Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-09-20
Odi|y nennebee Journal
WINDSOR FAIR.
inc Weather and a Big Grove
for Closing Day.
Delight Goes in and Wins the 2.37
Pace-2.34 Trot.
Clint B. and Commodore Dewey Winners il
81 Straight Heats.

South Windsor. Me-, Sept. iS.-(Spe-
ciaD.-The l4th annual exhibition O,
the South Kennebec Agricultural So
ciety. which has been in progress sine,
tuesday, came to an end with the go
ing down of the sun, today. The crowd
The horses, the fakirs,-everything ant
everybody. have gone. and the gate
Of the park have closed for the las,
time, until another u months shal
nave rolled by.
That the fair has been success il
inuuestioned. To be sure, it was han.
iicapped by the weather of the frs
two days, but for all that, the dollar
nave flowed steadily in, so that, today
when the grand total was figured UP
,he result was very satisfactory.
Wednesday had only been pleasant
he gate receipts for the three day
WOULD have been record breaker, 70
n spite of the weather the receipt
we're only about $50 less than those o
asst year.
The crowd, today. though smalle
than that of Wednesday, made up il
enthusiasm what it lacked in size
There We're probably some 1000 peopl
IN the ground. this afternoon, and ev.
.ry one present seemed to have CONF
ior the express purpose of testing thei
lungs. They tiocked over to the gran,
stand during the racing and nearly lift
"a the roof of inat structure by thei
shouting. one of the officers of tn
society said that he never had know.
he people to get SO crazy over a hors
ace, or shout the way they did, th
afternoon.
| And il is not to be wondered at tha
heir blood as Il tritie warmer tha
Usual, for they saw some races thu
we're of the gilt-edged variety, and pre-
erred stock at that. The 2.37 class
/ which was left unfinished, "Wednesday
i vas a RATHER, and the hottest thin
that ever was seen on the Windso
rack. When the horses went TO thei
! tails. Wednesday night, the three i
he class had each been under the vii
irst Claude Fisher had won tw.
leats VIM. p. two, and Delight, one
| This fact left the picking of probabl
winner a matter of delightful unoeI
ainty.
When the three horses came out, thi
iflernoon, everybody realized that th
rotterS We're not going to spar 10
POINTS but We're in it for a fight TO IN
nish. Each horse of the three ha'
heir supporters in the crowd, but
= vas evident as soon as they got IN
yord that the horse from West Rock
,ort must have been botIling up spec
Turing the night, for he sailed ava.
Ike a skyrocket in the first heat. ali
hough he got into a pocket came un
Ter the wire a winner by nose, !
Oa,. In the next heat he again got IL
cad. and though Claude Fisher mad
| good try for the head of the proces
ion. he could not reach II, and DeilSh
von the heat and race, in 3O12.
The two other races. the 2.45 pace o
,.42 trot. and the free for-all, We're wo
n straight heats. but We're good ones
md kept the crowd at concert pitc
rom start to finish. The summaries
81 PACE OR 234 TROT-sloO FIVI
HEATS, WEDNESDAY,.
Delight. g. G. b. Ingra-
ham. W. Rockport :-..3 ) !
,laude Fisher. ch s. II. f.
y
william P, b &, w. B. =
Gardner ..............:.1 ! )
lint B.. &. II. II. Nc
Causland Augusta - ar ooo,
'ime, 2.$Si4. 2$aia. $50, 2.2sA, 20, 2.SoE
2.30i2.
2.45 PACE OR 2.42 TROT-sloo.
lint B.. b 9, II. II. McCausland,
Augusta ........---.-... ''-'' -
wen r, b IN. d. \. Pinkham. So
Gardiner ........:.:--: =
on Wilkes, b &, w. f. webb, Au-
guSta ...........-..... '''-'o .
,dvent, b z, FL l.. Turner, Cmon-f
Time 2.3..i. ..32A. 2.jote.
REE-FORALL-s2o
Commodore Dewey. ch 9, John,
Damren. Augusta .....:...;.:;.....l 4 l
Dictator Maid, b m, II. II. McCals-
land. Augusta f......--.....:-, ...''
iazelwood ch 6, ID. A. Pinkham,
So. Gardiner ....:.........,,. ..,,.,..,,,,..' ,,,a,,.,
X. ch e. Peter Corron. Augusta-4
Time, 1854. pa, ..2..