Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-08-22
CENTRAL MAINE
FAIR PLANS

! The management OF tne Cehtrdi
Maine fair, to be held on Sept. 10
| 13 inclusive, and which is their 18th
annual exhibition, are attempting
something in the nature OF a live
| stock exposition such as has never
before been shown in Maine. and
! from all indications. success will
| surely crown their efforts in each and
| every department.
On the evening Of Sept. 9, a BAN
| quet viii be given the exhibitors on
| the grounds; this will be a get-to-
gether banquet for social purposes
and to make friends between those
who exhibit and the management OF
the fair Among the speakers on
this occasion will be Governor Mil
liken, Hon Geo Otis Smith of the
United States geological survey,
Washington. D. c., and Hon Andrew
r. Felker, commissioner of agricu.-
ture of the state Of New Hampshire.
Tuesday. Sept. 10, will be Grange
day, and up to the present writing.
there are nine Oranges entered from
different parts Of the State. entered
, for the largest premiums ever offer
ed in Maine and in addition, there
Will he some hundred boys as
guests Of the FAIR Association. for
which free entertainment will be Of
fered on ten grounds and rooms will
be secured through the local Cham
Der of Commerce for them.
Wednesday. Sept. II will be the
day on which the State Liberty
Chorus, 5000 strong, will entertain
tie people from the grandstand.
singing rational hymns now made
immortal by our own boys at the
front A banquet will be given by
the Portland Farmers Sheep Breed
ers Association
Thursday, Sept. u, will be Gov
ernor's day. and in addition, the as
sociatiDn Will have as its guests. the
governor Of the National Soldiers
Home at Togus with a delegation ct
soldiers and the famous Togus Band.
Miss Grace Hamlin of Marblehead,
Mass. Will give a series Of solos ac-
companied by the band.
On this day also Will occur the
first annual auction sale OF sheep. It
looks as though there would be at
least 500 sheep offered for sale, and
as this is the first sale Of this nature
to he held in New England. bidders
from all over ,Iew England and the
Provinces will undoubtedly he in ev-
ldence. These sheep to be sold at auc-
ton will be kept in the enclosure OF
the race track and sold from the
block in front Of the bIeachers. In
the evening will occur the annual
!
ford Breeders Association.
Friday. Sept. 13, will be the day on
which the third annual auction
sale Of Hereford cattle will take
place. and Miss Grace Hamlin will
also do 500 work with the band. Col
. Fred Reppert Of Decatur, Ind. will
act as auctioneer for both the sheep
and Hereford cattle. and those vino
saw the sale conducted last year may
be assured that all the conditions
pertaining there. will be strictly fol-
lowed this year.
The horse racing at the Central
Maine Fair this year bids fair to sur
pass anything seen in Maine for
years In addition to ten stake rae
es. filled early in April, there is a
Free For All with a purse of $500.
with a bonus of 800 to the driver Of
the horse winning the race. provided
he breaks the track record of 2.f0 IL.
AL Standish of Boston will lact as
starter and the judges and timers
will be men we'll known and prof.
cient in their work. There are horses
in this class with records of 2.0l IL
! made two or three years ago, but
which can cover a mile in less than
COS today AS these horses will not
! be seen anywhere else except in Wat
/ crville, it looks as though the day on
/ big one.
! In this race are entered the follow
! ing horses; c. G.. Brown. BoWdoin
hanback, stallion, Our Colonel"
&. B. Fenwick, Sussex. n. B.-bay
mare, white Sox;" F. Doherty,
| Sydney, n. S.-bay gelding. "Thom-
as Earl" P. T. McWilhams, Ports
mouth. n. H.-bay gelding. "R. H..
Brett" /. W. Pottle Portland-chest-
nut gelding Master Mariner" Jerry
Splith Caribou-black gelding. Bill
McGregor." Jerry Smith, Caribou
brown gelding. Dan S. .1r.:" Samuel
B. Hastings. Boston. Mass.--bay
mare Ideal Lady" Samuel 3.
Hastings. Boston, Mass--bay geld
ing Earl Jr.:" Frank Fox, Medford.
Mass.-bay mare, May Bird" Frank
Fox, Medford. Moss.-bay gelding.
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