Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-08-03
GATHERING UP THE LAST
THREADS AT HANKS meet.
Dining Room and Other Accommodations Are
Rapidly Nearing Completion-=I1orses in
Comfortable Quarters and Track
imperfect OnditiOn==ArrivaIs.

ing judge /. r. Morrell of Bruins
wick, the well-known horseman and
proprietor of the College Stables. will
officiate The starter will be Chester
Pike of Barton, VT. who so efficiently
officiated at Hanks meet, last Au-
gust. The judges in the stand will be
John s. Head of Portland and f. n.
Nining of Hartland Two of the tim
ers will be Thomas Neal of st. John.
n B., and f. f. Walker of Monmouth
The third timer will be from Massa-
chusetts, as yet not chosen. c. w.
Gilman of Augusta will act as clerk
of course. II. II. Lee of Augusta viii
be track manager. Niles l.. Perkins
of Augusta is general superintendent.
and S. T. Stilkey of this city is super
intendent of horses. Willis A Pink
ham of Windsor will be marshal. Chas.
L. Purinton is superintendent of con-
cessions. The baseball tournament will
be looked after by 3. S. Folsom, Hi
ram Weymouth and n. II. Wheeler.
The accommodations and parking of
the automobiles viii be supervised by
w. w. Morse. j. Frank Blodeau. Har
ry c. Jones and Russell Fields. DR.
Walter Thomas is chairman of the
aviation committee. Ralph Partridge
VIII act as treasurer and with him in
charge of the sale of tickets viii be-
Charles Dill and c. F. Bilodeau. The
grand stand ticket sale will be in
charge of Mel G. Gould
secretary-Harry Hanks.
Chief of police-George T. Fletcher
Mayor II. j. Noyes, Geo.
y. Wilcox, S. c. Ward. Byron Boyd.
+. r. Newbert, Roy II. Flynt, Col
Charles Bradbury, Belfast, Cyrus w.
Davis, Waterville Aimee Casavant,
Charles p Kinsman. j. l.. Wellman.
Burleigh Martin, Charles A. Milliken,
Blaine owen, Willis e. Swift, w j.
Skehan.
Accommodations C. Carll. Levi
r. Williams. George Snow. j. &. Shee-
han, Warren Malcolm, George Wad
leigh.
Programs-H. V. Wilson.
Press-C. w. Richards, Kennebec
Journal w. r. Lawry, Waterville
Sentinel; Sam e. Conner, Lewiston
journal; Col f. A. McQuaide, Bos-
ron American; Frederic Mason. Bos-
ton Globe; A. NJ. Goodwin. Portland
Evening Express; j. Clement Murphy
The Opening Day.
The racing win start off with bang
on Tuesday, the opening day. when the
PHI pace for $1,000, the 2.15 pace for
$1,000 and the 3-minute pace for $1,000
are on the card. This 211 pace Will
be some classy race. There are en-
tered in it: Alclyde. 2.1l 4. the horse
that attained local reputation as the
result OF the meet here last year;
Foot Prince, 2.10A, Green Brine, Jr,
2.l2A, the horse which won the nine
heat race at Waterville, last fall;
Northern Spy, 2.13A, a New Hamp
shire horse which rules a favorite;
El Gallo, 2.l3A, the Lewiston horse
known throughout Maine; Altisimus,
2l3A, one of Billie O'NePs string;
VIII Be Sure 2.15A. and Peter
Chimes, 2.f1A, with several others.
The 2.l5 pace calls together another
bunch of speedy ones. while the 3-min
ute trot will bring out set of young
sters which will put up a great race
And so il goes all through the card
for every day. That several records
VIII be broken during the week is pre-
dieted by many, while the local track
record will be left way behind. The
races win be started promptly ON time
l.So o'clock each afternoon, and with
out three races on the card for each
day there should be no unfinished
races
with his usual generosity, Manager
hanks has decided to give certain
people chance to attend the meet at
fenuced prices. On the big days ladies
sWiii be admitted for half price. This
- essentially a mans entertainment"
ne says and so the men will be ex-
pec,eu to pay the full price, but the
Lhuiss may come in for half price and
nope to see many of them. Civil