Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-10-02
BLUEHILL FAIR.
TWO GOOD DAYS AT MOUNTAIN
PARK-BIG CROWDS.
SOME GOOD RACES AS UsUALr-BUcKs.
PORT SPECIAL RACE A DRAWING
CARD-THE EXHIBITS.

Weunesuay ana Inursuhy OF last week
were big days for the Hancock county
agricultural society at Bluehill. The
management made departure this year
in crowding the three days attractions
into two. The result was a good card of
races each day, and big crowds.
Wednesdays crowd was near to a
record-maker for the Mountain Park
track. A conservative estimate places
the number OF people on the grounds at
1850. thursdays attendance fell con.
siderably short OF that, but 1t was q big
last day crowd, nevertheless. The special
race Tor Bucksport horses on Wednesday
was drawing card, and the Penobscot
river town turned out crowd of 500.
The weather was favorable. The wind
Wednesday was trifie cutting, but a
more perfect fair day than Thursday
could not have been made to order.
EXHIBITS.
The exhibits, on the whole, were not as
large as last year, but what was lacking
in quantity was more than made up In
quality.
In the hall the improvement in quality
OF the exhibits was marked. The pump
kins and squashes were larger, but there
were fewer OF them. The handsome po-
tatoes were all the more noticeable this
year, when the potato crop has suffered.
The fruit, too, was fne, for this of year
for apples. N. F. Norton, OF South Pc
nobscot, got the premium for the best
collection of fruit. A special feature Of his
exhibit were some handsome plums. The
reporter can testify that these plums were
as good as they looked. F. P. and g..
NJ. Allen, OF North Sedgwick, always
large exhibitors OF fruit at this fair, got
the premium for the best collection of
apples. They had some very handsome
apples In their large collection. They
also won a number Of premiums for In
dividusl exhibits.
The general exhibit of Halcyon grange,
OF North Bluehili, was a special feature
In the ball, and attracted much attention.
In the ladies' department the improve
ment In quality was marked. Especially
was this true OF the fancy work, there
being an unusually large number Of hand
some pieces Of hand work and lace.
Three exhibits which attracted much
attention was a silk bed spresd made by
Mrs. j. F. Eveleth, OF Blaehill, aged
eighty-three years; an autograph guilt
exhibited by Mrs. Il. K. Mills, OF Surry,
and a large braided rug made by Mrs.
George w. Clay, of Bluehill.
WEDNESDAYS RACES.
I'M > ha "a
for Wednesday, the $50 class going over
to Thursday. Wednesdays races fur
nished rare sport. Though only four
heats were necessary In each race, several
heats were closely contested. The great
est interest conferred In the special race
for Buck-port horses.
There were two accidents Wednesday
which fortunately did not result in any
serious injury. In the third heat OF the
239 race, Bryan bolted in the stretch,
throwing his rider, Mr.. Flint. Harry p,
who was close behind him, stuck his
foot through one OF the sulky wheels,
tanning him so that he had to be drawn.
In the first heat of the Bucksport race
the reins on Rodigo broke, and his driver
l.. II. Rider, jumped to hl' back. The
horse bncked and threw Rider, injuring
him slightly. The horse ran, but was
stopped before further damage WAS done
RIDER received ovation when he
showed uu for the second heat, aud re-
spoDdt d ny Winning tie heat
c Swezsy, Of BucR-purt, started the
go race, aud Wtti,sm Walker, Of Casti"e
the Bucksport race. A summary of the
races follows:
ESQ Class. Purse, 100.
Bryan, b e, Flint. Hampton .........
Harry p, brig, Stevens, Ellsworth. 3d.
Frank II, Z &, Holmes Ellsworth.
yiDal Haven. bg. wiswell, Ellsworth.
Henry wilkes. b 5, Small, sedswick,
Time. 2.S3x, 2.29. ? 80. 2.2715.
Bucksport Special. Purse, 300.
Beulah, blk m, Bennett, ............ / l
Rodigo, br <, Leach. l
Jessie Shaw, b III. Arey D
wrkesnaught. b &, Homer......
Jim, b Z, Snow ....-...-............ dis
Maggie May, IN, Chapman dis
Time 2.s0k, 2.Sih. 2.261l, 2s0&.
THURSDAYS RACES.
There were three races on the card TO
Thursday, and one OF { ese furnish he'd spor
enough for the whole day. THIS was thu