Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-09-17
W|NDSOFAIR.
Everything PoiIito the Best
One EveheId.
Gwen P. and Grte Wilkes Win
Races--AccidS to Driver.
Good Crowd in Ahdarce-Wll Ee
Bigger q Today.

ts,2eci&D.-The Visor fair opened,
TINS morning. TVS Il simple sen
tcnce, but it med Il great deal to
the people withiA large radius Of
country in Kennsc county. once
each year the Sdh Kennebec Agri-
cultural Society t5ws open the gates
of its fair GrounE for Il three days
! program of thesood old fashioned
| cattle show ANA III. and invites ev-
| "iybody TO comcb enjoy themselves,
and TO Sec the fad
| They have bed doing this for -
gears, and they 3 doing it still DO
the people Comd Sure. Just come
over, WconcSdaynd see whether they
come on not. Thirst day is not gen
orally big Ia! point Of attendance
but 1t is Il busy Il for the committees
IN charge, for Il stock entries have
TO be looked afy also the race en-
tries, and then ithe hall there is a
perfect deluSe ofGhibits. from pump
l;ins to Battenbg, which have to be
all Strengthened bit for the admitting
eyes of the pubs
That's what sy have been doinS
today. The Conittee in charge OF
the hall said tit judging frcfn the
way things WEI coming in. the e:;-
hibit Will be theirgest they have ever
had.
The cattle shs bids fair to assume
the same sisafc proportions. The
cattle are not opposed to come until
tomorrow. but me of them are here
now. Chas. Pcaee of Alma, came. this
morning. with head. and there are
several other little raiserS also on
the ground. & Improvement which
Will be aop.eci!ed are the new cattle
sheds ana StallMhiCh have been built
since last yearor the acconmoda ton
Of cattle in c,e of pcstponement
Cf the fair
Another feane. which is also on
a large scale. + the list of race en-
tiles They netr were so large before
and they are DIRE to trot. too. In the
two classes. tbs afternoon, there were
six starters 1 each class. and they
We're all out pr glory. There IS ~"
use tall.ing-hs fair is starting in to
break the rccfd. and with good wea-
Their it Will Il there.
A word aiJut the midway. There
IL one here. ind While il has all the
noisc and esitcment of an old time
communicating still it IS of such 4 re
fined naturethat it could not fail TO
receive the Endorsement Of the most
fastidious III gcer.
OF course the meTry-So- round IS
the star attaction for old and youns'
and all daylong to the dulcet tones
of the hsld-organ accompaniment,
the crowd ave been riding. They all
ride. from the younSster whose feet
can't toucnthe bottom of the chariot.
to the old nan through whose Sal"aSS
the wind AIMS merry symphony as
the hors assgo round and iound-and
all have hd "A Go"d time.
Tie lc.;:sr lights are tn" cane men,
Inc paInia and the fruit vendors. ant,
al are loking for big trade on nc
morrow. There is one other attlaC-
ton On lie midway. and that is tho
pictue MN. MI Nose. lie is one o.
The ragul;r attractions at Windsor far,
and his tht is q favo.itc resort OF the
urll sw;ins.
3-nlinutcB class and the 2.35 pace Q"
, "a trotl Both were we'll filed and
rull of excitemcnt. In the $50 class
here Wa i very narrow escape from
! .serious accident which was only
1verted by luck more than anything
Use. In the second heat the mare
cure. driven ~ Geo. Dustin
IF Winsbw, got caught in her hobbies
md f.lI heavily. Dustin was thrown
md sustained a severe injury to one
,nIylc. bit as there VAS no surgeon
lron thd grounds. 1t could not oe as
.ertaiDed whether the injury was =
lislncation or fracture.
,rhe mare Helen +. which was close
behind Dyspepsia Cure. was also
brown. but neither the mare or her
iriver Chas. Bmkett of Union, re-
.civcd amy injury
In the 80 class. Jim Corhett got tam
rled in his hobbies, as did the others
md foll breaking both shafts OF his
;ull;v ana putting him cut of the race
rhe summary:
3-MINUTE CLASS-s10o.
i'm Corbett. Chas. Hill. Wa
Gwen F.. br. M. w. >. MAJ
colin. Augusta .............-'. !
tervilIc ) dis
Kathleen Furlong. b. m. c. II.
Nelson. Waterville --.-.-.-... 3
Sed r.. z. g. S. c. Reynolds,
WiHsloW .....-..,. ..-..-.-.'..-
DELTA, h. M. W. II. Jones, China dis :
Minnie Maybee, br. M. W. L.
rsqrrowss. Union ...s.s ......-.
s The time: 2.sol4. 2.3S1a, 2.S7.
2s5 PACE Or TROT-s125.
Billy. CHI. G.. T. S. Thompson,
Gardner. r. L. D.. 5.......... IDS
George D.. b. G.. J. T. McGugin.
Gardiner ....-....-.--.
Dyspepsia Crue. w. G. Rey-
nolds. Winslow .....-......-.. ds
Delta. b. M, ". II. Jones. China 6 as
Granite Wilkes, b. s., Chas.
Chisam. Augusta ............
Helen F., g. M. Chas. Burkett.
The time: e.36l4. 2.30ia. 2.2s14.
The entries for today's races are as
.o.sws:
40 PACE OR TROT.
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