Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-08-31
Races Feature Merchants Day at Central Maine Fair

and when that gentleman handed
out the ribbons, it was satisfying to
see their faces light up.
In the Horse Stalls
Down among the horse stalls, too,
| the judges were at work most of the
| day. 1t is down here that the true
lover of horsef1esh woes it to himself
| TO go. Just to stand and admire one
of those big Percherons, the seeming
| image of solidity and power, is fun
enough for anyone. There are some
draft anmils here, of blooded stock.
! groomed and polished docile, yet
, proud of their station. They are tru-
/ ly the aristocrats of the horse world
| just as much as their speedier
! brothers. And these same speedier
/ brothers are, also some horses.
| smooth of coat, arched of neck, and
dainty of legs, they are as nice about
where they put their feet as any old
maid we ever saw.
J Waterville horsemen were well
represented among the winners of
! prizes for the horses. Fred ]. Lib
/ by's Dandy the Great tooM first in
the four year old standard trotting
! bred stallion entries, and he deserv-
ed it. George H. Grondin's one and
three year old trotting bred stations
! also were winners BeSigue u,
owned by Pierre Chicoine. of Liver
more Falls, was pronounced the best
registered Percheron stallion on ex-
hit 4,N II
! prizes offered by George Grondin of
. Waterville for the foals of his stall
+ lion Diamond @. were won by foals
owned by Clarence C. Snow of Show
/ hogan, first, John Godine of Win
slow. second, and Edward Liby, of
Waterville, third. Fred S. Varney hf
| Augusta had several entries among
| the draft horses, all of which were
| prize winners.
| There is still some WORK for the
| Judges of the horses, as several of
| those who entered horses in one or
more competitions have not as yet
appeared with their animals to be
| judged.
| While the judges We're suing their
phwers of. discretion in the various
! exhibition tents and stalls. on the
| track the races were in progress.
| In the early part of the day. a
concert by Drew's Watcrville band.
on the bandstand in front of the
erandstand. drew a large part of the
! crowd from their pursuit of the elus-
i've ten pin, and from their deluded
atteront TO ring the unringable cane.
In the afternoon. too, while the
judges were busy in the stalls and
, tents. and While the race horses were
| being given their final runs before
the heats. the band played on The
! races. of which fun account will be
found in another column. were very
good. to the eye of the layman That
! is, the horses ran fast. and made
quite n successful dust. One of the
: best things about the races was the
crowd that attended them. Men,
women and children kept coming in
TO the erandstand all the time while
| the judges bell was Changing and the
starter was sending them back.
! When the gladstone cry of go" rang
out there was general sigh of pleas
and expectancy. AS the last horse be-
gan to creep up on the leader, there
We're shouts and wells. Then when
they made the last turn and set out
down the homestretch. there was a
regular thunder of feet as everybody
! got UP to crane his neck to see them
come. Then when the heat was over,
they all sat down and began to chat
! ter. They We're a thoroughly infor-
nal crowd end they did have one
| rood time Between the heats also
there was a vaudeville show on the
stage opposite the grandstand. 1t
i was 4 mighty good ore and was
, thoroughly up to the mark set by the
races, which is somewhat high. The
! four Mellos started things off with
some breath taking stunts in the air.
! The five MacLarens, with pipes and
, drums stirred the martial order of