Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-02-11
WINTHROP.
.SpIit Heats and Fast Time
On Lake maranacook.
Foxy SIeei Wins a Heat BY
Sticking Out His Tongue.
Successful Entertainment at the
Grange aaH--Musieal.

| The Winthrop Driving Club, is rap
idly growing in favor. The live MEM
|bers of this association. IL spite of the
Irecent heavy storms. had as good a
track Friday as one could ask for. OF
the four races two went off in straight
heats. one other went four heats. and
Class ID. went six. In this race horses
We're started that were unused to rae
ing. but the sport they afforded the
crowd VAS of Il high order. as we'll as
Extremely varied.
| In the first heat Il young mare
tStella) became excited and bolted
from the track. To keep her from up
setting the sulky. Mr.. Baird, who was
driving. took hold Of her hard enough
to break a shaft and swung her back
lonto the track. She ran into the OPP
posite bank, unseated her driver, and
dragged him around over the ice, step
ped on him once or twice for good
measure; still he held on finally stop
Iping her. DR.. Badger finally won out
with a grey trotter that we are in
formed came from Pennington, but we
could not learn anything as to his
breeding.
The first heat in Class A was the
| best heat 10 watch that the writer
has seen this winter. The two went
away to perfect start, on the first
score. They were going a 2-minute
lshot when the word go was given.
The noses of the two horses We're not
six inches apart for the entire heat,
the finish being so close that the horse
Sleet, Che has been raced q lot and
Is very intelligenD seeing that the fin
| ish was to be very close, when right
at the wire stuck his tongue out win
nlng the heat By just the length of it,
one of the judges failed to see this
| trick of the old speedway favorite and
wanted to call it dead heat, but fin
ally gave it to Sleet.
Mr.. Baird sprung q new one on them
IN Class Z. This member of the club
| has been riding behind little more
than he felt was his share. so he pick
| cd up a chestnut trotter of Dwight
Edwards one day last week. and the
way he tramped on the others was
sight. The horse. like most race
horses. has his pecularities. 70 be-
gin with, he is what real "Hossmen''
call a waller horse: nothing odd
about that. but the way he carries mis-
tail would attract attention in Cen
trail Park or anywhere else. He may
have Eeen used in war, anyway when
the word go was given, he held his
tail as straight in the air as any
flag ever was held, and kept it there
until the race was over
CLASS A-PACE.
SIePt. ID iShJ w q ! |
Zaidee, Oh IN Lindsay. : > :
Time-Sli, ; ;SSii SO, "a.
CLASS E-MIXED
| Frank Kcnney, CHI G5airdD. ........t |
Annie Gaines. b IN Gennessl Mon
| mouth NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. d:
Silver Heels. br :, Derry Wayne. 3 9 .
| Tme-.3t1, 30, .3s.
| CLASS C-MIXED.
| Maggie H., br IN tBates) Monmouth l
| Farmer Boy, VIII ), Harrimam. .....a )
Nancy, b m CTowle>. ..................3 .
Stella, b m (Baird) Observation-Disclosures DIR
Time-.37ss. 81. Isl.
| CLASS D-MIXED.
Fred b.. Badger). .......c 3
Maude Bates, br IN (Bates)
Trixy NJ, blk IN (Baird)....4 4
Dolly d., b m Wood). 4 ;
Tine-.io, .$S .39. i01. .5s., 49,
This club will on Feb % give {
to any horse in Maine, money divi.
ded $50. $50 and 500. No entrance vii
be charged or deducted They expect
to draw horses from Lewiston, Au-
gusta. Watervile. and possibly ont
or TWO from Brunswick. The purse
was raised by contributions among
the merchants and citizens of Win.
throp.
e. IL. Walker was out with n large
bay trotter by Haley I'll, the horse
attracting great deal OF attention
i. i. King showed the stallion Tim.
more. AHA, by Simmons. 2.23. This
horse is large solid colored. rapid
true going trotter.
The entertainment given Thursday eve
u ming at the Winthrop Grange hall wa
one of the finest given in town for lon;
time The Lyric Male Quartet of Lewis
ton furnished the musical numbers ant
their work was very fine. Each mem
Der of the quartet rendered solos, Mrs
Geneva Chapman acting as accompanies
0 Mrs. Chapman gave a very fine cornet so
+ 10. accompanied by Miss Hazel Shaw
Justin, d. Lawry gave several humorou
and entertaining readings in very pleas
ing manner One of the Oranges fine sup
I pers was served at the close of the enter
r tainment and the evening closed with
dance, at which everybody had fin
: time
e The subject of the service at the Meth
r odist church Sunday morning win ID
Southern Education" A special iadares
: will be given ats7 P. M-gupono "Afennorfe
of the SOUTHLAND and ac,ht4stfef work i
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