Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1904-08-24
FROM BAR HARBoR.
Horse show Success Death of Mrs
4 Aipheus Hardy Social Functions.

/ Aipheus Hardy Social Functions.
Hood park wss the centre OF attraction
for all Bar Harbor for three days last
week. The annual horse show was In
progress, and during the three days thou
| sands OF people from Bar Harbor and the
surrounding towns were In attendance.
1t was great show.
The park ~ a beautiful spot, set In a
lovely little valley, with mountains all
about. Some OF the best horses that the
country can produce were on exhibition,
and the great crowds with hundreds OF
handsomely -gowDed women made spec.
tscle worth going miles to see.
Tuesdsy morning was bright and fine,
| and at $50 many people were starting
towards the park. A good first- day crow d
| was present, and the grand stand, boxes
and carriage stands were we'll occupied.
The events were all good, but the one
that attracted the greatest applause was
the one mile running race between horse
| owned by Ralph Pulitzer and j. c. Living
| ston.
| The Livingston horse took the lead st
the start, but at the half mile was over
taken by the Pulitzer entry. From there
| to the finish the runners came on neck
| and neck, and at the fioish the Pulitzer
horse was in the lead by scsnt head.
| The trottibg race for 2 81 trotters and
235 PAGERS was won in straight heats by
Bobby Wilkes, entered by l.. l. Geuthner,
OF Belfast.
SUMMARY.
Bobby Wilkes. CHI x, l. Geuthner,
| Belfast. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ......-. /
Miss Pembroke, blk m, Allan Rookes.... . , .
Harry Miller. bay gid, L a Bartlett.
| Belgrade Lakes,...,...... ............ 8
| Gay Boy. ch gid. l. s. Cleaves, Bar
| Harbor. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| Time e2s. 1913. sssH.
| The judges for the horses and ponies
| were: w. Plunkett Stewart, w $. Ellis,
George p. Meservey; trotters and road
sters, A, G swszey, J. P. Bass, e. II. Greedy.
| Track ofiicials-A. G. Swazey, starter;
Dr.. Gay whiting. A. J. Cassatt, Capt.
Thomas Bush, Judges OF running races;
w. n. Roberts, Z. B. Pineo, Thomas +
Moran, judges of trotting races; w. NJ.
Roberts, Z. E. w hitmore, F. II. Leonard.
timers: A. j. Grant, clerk OF course; A. L.
s afford, superintendent.
On account of rainy weather, the man.
agement decided Wednesday morning to
postpone that days programme till
| Thursday,
Thursday proved a splendid day, and
the attendance was very large. The grand
stand and boxes were occupied by not
| able gathering, and coaches and carriages
| lined the track near the stand.
| Admiral Rivet, OF the French cruiser
DIpleix, and many OF his officers were
present. Other notabies were Gen.
Young, of the United States army, and
Count Cassiui, the Russian ambassador,
who occupied Gen. Morrelis box.
The four-in- hands made fine class, an d
the excitement was high as, the tours
dsshed round the track at top speed.
Entries In this class were made by Gen.
Edward Morrell, s. Megsrgee Wright,
Philip Livingstone, w. F. Cochran, jr.
The blue was given to Gen. MorreiI, the
red to Mr.. Livingstone and the yellow to
Mr.. Cochran.
The ESQ trot was won by Bailey Wilkes
Nelsonits, owned by L. A. Bartlett, OF
Belgrade. second. Time, 3d. 2 IS, 2 81.
The 2.21 class PAGERS and 2 IS class trot-
tiers was won in straight heats by e. H.
Greely's Bingen's First.
The last day OF the show saw many ne
enthusiastic crowd.
The feature OF the day was the presence
in the afternoon of Hon. Joseph G. Can
non, speaker OF the national House OF
Representatives.
| When the elias for four in hands was
called, Gen. Morrell drove into the stretch
| with Mr.. Cannon on the box beside him.
The speaker was instantly recognized by
the crowd and heartily cheered. He re-
sponded by raising his hat several times.
| One OF the most interesting classes OF
| Friday was the hurdle race xhich was won
by Potomac. entered by James a. Roose-
velt, of Northeast Harbor. The red
ribbon went to Ralph Pulitzer's Inspira-
ton, while Lord Chesterfield OF the
Pulitzer stable received the yellow.
In the free for all trotting race only
three heats were run Friday afternoon
and the race was finished Saturday fore
noon.
| SUMMARY:
salinus, bay gid. A w Ellis............. / 8
| Henry liter, oh gid. L l. Geuthner..... 2 l
McGinty, Allan Rockies, ?
Best time 9.l7A.
This was the best time ever made at the
| track.
Salinus won the heat and race Satur-
day forenoon.
The race for local horses was interesting
and required five heats.
SUMMARY,
| Fernando, blk 8, E II. Greely....y l4l4 /
Nelson McGregor, red roam INCA
| Weaver, Bar Harbor. ............. 2
Charlie NJ, bay gid, l. Won Gaetner, 2 4
| Gay Boy, l. Cleaves ..............4 8 IS
| Best time, 2,ss.