Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-08
WORLDS FAIR
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Labor Day, the start of the three day
exhibition was made under very aus
picious circumstances; 1t was a per-
feet day, and for miles around autos
and teams wendell their way to the
fair grounds. The roads were in good
shape after the rainstorm, the sun
drying them out in short order.
With the exception Of few places
where the construction work is still
going on, the 10-mile stretch from
Augusta on the Rockland road was
in excellent condition for traffic and
when finished will prove a first class
link connecting Augusta and Wind
Sor.
The two races on today's card the
2:20 class and the 2:2S class, each
with purse of 5000 were unfinished
when the sun set this evening. Their
final heats together with races in the
1924 and 2:35 classes will comprise
the track program for Wednesday,
starting at P. NJ, and should prove
a real drawing card. An unusually
large number of starters in each
event is noted this year and the
horses are well scattered as to To-
cality.
Race in 22o Class
Prince S., the black gelding owned
by Elwood E. Foye of Gardiner. and
Miss Celeste, chestnut mare from
Gerow's stable, South aPris, worked
their way into the finals of the 2.20
class, the former taking the first and
| fifth heats, and the latter winning
the second and fourth heats. Miss
Celeste made the mile in 2.16 ga in
the second heat, and in the very
next heat this mark was equaNed by
| the winner, Dorland Cook, chestnut
Damariscotta. Neptune Boy, bay
| gelding (Roy Harris, Gardiner) con-
| trbuted to the interest by giving the
! winners some lively competition in
| the first two heats.
| An accident occurred in the fifth
| heat when iDorland Cook, driven by
| Howard Small, broke the reins and
ran off the track on the south side,
! the sulky striking against hayrack
and spilling the driver. Fortunately.
| neither the driver nor the horse
We're injured. The result:
/ Miss Celeste. chm (Gerow's
/ Stable, South Paris) -.
Prince S, bkg (Elwood E.
| Foye. Gardiner) ....... 1 1
Dorland Cook. chg OR. r.
! Hall, Damariscotta) 80. s 8
/ Neptune Boy. bg (Roy
Harris. Gardiner) .... 4ro
Jim Eden. Big Cred S.
Simmons, Waldoboro) E. 5 4 5ro
| King Brine. Big John Win
capaw. Waldoboro) 80. 6 { 6ro
Lucy Earl, bkm CIV. S.
Malcolm. AugustD 49,. 5 FRO
Time-2.1S; ZIG "a; 2.1s ga;
2.19 Ia; 2.26.
Race i'm 2..S Glass
Some close finishes featured the
Us class in which Real Red, bay
gelding owned by f. E. Burkett of
Union. and Caducus the Second,
black gelding owned by w. S. NAL
colin of Augusta. each has two heats
to its credit. Real Red put up a
plucky fight, climbing from fifth and
fourth places respectively in the first
and second heats to first place in
the third and fourth. The result:
Caducus The Second. bkg
CIV. S. Malcolm. Angus
tai l D 3
Real Red. Big (F. Z. Bur-
kett, Union) ........o l
Henry c. Big &C. E. Bris-
bin, Readfield) ........3 4 FRO
Harlem Express, chg (Wil-
liam Hall, No. Newcas-
tle) ........'. 4ro
Tony Mac. Big (Elwood E.
F'oye, Gardiner) ......4 8 FRO
Edna l., bm (Waldoboro
Garage, Waldoboro) 20 5 Gro
, Time-2.1S IA, 2.20, 90 IL and
The race officials are: Starter, o.
H. Anderson, Augusta; judges, E. G.
Brown, Gardiner, Fred Page, Chel-
sea and Lon Mcdonald, Whitefield;
timers, L. B. Hisler. Cooper's Mills,
l.. c. Bryant, Damariscotta, and G.
A. Tomlinson, Newcastle.
Good Card for Wednesday
Fourteen starters are entered for
the 2.24 class race, which will be
run off on Wednesday. Among
these are Quidnessett. brown stallion
from Gerow's stable, South Paris,
with a mark Of 2.17 IA, and Grand
March, bay gelding from the same
stable, with mark Of 2.19 IA. 9th
er fast horses will compete in this
event. Some good racing is also
promised in the 2.35 class with Is
starters entered.
Draft Horse Contest
The pulling contest between teams
Of horses working on the Augusta
Rockland highway project created
considerable interest on today's pro-
gram. the results being as follows:
Pairs 5000 pounds and over-1st, NJ
E. Cooper of Chelsea: end, D. G. Laid
of Mercer. Pairs $500 pounds-1st,
r. w. Tibbetts of New Sharon: End,
f. p. Wescott of Windsor. Pairs 1900
pounds-1st, G. A. McManus of North
Whitefeld; 2nd,- w. D. Mowatt of Au-
gusta. +. T. Sproul of Windsor was
judge of this event
Vaudeville ana Baseball
Buddy. the Wonder Dog" proved a
first-class attraction in the vaudeville
act on the-stage in front Of the grand
stand. Directed by his master, r. p.
Jacobs Of Newcastle, the dog demon
strated how easy 1t is to walk on
roller skates when you once know how.
Standing erect on his hind paws, Bud
dy walked on roller skates, jumped
over hurdles and from box to box
placed several feet apart on the plat
form. His act won rounds of ap-
plause from the grandstand audience.
pleasing concert was given in the
grandstand during the afternoon by
the Augusta Cadet Band. Frank A.
Dennis leader.
The baseball game played late In the
forenoon resulted in victory for Mer.
rilPs Pile Drivers Of Windsor over a