Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-29

big drawing card. There are two
$1,000 purses 70 be given and two $500
purses. as follows: 224 and c27 trot
and pace, Alton Richardson. purse
$1,000; free-for-all. class ract. purse
$1,000: 2.lc trot. class race. purse $500;
2lh pace, Rotary Club Stake. purse
$500.
There has been practically no evil
dence II unlawful games II chance go
ing on at the Central Maine Fair this
j"ar. one instance was discovered by
Supt, :. l.. Berry and he gave the OPP
orator L chance 20 change his methods
50 az 10 make il n game of skill The
uperigtendent went back soon after
and when ne found that the change
had not been made the game was
barred from the grounds.
1t has been a very clean and enjoy
able fair thus far. according 10 many
Of tho patrons, Everything has moved
along with m1cuinc-likc smoothress
and not 4 bit of trouble has been re-
ported on any part Of the grounds
Through the efforts Of Or. William J.
Young. city health officer, every hot
dog vendor has procured a transpar-
ont Gag" to cp over his stove and this
U.s. great advance in sanitary meth
caS Of selling food at the fair.
In the coliseum yesterday hun
drcds apon hundreds of people were
served with sandwiches, coffee. hot
corn on the cobb and all sorts of
/ food. Many ate their dinners right
In the coliseum from these booths
without hothering to go into town.
The coliseum was a pretty warm
place yesterday but in spite Of the
neat thousands of people surged in
ana out of the doors, along the aisles
and gathered in groups about the
booths But the crowd kept on the
, move for everyone knew that il was
much cooler outside with a fresh
westerly breeze cooling the grounds
all day long.
The stands began to fill at II 80
and when the first heat of the 2.17
class started there was scarcely a
scat in the whole Erandstand. there
/ being at least 300 eager fans sit
/ ting there.
And there were hundreds of 9TH
crs gathered in front of the stands
and about the track. a score or
more of youngsters paradcd their
wares of ice cream, cold drinks po-
tato chips and pop corn through the
crowd and found ready sale.
\ feature of tho fair this wear is
nv ii'' oApi = Ntl US EINtil OUT ''Itt
day. I'm years gone by the cards
have been sold by boys at the grand
J stand entrance and many felt that
/ it was hardly worth while to pur-
! chase. But this year with the cards
given free of charge practically
( everyone in the stands and on the
/ grounds has a card and a much more
universal interest seems TO be talk
| On in the races for everyone is able
! to call the horse by name and as
soon as they come down the track
{ start picking the winners
Tho new fence in front OF the
! grand stand on both sides of the
| track adds much to the appearance
: of that part Of the grounds but as
, there is no bar across the top the
! policemen there have quite Job
1 keeping the fans from bending
| down tho wire
| The free attractions this wear he
! tween heats of the races are eXcep-
| tionally clever.
II would be hard 10 pick the best
! act because they are all excellent
and they vary so much that there
! is no comparison.
There are seven acts in all and
| by the time Professor Bonnette be
| gins to fill his hot air balloon il is
| late in the afternoon.
The first act is an acrohatic COM
! edy stunt by hurley and Burley.
These two gentlemen were clever
! both rs athletes and as comedy
| makers. The only apparatus they
used was n table and chair but
that was enough. With those two
implements they brought laugh after
laugh from the crowd,
The race between the Goth Cen
fury Wonders created quite a sensa =
ton. This was a comic imitation OF
horse race and the three horses
entered were Sparky. Moonshiue and
Near Beer These horses were really
very clever. two Of them going around
the half mile without their drivers.
who were spilled off at the start.
Mack and I.aRue save an extreme
" difficult roller skating act that
brouCh forth much applause They
ended up with what was announced
as the swivel necklace. in which the
Young lady put a strap around her
neck and around her partners neck
and when they started whirlinC she
/ was lifted off the floor and whirled
around rapidly, at the same twirlinG
her body.
The Goth Century Wonders per-
formed twice again. the second being
a clever stunt. One OF the horses
went into the shafts Of a sulky
wrong end 10 and with the driver il:
front of him raced around the half
mile. The third consisted Of one Of
the performers driving one horse