Ellsworth American., 1915-09-08
BLUEHlLL FAIR.
IDEAL WEATHER FOR THREE
nAys BRINGS BIG CROWDS.
,yrnSEspAY's RECEIPTS THE BIGGEST
EVER IN ONE DAY-THE RACES
LIST OF PREMIUM AWARDS.

The Bluehill fair was certainly favored
nc the clerk OF the weather. In this sum-
,,sr Of moisture, three days Of even de-
Gently good weather were almost too much
70 hope for, but Bluehill had three days Of
IDEAL weat her perfectly clear, not too hot
and not too cold.
The result was good crowds for all three
a.vs. People who had been waiting all
.rmmer for decent weather to Ego some
where. went to Bluehill fair, and more
automobiles were parked within the inner
enclosure OF the grounds on the second
day than ever before seen In one group In
Hancock county. Judged by the satisfac-
tory measure OF gate receipts, tho second
dsy was the biggest in the history OF the
Hancock County Agricultural society
BY something like saoo. This may not form
an accurate comparison, howe 7er, as the
preyious "big days" 1t this fair were
under the 35-cent admission, now 80 cents,
but as something like $50 season tickets
sold this year were not included in We'd
nesday's receipts, this would partly Offset
the differences in price OF admission. Men
who have been In attendance at all the
big days at Mountain park, say that We'd
nesday's crowd was the biggest ever.
THE EXHIBITS.
And the fair. Well, Hancock county
farmers have been calling this an on year
for crops-there Is no doubt 1t is-but the
agricultural exhibits at Bluehill fair did
not seriously reflect il. To be sure, po-
tatoes were little smaller; apples, too,
were not quite up to the average, but
Hancock county has apples while central
Maine has none, all because our apple
blossoms were not quite ~ far along as
theirs when the late frosts nipped them.
But on the whole the agricultural OK
hbits compared favorably with previous
years.
1t was not an on year for flowers, GER
tanly not at ''Eiwin Cove, the summer
home OF E. J. Brooks at Bluebill, for Mr.. |
and Mrs. Brooks made a floral exhibit
that filed one end Of the exhibition hall, |
while Thomas Grieve had q splendid |
showing Of dahlias.
The display Of fancy work, also, was
even better than usual, it seeming as IL |
the women had tried to make up in their |
department whatever might be lacking in |
the agricultural department.
The display OF livestock, always
feature OF this fair, was as good as usual. |
AMusEMESTs.
Beside the racing, ball games the first |
two days OF the fair, and an open-air
trspeze performance before the grand |
nd pIa,,, t,A },ny d~a fpo I'm
The midway was lively place. Music |
during the fair was furnished by the Els !
worth band.
There were baseball games Tuesday and |
Wednesday between Bluehill and Sar- |
gentyille teams. Both games were won by |
Bluehill, the first by a score OF lbs and |
the second by 1879.
In the cattle drawing contest, the heavy |
weight class was won by George Pert and |
the lightweight class by Charles Snow,
OFFICERS.
The officers OF the lancock County Agri- !
cultural society who have put in hard work
which deserved the success achieved, are:
F. p. Merrill, president; A. c. Hinckley,
vice. president; Max X. HincKley, treas
arer; n. l.. Grindell, secretary; K. L. Os-
good, j. NJ. Snow, A. c. Osgood, F. II.
Allen, II. $. Leach, directors. This was
MIR. Grindell's first year Is secretary. It's
busy mans job, but he made good.
F. II. Allen was as usual in charge OF
the horse department, George A. Pert OF
the cattle department., Thomas Grieve OF
the agricultural department, and Mrs.
Eliza l.. Herrick OF the woman's depart
ment.
THE RACES.
Though the fields were small in nearly
all the races, there were some good fin-
ishes, and the drivers were out for the
money. l.. b. Trafton, of Sanford, as
starter, did good work in the stand. He
had the confidence OF the drivers. who CO.
operated with him, with the result that
the fields were sent away without long
scoring delays.
The summary OF Tuesdays races was
printed in THE AMERICAN last week.
Following is summary OF the races OF
Wednesday and Thursday:
WEDNESDAYS RACES.
2.s3 Tros and 2.s5 Pace. Purse, 1925.
wallace Clayson. ch s, by Clayson'
Asa T Grant, Bangor ......-....-.' l
Peru Bingen, br g. by Bingen Boy,
c "A Simmons, Warren.......... 8
Paul d. ch g, by Blue Will, ir,......
Snow. Biuehill. ll...............
Time: ASH, ASH. 2-sit 2a0s.
2.25 Trot and 2.27 Pace. Purse, 1925.
vassar v, ro 8, by vassar, 8 w New
man. Manset ......-..........-.-...'
Blue Will Again, g, by Blue VIII, jr,
Hinckley, Bluehill. ...............
Grace G, b m, by Blue win, F Gould,
Bucksport.. ...................'..''.'
Time: ASH. ASA, 2-s5i.
800 Tyot or Pace open to Hancock Co"nsy
Horses only. Purse, $50.
Tony wilkes, b g, by Wilkes
Hinckley, Blue hill .....-...'..'...... !
Allen G, b q, by Allen Horse, Beulah