Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-07-06
Perfect Weather and Crowd
Of Monster Size.
All the Events Carried Out With
CIock-|ike Precision.
Industrial, Civic and Military Parade With
Sports Throughout Day.

celebrated independence
day i'm rafting style. The day was
filled with good things, and the town
was filled with an unusual holiday
crowd The official program moved
smoothly and successfully to the let
ter as advertised. the finances of the
association are looking up. the day
was free from arrests and accidents,
and all went home happy and content
ed
TIL weather was perfect. 4 clrculn-
stance which contributed in no small
degree to the complete success of the
celebration. The crowd. while not so
large as some the town has seen. was
none the less a phenomenal one. Some
thing over $500 paid admissions were
recorded at the park i'll the afternoon.
The program was opened vigorously
at O'Clock by general salute OF
church bells, locomotive and factory
Whistles lasting for five minutes.
At $50 came the concert by Com
pany +, Band and the singing of pa
tricli" airs by school children from the
vcranda Of Hotel Coburn.
At . o'clock. and following the ar
rival Of Il heavily loaded special train
from Wat,rvillc and Augusta. came
the athletic sports on Water street be-
low tnc railroad crossing.
The pig race was the event of the
forenoon. i've pairs being enter ed. The
course WAS from the crossing Cppositc
the Somerset Reporter office down to
the Hotel Heselt0n crossing, around a
barrel ami return. Each contestant
was furnished with II yaldStick. and
each pair could drive Their Cwn pig
or head off others. only ono pig COM
pl"tcd the circuit. that driven by
Charlie Smith and Ed. Snow. The
others were chased wildly over Water
and North streets and not captured
until completely exhausted. Smith and
Snow were awarded the first prize of
50. the other prizes were divided
among the remaining contestants.
The winners IL the other events were
rs follows:
100 yard dash-Guy French. list;
phil Wool. %: Carl Powers. 81; time
| IL. seconds.
Sack raco--ChdrIie Smith. 1st; e.
| SNOW. II, tuS TitIICH' ou' ii'ht &c
seconds.
Thrcc legged racr-Phil Wood and
Myron Smith. list: Charlie Smith and
| Ed. Snow, 3d; Guy French and Car
Powers, 81. Time, 81: seconds.
Potato rlce-Chester Hubbard. Madi-
son, 1T; Charlie Smith, I'd: Carl Pow
ers. I'd Time for 80 potatoes. 40.
Prizes in each Of The last four events
list. So; ID, 81; 81, 81.
AT 10 O'Clock came the civic. indus
trial. ana military parade. i'll three di-
visions. the first containing tho third
| battalion If the Second Regiment
hcaI"d by the mounted police and the
| Conn any +. Band, thc second contain
| ing the industrial section and the fire
department and the third the fantas-
| tics. The Oakland Band and the Madi-
| son Drum Corps also furnished music
Prominent among the floats We're
| those of K. l.. Mitchell. novelty mill
| A. r. JtWctt. meats: American WOODEN
| Company. Carpenters Union. Narston
| Worsted Mills, and the Skowhegan Jcr-
| Soy Creamery, the last company having
II teams in line.
Other participants in the parade
| were the Painters Union. a team car
rying Gen. Isaac Dyer and Maj. AlonZC
York. and the Textile Workers Union
The parade was followed at IL
| o'clock by the Slide for Life" by Prof
| Letner. a thrilling mid air performance
across the south channel of the Kenne-
| bee. and at 11.30 by a demonstration
| by the Fire Department on Water
| street. At l. came the first balloon
| ascension by The Black Prince" a
| colOrei aeronlut. from the Maine Cen
trail freight yard. When 500 feet in
air package of envelopes was drop
ped. one of them containing an order
on Charles +. Ward Co. for a suit OF
| clothes. The lucky envelope was found
on the Court House by Roland WymaE
The parachute dropped just beyond.
The events at the park were exciting
and closely contested throughout. The
racing was as good as Fairview park
has ever seen. In the first heat of the
rs class Baby Girl was forced to tr'''
in 2.221a to win out, the third quarter
| being at Il 30 gait.
| Following is summary of the races;
80 CLASS. TROT AND PACE. purse 500
Nellie BLY,. b m. by Stamboul.o
Nv. F. Webb, Augusta ,.....,,.2 / 1
William H. b. g. by Wilkes. |.
w. Pottle. Topsham) ............:1
Nettie w. h NJ. by Bnyard
| Wilkes. IF. T.. Southland, Show
4f9sn,2 ..4Sa. 3ss. 2.3;i.
lbs CLASS-TROT AND PACE-PURSI
Baby Girl. m. by Broomal Of. F..
Southland. Skowhegan ..............1 |
Hugo Wilkes. h Z. by Wilkes. Il. w.
Pottle. Skowhcgar) ................ :; >
lCrown Duchess. h III. by. st. CroiX,
i Dert McCoombs SkOwheSan) 80 >
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