Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-12
Closing Day Has Big
Crowd and Fine Races.
Ravena Wilkes, Babe Drake and
Butcher Boy The Winners.
/, suiie Of the Weather Drawbacks
Fair Has Been Success.

To,.sham. Me, Oct. 1l.-(SpeciaD.-
The 53d annual fair Of the Sagadah"c
agricultural and Horticultural Society
earne TO a glorious close this afternoon
With an attendance of about 5000 ard
tho hest racing seen at the fair for
many years.
The fair this year has been a record
breaker in every respect. The receipts
zach day haze been larger than the
corresponding days on the previous
ars and the attendance has rarely
en- euualled, while the exhibits in al
1T every department have shown
al i'm movement over those of prev!-
years The receipts on the first day,
IfinesCay, amounted to 1885,. IS and on
6rsday to $3163.4 AZ, which is the lar
Hays receipts ever received at the
fopsham fair. The receipts of the
T md day are divided as follows:
r nbershp fees. Sc: members tickets,
"A, $3l465; score cards, So: entrance
ssf0r the races, $40: ground rents,
SIS
IN addition to the excellent racing to-
IN there have been many exciting
pulling matches. the draft horses and
raft oxen attracting a large crowd.
These events resulted as follows:
DRAFT HORSES.
/ 200 polnU.; and over Weight on drag
s3B pounds. William II. crockett. Tops
|am. lst. $50 feet ) inches; joseph Whit
81, 1opslianI. second. 81 feet; NJ. G..
kpole, Durham, third. IS feet 4
Ehes.
Binder 26oo pounds Weight on drag
DO pounds. I.owrll.T. williams, Tops
|dsln, first AS fr-t: 4. .. HilicI, Tops
Man second. NJ feet 8 incnca: Williams
Brother West B"wdnin. third. So feet
1 inche&, Charles MtScrvr. Tnpsham,
fourth II feet. y,
Match open to tic Stat Purse $50.
Weight on drag $40 pounds, Lowell. \.
EFNams, Topshai!I, fist. - feet 3
kehes; A. Q. Ripley. Topshan. second,
. feet inches: William II. ,rocker.
r0pshan. third, II inches; Joseph Whit
ney Topsham. fourth. . Il inches.
DRAFT STEERS.
fThree years lightweight on drag 1907
pounds, A. r. Hunter, Topsham. first.
IS feet; A. f. Tcdford. T"psham. sec
n. 1e2 feet 10 inches: ID. i. NarneS
&aSon. Bowdoin. third. . feet.
Ewo-year-o id-WeiSht On drag 1870.
70. Ripley. Topshan. first, 16i feet;
Dwell T. Williams. Topsham. second.
feet II inches; Maynard Tarr, Tops
third, is feet inches.
e-year- Old-Weight on drag 1i22
"a. n. +. Walker. Webster. first.
inches; f. r. Telf"rd. Tops
ham. Second. 33l; feet inches: Lowell
7. Williams, Topsham. third 81 feet 5
inches. zsa
DRAFT OXEN.
Grit feet 3 inches or over Weight
on drai, 421o pounds. S. w. Fisher,
Webster, second 1H feet 5 inches: G.
NJ Morse. Brunswick, first. ll5 feet y
inches; ]. r. Jordan, Webster, third. II
leet ) inches
Between : feet 10 and I feet 2-Weight
on drag 1910 pounds. Lowell r. Will
HAMS Torsham. first. ~ feet l inch: \.
Ripley TopShtm. second. 4? feet I
| inches
Grth under feet IL inches Weight
on dfaS SN'h pounds H. T.. T. Walker.
"eoS''r' first, u feet; Paul s. Merri-
man. brunswick, second - feet: ID. Il.
'afney X Son. Eowdoin. - feet 10
inches.
ruling match omen to the State
m"Isht on drag G6%S. Purse 500. G.
" ttail \ Sun. South Windham. first.
- ieet inches; c. W. Morse, Bruins
pNk, second, % feet; Lowell r. Will
",n'S' T"pSnam, third, l. feet II inches.
""ri''S IN" afternoon the deputies
~Mr'''d a tent in which 4 Mrs. Foyer
: n"''s"r was running a show Mrs.
I'Eer was arrested after a int ara
Nalt of poor whisley had been found.
WI ior laci. of evidence WAS released
~" race summaries:
/ 'REE-Ful.-AlL. TRoT AND PACE
D, r'RSt, SAn
-" "A Wilkes. i m ,Wnulhurv,
I"u Foster. m NJ tWaitrr.
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lhn"-e.l.i. lea. , IT,
D. IRoF AED PACE PURSE 500.
caI = 'flN", llk N ,Wuulhur>D.1
t W. ", Reynolds, , :,
WV ;. NJ u.ny, ! >
Ellis D. wilkes, m ,Inr,l4np..I : :; :,
III ,,in ~ TX tFnGgp G : 1