Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-05
Sport at PittsfeId Races
Thursday Afternoon.
Tom Phair, Winner of the 2.24
Stake, Lowers Record.
Wilson, Owned by A. E. Boggs, Cam
den, Easily Wins 3Minute Race
Veterans Day and Many G. A. r.
Men Were Present.

With the weather just o. X. for rae
ing, plenty of good horses to furnish
he sport, and a gObd attendance,
onion TrOtting Park presented
ed an animated scene, Thursday after
noon. Everyone was good natured and
all agreed that the races were all that
could be desired. 1t was hot. odd Sol"
presided above in all his majesty and
poured down some torrid rays of heat,
but this was good not only for the VEN
der of the long cool drink of red lem
onade on the Midway but for the rae
ing as Well.
1t was Veterans day and a very large
number of the &. A. II. men We're pres
cnt at the special request of the pro-
pretor, Colonel Morrill,. Every year an
invitation is extended to the men of
81 and '65 to be present one day during
the August meeting and the cOlonefs
kind invitation and mark of distinction
is greatly appreciated by the soldiers.
The track was i'll elegant shape as on
the previous day and the races were
fast. One heat of the pa stake was
trotted in 2.1S which was pretty good
time for that class.
Shortly before = O'Clock Starter Dor
rithy informed Marshal Ball that he
should be ready to begin the pr oSram at
y +. NJ, and at this time the hustling
marshal had the pa horses on hand.
The field was made up as follows:
Hudson's Frank So; Dustin's Laura
b; Wiggin'S "Bngham; Humphrey
villcS Tom Phair'; Warren's Estill
Boy; Rich's Calvin Swift; Berry's
|"Graduate"; and Goddard's "Goldfind-
or Boy
Before the racing began Graduate"
was picked as the probable winner, but
Tom Fhair,' from the Calais Stock
Farm, proved t. be il brisk stopper and
took the race in three straight heats,
with Frank =" in second position
each heat.
The 3-ninutc class was a bang up
good race ana had six starters. They
were: Palmers "liosie Wilkes; Chen
crys Elsie Snow: Boggs' Wilson;
Hich's Dewey Dumas; Bartlett's
..Nclsonita"; and Gentner's "Robby
Wilkes"
Eoggs' "Wison" took the race very
easily in three straight heats. Rosie
Wilkes being a close second.
During the second heat of this race
a slight accident occurred. Just before
reaching the stretch the first time
around, one of the reins with which
young Gcntncr was driving "Robby
Wilkes" broke and he went over back
wards from his sulky in a very lively
manner. 1t happened so quickly that 1t
surprised the young man considerably,
but luckily he escaped without being
injured beyond slight shaking up. The
horse ran around the track ahead OF the
bunch of horses that were in the face
and was secured after the close of the
heat The judges ruled that it was
an unavoidable accident and the horse
was allowed to start in the next heat
with Holmes acting as driver. This
same horse, although at the tail end
of the procession the first two heats
proved that he was a good one in the
last heat and made a sensational fin
ish in third place. thereby winning
fourth money. The horse is a speedy
anima! and is slayer and had there
been another heat without doubt would
have made a big bid for first place.
The of ais Of the track We're: Start
er, c. $. orrithy; Judges, F. H. Bow
den, Monroe: Thomas McAloon, Ban
gor: end c. S. Dorrithy; timers. f. v.
Weymouth. Fittsfeld, and Charles
Simpson, Waterville; marshal, G. E.
Ball. Exeter; clerk, V. c. Bowman,
Detroit; weigher, H. S. Nickerson,
Pittsfief.
Today there will be three races and
everyone promises to be n hot con-
test. The classes are: 900 stake, trot
and pace, purse $500: 2.22 class, trot
ana pace, purse $500; and the 2.32 class,