Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-24
Home Talent Fails to
Land a Race
At Saturdays Meet Held al
the Driving Park.
Northern King" on Exhibition LINING
Ball Game Adds TO Interest.

The most attractive race meeting
which Waterville has ever seen ON heI
own territory, gotten up by private
individual, was seen at the Central
Maine park, Saturday afternoon. The
summaries are sufficient OF themselves
to tell the story of the races. The crowd
was necessarily small, owing to the
fact that there are more people i'm this
part of the world who prefer seeing a
baseball game than horse trOt. There
was a baseball game there. too, for
that matter, and it was clean and III
tcresting game. People will go further
10 see a baseball game. but when both
kinds of events take place together, IL
would seem that the noble animals OF
the track command the popular atten-
ton. Back of the judges stand stretch
es the diamond and on the diamond
We're the bail players namely. Nassal-
borO and the Waterville South Ends.
The game resulted in an thinning con-
test and score of 3 to s in favor of the
home team.
The center of attraction for the after
noon. however. WAS the wire and un-
der it passed frequent currents of
wind carrying desperate Steeds which
needed no urging to do their best, aud
whose records were the amaZelnent Of
the afternoon and the comment of to-
day.
The great Northern King Nelson,
who broke the worlds record at 2.09,
celebrated his sd birthday anniversary,
by brushing by ut AN easy gait which,
even IN his advanced years, was n, ct
Ir
drew the tdmirng attention OF the
world. Eoulcttcs Band furnished excel
lent music. The following are the sum-
maries:
.1s CLAss-TRoT AND PACE-PrRsE
Frank s. b g. by Alcyo. II.
Hudson &. Sens. Gullford......2 4
e ii. Simpson. Watcrvillc. II :
Wilk.s. C. H. Grodcr. Wa
AjnX. =. K,nn"dy. Lewiston.3 ,
'H WnFcx, q" Guy Hume. shaw r
Time 3.ia.. 9.isi,. 23i;:. 3.i9ii. 2.et,..
22i CLASS-TROT AND PACE-PURSE
$50
rnFs..pigdF. hlk j, Az c"l,nHmbo,- ,a,a
Nelson Gilbert. l. II. hv Rcg'l
Nelson. Morrison Stock Farm.
F.. I.ircrmor" ..................1 ; 3
HaZ"lwood. h m. hy Woodbinc.
Frank Winning. st. AlbanS.....2 .
Topeka. ch 6. by The Seer. r.
X. HAYDEN. Lewiston ......-.i ; I ,
Robert Y, TX i, by Acolus
William Cool Pittsncld. . i
Hugo Wilkes. II <. 10y Wilkes
l. w. Pottlc. Portland. .......i DIR
Time. Ill. 32I'.. 2l9h. 321i. 30
80 tLASS-TROT AND PACE-PCRSE
$40
Louis" T.. IT. Ivy Gov. Eodwcl.
& NJ. Lockwood. Mcdfnrd MaSS..1
Louise s. eli m. by wilkes. &. H.
Simpson. Watcrvill" e. ...........5
Lord Morrison. j. h. by Lord Crcm-
lin. Morrison Stock Farm. Z. Liv-
Col. Moves, II II. bv Regal Nelson.
Morrison Stock Farm. r. Liver
Lady Yoandc. IN. 10y Haley r.
u. Small. Topsham unconstitutional
Antonio. h g. Ivy Nelson. w w. His
lcr. So. Windsor .....................3 I
Atonl =. III. by Stirling. Ira
Mitch. II. Watcrvillr .................6 ;
Carrie Pointer. II m. hv Star Pointer
l.. Il. IIislcr. WiudsurvillC. .........S Sd
Time. 49,. 20 226i.
I'll" officials: Charles Dorrthy. BOSTON
starter: Judges. ora Sihlcy. Oakland. 10
s"ph GirouX. WatrrviIlc and Wallace
Jewell Shawmut. timers. Dr. NJ. S Good
rich. W;,tcrvill". J. N. Nichols. Augusta
and Charles Jenkins. Auburn.