Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-09-18
WINDSOR FAIR
Opens in Sunshine but Soon
Encounters Rain.
Track Very Slippery and Only One
Heat Of Races Finished.
Exhibits Coming Finely. Midway Is Good and
Fair Weather Wanted.

South Windsu.. Me, Sept. l1.-(Spc-
ciah.-Thc 18th annual exhibition of
the South kcnnebec Agricultural So
Ciety OF. in other words. the Worlds
fair at Windsor. opened, Tuesday
morning, under the most .a.orab.e
rain that BEGAN to come Gown, about
noon. ii would have been one OF the
higsest opening days that the society
has ever had since i; began Going bust
ness.
AS il WIS. there was moro than an
average crowd OF people on the
Grou.Cy 'thc society has 4 list Of at
TIA, tons that il aIc;,ter and better
than ever before. ANA one that is sure
To draw the people. To begin with.
they have got the finest list of horses
that was ever entered for the Windsor
races, ANA the other attractions are in
keeping with this great drawing card
of the modern country fair. The other
attract tons. the exhibits Of fruit and
vegetables. fancy articles. and the cat
tie. wcr" not complete, today, but they
viii ~ b. here. Wednesday. and there
win b. a host of them.
Did some one ask If there was u
Midway" Why. to be surc.-the 10Th
Century fair would not think of doing
business without this spicy adjunct.
one veteran fair cocr said. today. that
this Midway is bigger than the one
they had at Lewiston. That star per
former on the Midway. Prof. Perkins,
is here, Of course The professor has
abandoned his five-legged heifer speci-
atty that won the ducatS for him. last
season. and now has on exhibition 4
fat woman who is simply immense.
Then there is the snake eater. who is
still eating snakes Of assorted sizes,
Just as she did at Bangor ana Lewis
ton. And the fakirs are all here, too.
They will sell you anything you want.
but will sell YOU. anyway. Last Of all
is the merry go round. that never
failing source Of bliss. Yes. the Mid
way is complete. in all its great en-
tirety.
The hall exhibits are not ccmpletc a.
Yet, bat they have been coming in an
day. and tomorrow everything will be IN
place. There are several augusta eN-
hihtors present among them being
Bowditch x Webster. who show fine
line of trl;Sses SvringeS and surgical APP
pliauccs: Malcolm n Over. stoves an.
ranges. ana W. 5. Weeks dairy implc
mcnts.
The mana cement of the fair is in
charge Of the following officers. CAaS. /.
Achorn. Pres. Coopcr's Mills; AL n
Douglass. See, chelsea; JasTar Gray.
Treas So. Windsor; SGpt. of hall. Geo.
Moody of So. Windsor. The ladies dc
uartment is in charge Of Mrs. Conmbs ri
Windsor. The races are IL CIarSr OF tn
following Judges: c. w. Pickering OF
Gardiner, starter: J. y. N;"i,"l% and 60.
Il. AmcS Of Augusta
The rain. coming as il did, spoiled fht
races. on account of the storm the man
a..clncnt did not wish to start tn" races.
hit the horScmcn were ~ Hc~irnuS ~
making a start Of the sport that 1t Wa
finally decided 10 call the @-Inirutn clas'
f;ut one heat was trottcd ami then, as
the track was 50 slippery. il was net
deemed safe to continue ana il was de-
cidcd to 10 poGc the races until " cdrcS-
day. or the next fair day.
Five horses started in III" "-minut
class ana finished in tn" following urder.
Graz Bird. Z. ". f. Webb. AIcusta..l
Clint H.. b Z. II. It. Mctaus!and, Angus
Helen = y m. ChaS Rurkctt, Union. 3
Gwen T.. II nj, -. \. !inEham, South
Gardiner --.-.....---.... ;;..-t
ji,n,nic IT,, hr 4 VIM. iIarr, iiail"wcll. \.
The time: 2.3oit.
Tomorrow. il pleasant, the 3-minutr
class will he finished and the second days
program carried out. There VIII he y
grand balloon ascension in tho afternoon
AT ; n'c,uck ami there Is ..TerN indict-
ton that the attendance az the fair VII!
be tnormrgs.