Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-09-13
BIIUSHIIL FAIR
Three Perfect Days-Fine Exhibits
Fast Baseball and Real
Horse Racing


PatronsNof the Hancock county fair
must coin another phrase, for the
old song Sure it'll rain! Saunders
luck" was knocked in the head this
year. The weather was perfect,
three beautiful sunshiny days mark
ing the thirty-first annual fair at
Bluehill.
Opening on Tuesday with a good
crowd on the grounds, the manage
ment began to hustle to keep the
people busy and happy. Early in
the day the midway began to jamb
with booths, and soon every available
foot of space was taken. The stands
extended all the way from the gate
to the grand stand, something quite
unusual, and the booths were very
attractive in their colored bunting
and gay decorations. If the midway
makes the fair, certainly there can
be little doubt as to the success of
this years exhibition. 1t was larger
and better than any of its predeces-
sOrS.
Anticipating larger crowd this
year, and hoping to sustain the re-
putation it has earned by staging
one of the best county fairs in Maine.
the management improved the
grounds and track to put on the
the best show possible. The track
was quite bit faster, and from the
favorable comment heard on all
sides, the management was success
full in pleasing the public.
Every effort was made to bring to
Bluehill some of the best attractions
on the circuit, but owing to the little
delays, which so often creep up and
upset the best laid plans, the man
agement was disappointed at the
eleventh hour, and even telephone
and telegraph dispatches failed to
relieve the situation in time.
Many looked forward to the ar
rival of Lieut. L. G.. Bradford in his
plane, which had been booked for
exhibition flights each day. The
plane met with an accident while
en- route, and not until late Wednes
day did Secretary Saunders learn
it would be unable to fill the engage
ment Communication was then es-
tablished with other machines in the
State, and the management finally
secured a sea-plane operating at
Manset, to fly over the grounds
Thursday The fair officials were as
much disappointed as the public, at
their inability to fill this advertised
attraction.
Several other scheduled attractions
did not show up-delays and final
cancelling of the engagement-wit
the fair management in no wise at
fault, and too late for substitution.
However, there were several good
two
Star Wild West was on hand as
usual and gave several performances.
By far one of the finest attractions
and probably as fine as found at any
fair of this size in the State. was
Hjort's singing orchestra of Show
hogan. Requests to the fair manage
ment for an orchestra this year, en-
couraged it to depart from the usual
musical schedule, and instead of en-
gaging a band, it secured one of the
best orchestras to be found any
where. Hjort's orchestra has been
filing dancing engagements through
out the State this summer, and has
given excellent satisfaction The
grand stand at the fair was well
filed, and the music and singing,
almost continuous throughout the
day, was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
Several local baseball teams were
lined up for games, and kept the
fans interested. Games were played
each day, forenoon and afternoon.
The result of the games is as follows:
Tuesday morning, Badgers won
from Bucksport, 2-1. In the after
noon, Castine won from BuckspOrt,
Az.
Wednesday forenoon, the Badgers
defeated Bucksport, 80, the game
going to eleven innings, while in the
afternoon, the Boston AllStars de-
feated Seal Harbor, ga.
Thursday forenoon, Brooklin de-
feated Sargentville, 1919.
The final game of the fair was
played Thursday afternoon, when the
Bluehill Badgers, who have estab-
lished quite record this season,
met the Brooklin team in a nine
inning game, and carried off it's
scalp to the tune of Sd. This game
was fast all the way through, and
was keenly watched by a good crowd
on the sidelines.
The management and exhibitors
are to be congratulated upon the
splendid displays in the exhibition
hall. The exhibits were tastefully
arranged to show them to the best
possible advantage without too much
crowding.
The displays of vegetables in the
center row was up to it's usual stand
ard, although in this fair, as in
others held earlier this year, the
vegetables and fruit were not as full
grown as they would have been later
in the season. However, everything
looked well, and in this respect par
ticularly, Bluehill fair sustained it's
reputation of being real county fair
rather than a horse race. It's dis
plays of vegetables are acknowledged
to be among the best anywhere.
The tables at the right of the hall
were given over to the home workers
and their exhibitions of drawn and
needle work were of high grade,
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