Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-09-15
u0d Fellow and Baron Dictator Win th(
Racing Events -Readfie|d Trims East
livermore in Baseball Came
The Baby Show Held Today.

Headneld, Me, Sept 14.-(SpeciaD
-Ihe racing was feature of the
second day of historic old Readfield
fair the fields being the best for a
number of years. Six horses came tc
the wire for the word, Go" in the 9. SC
class, which was won bv Baron Dicta
tor In three straight heats. Straight
meats also ruled in the 2.25 class. which
was won by the New Vineyard horse
Odd Fellow
| Ihe attendance was unusually large
for the second day. The number of
teams was the largest for MANY wears
the grounds being black with them
long before noon. The total number
OF persons in attendance was in the
neighborhood of $500 and a cons idcr-
able number were present from out
side the county.
Few of the many persons who at
tended the fair Wednesday know that
Readfeld fair is the oldest agricultural
exhibition in the State, older in fact
than the State itself, for it was origi-
nally chartered under the laws of
Massachusetts when Readfield was a
part of the town of Winthrop. The
| familiar figure of one man, who has
| attended the fair almost every year
| during the entire Is years of it's ex-
istence was missing yesterday, for the
veteran driver, l.. Clark Leadbetter of
| Wayne. who only last year at the age
of 81, drove his good horse, Budhaus,
in one of the. races. has. passed beyond
| Uncle Scion Chase, who has also often
attended this historic fair and who
last year gave an interesting and char
acteriStic address. was another familiar
| figure that was missed.
George A. Russell of Readfield, presi-
| dent of the Kennebec County Agrcul-
| tural Society. was greatly pleased at
the interest which has been shown in
the fair during the two days. He said
to a Journal reporter in speaking OF
the fair: THE hall display is particu
| larly good this year and the stocl
shown of most excellent quality The
| first days attendance was about that
! of the usual opening day. but today
the attendance has been unusually
large. especially taking into consid-
Grafton the lowering looking morning.
Every event we have advertised has
come off as slated and feel that there
| is actually a great awakening of IN
terest in old Readfield fair"
Superintendent of the Horse Depart
ment M. S. Gordon of Vienna deserves
| a great deal of credit for getting to-
gether at Readfield as good lot OF
number of years. The rain of the
previous night helped rather than in
jured the sandy track and the. two
races developed some exciting finishes
although the time was not the fastest
| in the world. '.'
| The starter was Asher d. Horn Of
Pennington and he got the fields away
| in good shape, sending them Off IN one
instance the first time down. 1: f
| Freer of Readfield was clerk of the
course and the Judges and timers
Warren W. Wilkins of Winthrop. Hen
rv McCausland of Readfield and oscar
Anderson of Augusta.
Hazel r. led to the half in the first
heat of the 2.25 pace, but was passeo
| before she reached the three-quartef
mark by both Miss Avon and ODD rel
/ low. The finish was exciting enouSH
| for anyone, Odd Fellow just noslns ou'
the Augusta mare. The second hea'
was another good brush between these
two horses, Miss Avon and Odd rel
low racing along neck and neck loi
nearly a quarter of mile. "A spur.
at the finish landed the New vineyard
horse under the wire by head anu
neck ahead of Miss Avon. The last
heat was the slowest of the threc' ou'
Fellow landing several lengths ahead
at the finish.
| Tho . 30 class was hard field TO se'
away in the first heat. Automoplie
had the pole and he proved a lar.ai
to score by. Ora Sterling led TO the
b.,f in this heat, but Baron Dictator
ssed him at the three quarter marx
and landed a length ahead Baron
Dictator took the second and thiro
Roots easily. but in the third a nVei!
r.ce developed between the Genera
.nd ora Sterling for scond position
In which the son of Commander hao
tho advantage. The summary:
ok PACE OR 2.3s TROT-PURsE $50
Odd Fellow. S. by ST. croix,
Miss Avon. b m tBest.
Hazel r.. c m (Rowel. .......'...."9 .
Iadw Sterling. b m (Walker)......
The time by quarters
| lea 15s 90
81 10 10 53 22S
.37l i'i3 iSI i'S 227
81 LlZa
$50 PACE OR 2.47 KeE si''
Baron Dictator, b s. by Baron,
| Wilkes Hook) ....::.;...'''''''','a
/ The General CRidley). ........-.33
Automobile, blk & (Wells)....... '....s
Ina ppia r. h m (BateS). ................4 u