Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-08-17
Rain Sets Races Of Wed
nesday Ahead One Day.
2.2O and 2.l3, TrOt and Pace,
And Green Race Thursday.
A New Feature This Year Is The
Woman's Department.

Belfast, Me-, Aug. 16.-tSpeciaD.--
Owing to the rain of Tuesday night.
which put the track in a bad shape,
and the threatening weather up to 8
o'clock this morning it was thought
wise by the managers of the Waldo
County fair, 10 postpone the races un-
Ill tomorrow. The Wednesday pro-
gram will therefore begin at P. NJ.
Thursday, while Thursdays races will
be put over until Friday.
An interesting exhibit in the audi
torium is two plants from the tobacco
plantation of Maitland h. Smith of
Hartford, CT, at his Pearl Brook
farm, near this city. The plants, the
| first 10 be grown in this vicinity. stand
over six feet high and are surmounted
with delicate pink blossoms. The
leaves are very large and of a hand
some shade of green. Some of them
measure over two feet from stem to
tip and more than u inches in their
widest parts. They grow on sin glc
stocks which are very sturdy. The
exhibit also includes some stripped
| tobacco. about an inch wide and one
| foot long, marked nearly cured" Mr..
| Smith is trying the experiment for
| the first time this year and il looks
| very promising
A new feature this season is the
| woman's department on the second
| floor. There has always been a w1-
| mans department but heretofore il
| has been crowded in on the first floor.
This year an additional floor has been
built and devoted entirely to the ladies
| Here the committee, Mrs. j. w. Jones.
| superintendent. Mrs. Granville Paul,
| Mrs. y. c. Hopkins. Miss Alberta
| Wadsworth. Miss Edith Southworth
Mrs. G. G. Abbott, Mrs. J. F. Wilson,
| has charge and the exhibits are well
displayed. The children also have an
| exhibit of their work and among that
noticed was a white linen gown done
in eyelet and solid embroidery. By
Miss Annette Holt at the age of Il
years. Madeline Coombs, another lit
| tie girl, has also several waists AMI
| other embroidered articles on exhibi-
| tion.
| A new road has been laid out from
the entrance Of the grounds to the
| field around the judges stand. This
is much appreciated by the automo-
bilists anr carriage drivers.
large attendance is expected OF
| Thursday when the following races
will take place:
| The 2.20 class, trot and pace, purse
| 5000: green race. one-half mile. purse
| 500; 213 class, trot and pace, purse
| 5000.
| Among the horses entered are King
| Edward, owned by II. F.. Staples Of
| Brooks; Bob Patch, j. Johnson, Port
| land; Beatrice, p. II. Reed, Fort Fair
field; Frank Taylor, College stables,
| Brunswick; Young Constantine, f
McKenney. Bangor: Clorinda, r. w.
| Burrill, Bangor. all in the go class.
| In the green race are Stilletto, Jr., b.
| A. Spencer, Belfast; Oracle Braden,
Pearl Brook farm: Juanalta, Horace
| Chenery. Belfast; Orta, who won the
2.25 class yesterday. owned by Chen
| cry; and several owned by A. Rich
ardson, Jr., of Clinton.
In the 2.13 class are Stiletto c., H.
Chenery, Belfast; Maggie B., owned
by Chester Cook, Pittsfield; Tony Nell
son, Chas. Pomerleau. Waterville;
American Chimes. j. Johnson. Port
land; Pearl Dick, College stables,
Brunswick Dimple K. p. II. Reed,
Fort Fairfield