Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-04

tinued the race without a driver, I'm
ishing first by a good lead, but was
disqualified because it broke into q
run. The summary:
Bingmarr, b g, Bryant ........
Eva, blk m, Reynolds 100000. 2 !
Andrew H., b &. Foye. ...... 6 8
Real Red, b g, Jameson ....... 3 4
Starlight, Jr., b 3. Feltis 49,. s s
John D., e, Bond ........... DIR
Time: 2.2S. 2.27 and 2.25 1-2.
The Baby Show -
A good number of little tots COM
Ieted for honors in the baby show
which was held in the afternoon in
| the exhibition building. The little
ones were so good looking and SC
healthy appearing that it was nc
; easy task for the judges to perform
their duties, but their final decision
was as follows:
Handsomest-1st, Virginia Maxine
Pinkham. IL months old. daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pinkham. Wind
sorville; End, Dorothy Ada Turner
10 months, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
c. D. Turner. Windsorville.
Fattest-1st, Caroline Louise Fos-
ter. months, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Winfield Foster. Coopers Mills;
End, Charlie Mason, months. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Mason, 1e
Bangor Street. Augusta.
Smallest-1st. Marion Eldora
Sproul. 4 months, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Benford Sproul. Windsor
Vile: 2nd. Neota Mary Mclean, II
months. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John Mclean, Gardiner, r. 10.
! Committee-Alice NJ. Marson. Mrs
E. w. Cove. and Eta NJ. Jackson.
| Cattle Puillng Contests
| Big and powerful oxen tested their
i strength in the pulling contest
which is always a noteworthy fea.
ture of the Worlds Fair" and
! proved no less an attraction this
, year. The results We're as follows:
Six-oX team-1st., Glidden Bros,
Coopers Mills; End. Weeks Bros,
| Coopers Mills
Sweepstakes, any size-1st.. Gid
den Bros. Sweepstakes, under I fee,
| list, Weeks Bros
Horses, over 24OO pounds-1st.
| Clarence Ware of North. Whitefield
! Under 24W pounds-1st., ]. E
Wheelan. Whitefield.
Jefferson Wins Baseball Game
Baseball enthusiasts made their
way to the ball grounds where they
witnessed a red-hot game in which
the Jefferson nine took the measure
| of the Coopers Mills outfit to the
! tune of Is to 10. The two teams
lined up as follows:
Jsfferson-L. Hallowell, p: E.
Glidden. C; r. Jackson. 1b; G
Ames, Oh: B. Hodgkins, 3b; J. Ben.
ner and H. Grant, SIS; f. Creamer
If: D. Benner and R. Tilison. CT
Hilton, IF.
Coopers Mills-McLean. p: Potter
c: Reed, 1b: Mosher. Oh: F.. E. Gid
den. 3b: Erskine. SIS; E. Brann and
hGlidden. IF.
/ Umpires. Odlin and J. A. Merrill
of Weeks Mills.
With the baseball; game on The
opening day of the 1air in whi,r
Merrlls Pile Drivers of Weeks 'iill.
defeated the Coops-s Mills nine, Mr.
Mcrrill's outfit closed g very success
full season with record cf eigh
! games. won and only one game lost
! Grange Exhibit Awards
| AS was anticipated. the judge:
found it a most difficult task to make
decision between the exhibits O
the Windsor Grau,e and the airing
ton Grange of Mouth Whitete!d. !!
was the unanimous deci;iCn CT The
three disinterested judges that while
the Arlington Grange had the bes
fancy work and the Windsor Grange
was ahead in the agricultural exhi
bit, first award should be given Il
the Windsor Grange because CT 1T
more varied and unique display.
Pony Exhibit
Between the races today. two Yer,
pretty ponies were shown on the race
track. A black WEIGH pony was ex
hibited by Chester Chase Of White
field. The other one. bay Welci
pony, was exhibited in saddle b.
Miss Marion Davis of Gardiner.
Unique Duck Exhibit
Worthy of mention was the ex
hibit of four full grown Indian run
ner Roucn ducks. which were bein,
carefully mothered by a small han
tam hen. The bantam hen, whicI
was smaller than any one of tn
ducks. seemed very proud of he
adopted Children which to he
great anxiety cared much more abou
travelling on water than on land.
A Very Successful Fair
! Inspectors from the State Depart
ment of Agriculture and the Stat
Department of Health visited the fai
grounds and gave their 20. X" to tn
1924 exhibition. The health boar'
representatives declared that tn
Windsor Fair has done more to carr!
out the recommendations made las
year, than any other fair yet visited
Report was made yesterday b,
Leslie B. Hisler of Coopers Mills
! president of the fair association. tina
this years exhibition was very sue
cessful financially and that the ag
ricultural society is in a very health.
financial condition with a balanc'
on hand of nearly $1,000. A larg
amount of repair work has been don
to the fair buildings and ground
since last year. and the society nov
owns its grandstand for the frs
time. having made the last paymen
this year to the syndicate that pail
for it's construction. The attend
ance on the third day of the fair wa
about 1900.
Mr.. Hisler has held the Office o
president of the South Kennebec Ag
| rirultllra1 Society for about Is wears