Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-09-05

Lewiston, Me-, Sept. E(SpeciaD-l
THE annual Maine State Fair opened
Its doors Monday morning for its 1916
Exhibition with a good array OF ex-
hibits ready for the visitor. The off,
Icials of the fair had been somewhat
Handicapped by the freight embargo,
land the fear Of strike, but in spite |
of this the spacious cattle sheds were
we'll Allied, there was a fine exhibit In
the halls, and the horse department
was fully up to the standard. The mide
way is fairly large and has some good
features.
chiIdren's and Old Folks Day
1t was ciildren's and old folks day
and the young people especially took
fun advantage of 1t and overran the
grounds In great numbers. They all
seemed to be enjoying themselves to
the limit and the crowd was enlivened
by their presence.
Good Opening Crowd
AS last year, the weather OF the
morning was bad, although little rain
fell. This no doubt kept down the
crowd, but there were more people on
the grounds than last year. The events
of the day were all run off in good
shape and everyone was well pleased
with the program presented. The feat
ure Of the forenoon was the work
horse parade, which had been part OF
the Labor day parade downtown. 1t
was over one-half mile in length ana
practically every business in Lewis
ton and Auburn was represented, and
some splendid bitches were seen. The
parade circled the track twice and the
prizes were awarded at the judges
stand.
Athletic Events
Promptly at l o'clock began the La
Dor day sportscarnival and this at
tracted a large crowd which seemed to
fill the large grandstand and lined the
fence along each side of the course.
Some excellent contests were seen ana
nearly every finish was close and ex-
citing, moving the crowd to cheers
The races were featured by number
of Representative of the various attn
letic clubs in the vicinity Of Boston,
among them being Meanix, the old
Colby 100-yard man. The horse races
were started as soon as the athletic
meet had been finished, three classes
being called and some fast and inter-
esting racing was seen. The track was
in fine conditions and everyone seemed
to be out to win Isaiah Morrill, OF
Brunswick was the starter and Web
ster Williams of Waterville was one of
the judges.
A Building Rush
The grounds were a very busy place
early in the day as there were many
exhibitors who had been delayed by the
freight embargo and they were hustling
to get things in readiness before the
crowd began to come. The halls In par
ticular were busy places, but before the
crowd arrived everything was ready and
in place. The fair officials had done
their full share in the matter and had
everything as far as they were able
ready for the exhibition.
The Midway this year Is a good one,
several shows of the usual fair variety,
a merry-go-round, circling wave,
Ferris wheel and a number of other fea-
lures being seen. The Ferris wheel in
particular did a rushing business all
day, a line of patrons waiting all the
time for their chance.
Automobile Exhibit
The automobile exhibits were housed
in attractive tents and were visited by
q large number of people during the day.
The cottages, which are a feature of
this fair, were all occupied and the tent
ing space was we'll filled.
Tba stalls for rare horses were we'll
filled and there was fine lot of ex-
hibition horses on hand.
Fine Cattle Exhibit
The cattle sheds contained splendid
assortment of the various breeds OF cat
tie owned in the State, and one large
herd from New Hampshire and one from
Vermont were among those shown.
The exhibit Of swine is certainly a
feature and is pronounced by experts to
be the best ever seen in the State.
Several exhibits of farm machinery
and traction engines are shown and they
proved to be a center Of attraction.
Poultry in Abundance
The poultry building was filled with
a wonderful exhibit of some of the fin
est birds in the State. In the large ex-
Inhibition hall a number Of Lewiston and
Auburn business men nave some nne eX-
hibits and they have their booths very
beautifully decorated. Among the ex-
hibits in the hall is a very fine one by
C. e. Baldic Of Waterville which con-
sists Of all kinds Of vegetables. The
art exhibits are of high order of merit
and there is a specially fine one by the
university of Maine. The Womans
Equal Suffrage League has booth and
were busy distributing their literature
all day.
The afternoon crowd came steadily in
spite Of the threatening rain and the
grounds were we'll filled.
Professor Bonnette. the balloon artist.
is at the fair and his work is a fine part
Of the days program.
The Moxis Exhibit
Through the splendid efforts of Mr.
FkM. Archer of the Moxie Company of
Boston and New York, arrangements
were made through Secretary ]. L.
Lowell with the Maine State Fair AS
ISOLATION to give away 1o beautiful
china moxie dinner sets. The first
prize, a 81 piece dinner set will be
awarded to the lady having the hest ex