COM
peted in this class, and their exhibits
were complete and attractive, contain
ing not only a good assortment of field
and household products, but various
features as well. Outside
of the grange exhibits, there was small
but good display of household products
and fancy work.
PAINTINGS, ETC.
There was very creditable display of
oil paintings. Kate c. Bradford, Can
ton, exhibited figure, flower and fruit
pieces. Mrs. George Kicker, Hartford,
figure piece, landscape, flower and fruit
pieces. Mrs. F. w. Bicknell, Canton,
figure piece, a marine, and flower
piece. Figure pieces were also shown
by R. G. Dunn, Canton, and c. T. Gam
mon. Peru. Marines by Mrs. L. W.
Smith, Canton. A flower piece by
Nellie Riggs, Canton, and fruit piece
by Mrs. W. K. DeCoster, Canton.
A collection of photographs of we'll
chosen subjects was exhibited by Jennie
Hayford of Canton.
THE PARADE.
The parade of prize animals circled
he track at noon of Wednesday, headed
,y the Dixfield band. 1t was shorter
procession than usual, comprising two
matched pairs of horses and about a
lozen other stations, brood mares and
,olts, twenty-seven yoke of oxen and
steers, and ten head of other neat stock.
THE soCIETY's MEETING.
The annual meeting of the Androscog
lin Valley Agricultural Society was held
IN the grand stand at II A. NJ. Thursday.
The following officers were chosen:
Presilent-J W. Thompson. Canton.
Vice. Presdent-W W: Rose, Canton.
Secretary-H T. Tirrel. Canton.
Treasurer-D. W. Cooling. Peru.
Trustees-D. W. Go ing Peru; ". II. Thomp-
on. Livermore; a. +. Russell, Livermore; j. |
(. WEIGH. Rumford; W.. s Marble. Dixfeld;
elmer Merritt, jay.
All these officers, with the exception
# one trustee, were reflections.
THE RACES.
The Canton track is one of the best |
lalf-mile tracks in the state. Horse
men like to go there, and there are pref
y sure to be good races. The specially
race this year was the 2:20
lass. Angie Wilkes, a Kingfeld horse,
ook the first two heats in '22 IA and |
% l-2, but was unable after that to
lold her clip throughout the mile, and
vas beaten by Auburn Girl in three close
Keats, which were all considerably faster
n the first half than the second. The
ourth and fifth Aeats were made more
xciting by spill in each. In the fourth
leat Werewolf went in heap under the
wire at the half. In the fifth heat,
stranger piled up on the turn, going
Iiagonally across the track with such
orce that his driver landed about
wenty feet away, and the whole team,
lorse and sulky, rolled completely over.
strange to say, in neither accident was
lriver, horse, harness or sulky seriously
damaged, nor were the other horses in
erfered with.
President John w. Thompson of the
ociety officiated as starter, to the salts
action of all concerned.
ESQ CLASS. PURSE s75.
sunlight. b. s. by Haley, Edwin Woodside,
,opebsm 1a b e. q. W. Ncwcomb, Canton,..a
Wrinkle wilkes. by Winthrop Wilkes, CT.
:h,ct s sS e. BY EASTERN Boy. F. H wiin
Time. 2 81 "a, 2:S3, 2 35 IA.
$50 CLASS. PURSE sI25.
lady Macbeth, Oh. M. Chas. S. Clarke, Ber-
crap .' , r. =. Leon Small, W. Peru: :::s Is
dargery. b. m. by Transcendent, 4. L.
jenkins, Auburn. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 3
receipts. br: 8. by Claycepts. W. T. Pike. /
'''' Fine NJ; 10 ia, 80 ii, sas ii.
aAOCLAss. PURSE 800.
Alf Wilkes. bl. 8. by Abbot Wilkes, A. e.
.lavoio. br. s. by Anterolo, B. n STANDBY,
LEI. B I =. by The Seer. W: W Rose. Canton.
Time, 2 40 2, 2 80 IA, 2:32l.2.
29o CLASS. PURSE $3.50.
Angle Wilkes, b.m.. Foss Worthley.
yereH kanEhf'a Z. by 0i6ato. VIM: II. sss
Paine. Berlin, n H...-......-.....9
Auburn Girl. b. m. by Tarratine, A. e.
Russell, Lewiston. l
stranger. br. h. by Alhrino. W. V. Gil.
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