Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1907-09-18
BLUEHILL FAIR.
.mENpANCE IS GOOD DESPITE
THREATENING WEATHER.
.crs FURNISH RARs SPORT THE
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PREMIUMS AWARDED.

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PREMIUMS AWARDED.
:, s,i,e Of lowering skies and threaten
:. rain. the second day Of the Bluehill
i, at Mountain park drew . crowd Of
r.raI thousand people. The fog was 50
NO. AT the park that Starter Cobb hesi-
I'd to begin the races, but By agreement
tween the management, the judges and
! owners OF horses, it was finally decided
nroceed with the programme. Patrol
,asss were placed at intervals about the
~ and reported promptly after each
s.t The arrangement worked satisfac-
orily.
The rain kept Oh until about 4 O'Clock,
,s.n a fog shower drove most OF the
.owd TO shelter or to their homes. The
-. however, were finished except one
81 Of the 2.25 class.
The weather on Thursday, the last day
the fair, was all that could Be desired,
"a goodly crowd made it, way to the
ark.
A. on the two precssding days, the
ces we're the principal feature, and they
rpt the crowd In expectancy all the
lille On all the days the Browns, who
we exhibited at Bluehill for several
lars, gave performances between he,ts
raised platform opposite the grand
and Lynch's band, Of Ellswo rth Falls,
IS in attendance al three days.
An exhibit in the hall rather out Of the
Urinary was that Of the Maine DEPART
zen, Of agriculture, Augusta. II was in
barge of II. L. Spinney, and attracted no
Tile attention. II showed the life his
bry Of the most prominent insects in
rious to the farmer, and included the
kown-ta and gypsy moth. The life
tcle Of the insects was shown-the egg,
Ie larva, the chrysalis, the moth.
Some insects that were beneficial to the
Irmer were also shown--those that prey
the injurious insests, or oct - scaven-
ers. Mr. spinney took great pains to
lake plain the lessons the exhibit was in
ended to teach.
The list Of premiums awarded 10 printed
full below.
DRAWING CONTEXT.
Sreepstakes Milton Herrick, $500 lbs,
Will Wescott, 0,984, 2.
Sir feet, 10 iAchss-0eo A Pert, 7,Ol2
i; Will wssoott, e,s57, .; Eugene
acb, $3.50, 8.
Sir feet, Q inckes and xnder-Frank
NV, $3.50 lbs, i; Arch Hinckley, 4,so7, 2.
THE RACING.
The Mountain park track was in good
ndition on all three days. The track
! to the occasion Thursday, when, after
during rain Of the night before, few
mrs of wind and sunshine put it in ex-
lent condition, in fact, better than on
two preceding days, when the track
8 dry.
fhe park kept up its reputation for
Fnishing good racing. Only two out OF
seven races during the fair were won
"three straight. One race on We'd
edayis card and one on Thursdays went
er unfinished. That Of Wednesday was
cided in the fifth heat, trotted Thurs
\, and Thursdays unfinished race was
heelled after 1--we heats had been trotted,
b, second and third money being de-
bed equally among the three heat
nners.
Incidentally, the track record in
face was lowered in the second heat
the free-for-all, by Docaro, who
lnt the mile in 2.21h. The track
kord for an exhibition mile is 2.19,
lde by A. w. Ellis fast stallion, Salinas,
ew years ago.
mix-up in the last heat Of the 2.25
h; 23s pace on Wednesday, furnished
ne excitement. The drivers OF May
lnda and Anona got their sulkies locked
the stretch, and came under the wire
sther with wheels still caught. In the
pc heat the driver Of May Sidney did
yer piece OF work. One Of his tires
pc of, but he kept the mare going, and
pc under the wire holding the loose
with one hand, driving with the other,
holding the whip in his teeth, win
q the heat and race.
blowing is summary for the two
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WEDNESDAY.
2-35 Tros. 2.3S Pace. Purse, si25.
ph wilkes, F P Clark, s w
arbor ......-............. 49,. l
VIA Nelson, Fred Flynn,
ampden. 4
p Mckinney, Bangor. 8 2
q II, Big, L E Whitney, Bangor, 4 8
lie Wilkes, blkm. J Snow.
Vttn Nastlne..... ...........s. or
Time; 2-ss. ASH, 2.ss4, 2.sss, ASH.
2.25 Trof, 2.2S Pace. Purse. 1925.
Sidney, chm, Allen Rocks, Ban
L Il
ona, rom, by vassar, Ernest Dorr.
Rockland. ....................... a27i
Gay, Big, G Rowen, Newport. 2
Hussey, BIN, Ralph Estes, st
ioans'....s .....................
Wanda, blkm, N L Pendleton,
slssboro. ........................ = 8
ny r, chm, L E Treadwell, Els
'fth'.. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4