Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-10
GOOD RACES
On Central Maine Fair
Track at Watervi|Ie.
Second Meeting Of Eastern
Horse Breeders Asso alien
EoIa, Oakley Baron, Tom Phair and
Daybook Win the Afternoon Races
Joe Ear and Frank c. Take the Even
ing Events-Other Attractions.

Waterville Me, Aug. 9.-(SpeciaD.
The management of the meeting of
the Eastern Horse Breeders Associa-
ton could not have asked for better
weather than greeted them on Tuesday,
the first day of the meeting. The day
was just warm enough to be pleasant
and a delightful breeze blew all day,
but not hard enough to interfere with
the racing The track was III the best
shape after the rain of Monday even
ing and there WAS no dust to offend the
spectators. The crowd WAS not what it
should have been considering the eX-
cellcnce of the racing. There were about
500 people in attendance in the after
noon, but the crowd will probably be
much larger. today.
The Alabama Troubadours gave
Il fine performance on the stage
by the judges stand and their
work pleased the audience greatly.
The "coons" are the real thing and give
Il show that is worth going to the park
to sec. Nearly everybody who went
tn the park made IA round of the stalls
to see the horses there, one of the fin
est lots ever got together in Maine.
The crowd ut the track saw some of
, the best racing held i'll the state this
season. The weather conditions We're
perfect and the track was exceptionally
| fast. The shower Of Monday afternoon,
had laid the dust and everything WAS
/ favorable for most successful rae"
day.
! The first race on the card was the
! zoo minltc trot or pace. This brought
! ont 4 field of seven starters, Pointer
Patchcn. EOla. Hiram Wilkes. Dewey
| CIV. H,Icn c.. Minnie Roberts. and
: Rosie Wilkes Helen G. had the pole
and after scoring several times the
field got the word. 1t WAS an excel
lent START and the horses We're well
hunchcd ror the entire mile. Helen G.
held the lc;rd up to tn" three-uuarters
but broke badly and F,ola came to the
front whore she remained until the
;virr was reached. Rosie Wilkes finish
cd second with Dewey Guy at her sulkv
wheel. Enln won the next two heats
handilr though closely pressed by
poiutc, patchen in the third heat.
Tn" rovt race was the four-ycar-ol1
trnt with only two starters, Oakley
Baron and Harry Miller. Oakley Baron
drcv thc rnla AMI won the race with
ont diff ulty
The third race was the 90 trot with
four starters. Cassali. Tom Phai~.
Utatlnu Estill Roy. I'm this race the
frnds",l;e fiv"-ycar-old stallion Tom
Phhir showed M we'll. winning the raoc
i'm straight heats, never lifting his nose
for tn. entire race, lowering his mark
from rs to 2.11%, and making new
track rctord for trottcrs. Tom Phair
has started in six races this season,
has won them all. and has never male
u hr,Ik in any of th"m.
Thc last race Of the afternoon was
IT," 30 pace. Five horses faced tn.
starter for this race. Princess. Day
book. D"cima Dean. A. RI. r.. ana
Tlarchc +. navrook. the black geldnc
owned hv Mayor Johnson of Calais won
in straight heats. closely pressed in
each by Blanche 7. In tho first heat til"
| track record of 216iH established Nv
t."rlv Bird Jr., IT tn" July meeting
WIS lowered to 2.1.rh. The summaries:
800 CLASS. PURSE 500
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