Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-04
WINTHROP.
Great Entries for 7 tuesdays
Races at MaranaCO0k.
NazimOvd and Homeland Will
Meet for a Purse Of S1OO.
Three Other Races to Be Pulled off,
With Some Speedy Ones.

/ Winthrop will be the only place ON
the map Tuesday. For over the quar-
ter mile stretch on Lake MaranacooI
I will be the scene of the greatest ice
race ever pulled off in this section of
The county Every horseman and low
er of the horse will be here to witness
j these spectacular races.
Nazimova and Homeland came to-
gether for matched race in Port
land, last Saturday, on CIark's pond
and Nazimova won the race by mar
row margin. Irving Pottle. owner and
driver of Homeland claims he got the
small end and CHALLENGED Mr.. Morrill,
to race here, TUESDAY for 500 side
This will be some horse race. MI
Reader and no sport should fail to
see it.
This matched race is not all on the
program for the afternoon. There
will be free-for-all mixed race that
should be hummer. The Waterville
sports are backing the brown geldins.
Col. Boone that stepped quarter in
3014 seconds a few weeks age ON the
kennebec river al Waterville Maine
| Pointer, the little mare that won the
free rail match, last winter is en-
tered and In the minds Of some of the
horsemen should make en- hike for
their money. Wilkeson. the fast trot-
ter that carried off the honors in the
seven-heat race at Halloween last
week, win be there strong and should
prove money winner Mercer c..
j owned by II. NJ. Springer of Augusta.
! will start and if she behaves right
she win be going ebeside the rest of
them. Maize f. is also booked and
this mare with the straps on has a
right to come down the ice a fast
clip, her owner. Mr.. McCausland says
she shows more speed this winter
than ever before.
There will also be a 2.25 class and
a green horse class with purse OF
| SO each. Any horse is eligible in the
green horse class that hasn't any
mark and it should prove a good race
as the free-for
The, entries SO far for the day are
as follows, and the matched race will
start at l p. NJ. sharp:
FREE-FoR-ALL.
Maize f.. m, II. McCausland. Read
Col, Boone. blk g. Tom Holmes. Water
/ Vile
Maine Pointer, m, chas. Pomerleau,
Tony Nelson. g. Chas Pomerleau. Wa
| terville.
woikeson, bf g, r. A. Baird, Winthrop.
! Homeland b &, I. Pottle. Portland.
Mercer G., m, II. n. Springer, Augusta.
Hal Rodgers, (. Smith, Gardiner.
Margaret, TO m, keene, HalloWell
GREEN HORSE CLASS.
! Ted, b Z. Baird. Winthrop.
Joe Barrett, b s, Harlow, Lewiston
Gretchen, b IN, PfIsbury, Waterville.
Stella, b IN. Staples, Winthrop.
+ Belle p, ch IN. Pomerleau. Watervile.
Blackbird, blk m, Berry, Monmouth.
! 225 CLASS.
/ Berry Nelson, b 5, Berry Monmouth
Hal Rodgers, b &. smith, Gardiner.
Margaret, 70 III, Keene, Hallowen
Joe Barrett g, Harlow, Lewiston.
Gretchen. m. Pillsbury, Waterville.
Plain Jack. blk z. Chisam Augusta
| Darkie, blk m, Bowman, Augusta.
| Stella, m, Staples, Winthrop
| Belle T., CHI m, Pomerleau, Watervllle.
| Col. Boone, blk g. Holmes, Waterville.
| Mazie H., b m, McCausland, Readfeld
a very interesting meeting of the
Literary Club was held, last week, at
! the home of Mrs r. C. McIlroy. The
subject of the meeting was Win
throp," and the roll call was answered
by landmarks. A paper by Miss Eva
| Moody on improvements in VIM
| throp in 20 Years was of unusual in
| terest. Miss Moody told in a highly
interesting and sometimes humorous
J way cf the improvements in fire fight
ing facilities. with the building of the
new hose house, and installing of the
automatic alarm system, the wafer
system, the electric lighting, the MAX
ing of several new streets the i'm
! provements upon churches hotel, and
| building of many new residences, the
new post office the High school build
ing, and the new bank building now
| being constructed. She praised the
i highway aud cian,,r IL Inn ~.