Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Central Maine State Fair Race Card

Authors

Central Maine State Fair

Park

Central Maine Trotting Park

Date of Race

9-1-1927

Park Location

Waterville, Maine

Event Type

Fair

Race

Buick Cup, R. A. Jewell Cup, & Franklin Cup

Gait

Trot and Pace

Identifier

MS_1465_b001_1927b_doc_00428

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

7 pages

Abstract

The race card and program for the September 1, 1927 Central Maine State Fair harness races. Program includes display ads for race sponsors as well as the three races of the day at the Central Maine Trotting Park. Race card includes Guy Kendall's handwritten notes on race finishes. Program is glued to the album page, so only seven pages were scanned, leaving the item insitu.

Comments

2.15 TROT
Purse $500
Buick Cup
Sun Sets at 6.18

1. Benzol [Jr.], brown gelding, by Benzol, Davis
2. Beeswing, bay mare, by Hollyrood Bob, Jordan
3. Shadow Lane, roan gelding, by Africander, Ireland
4. Dewey The Great, bay gelding, by Lord Dewey, Kingsley

2.19 PACE
Purse $500
R. A. Jewell Cup
Sun Sets 6.18

1. Tiny Wilkes, bay gelding, by Online, Jr., Pottle
2. Palmer, brown gelding, by Barrett Westland, Jordan
3. The Shiek, bay gelding, by The Hero, Simmons
4. Mary Aberdeen, bay gelding, by Sampson Wilkes, Butler
5. Joe Direct, chestnut gelding, by Empire Direct, Gould
6. Ruby B, chestnut mare, by Prince Alfondly, Stratton
7. Nativa North (written in by Kendall)

Three Year Old Trot and Pace
Purse $300
Franklin Cup
Sun Sets 6.18

1. Sadie Dillon, bay filly, by Nelson Dillon, Kingsley
2. Sister Napoleon, chestnut mare, by Napoleon, Direct Jordan
3. Kity McKane, (scratch) bay ridgling, by Chestnut Peter Gould, Divide
4. Red Logan, bay gelding, by Dwight Logan, Chappelle

Race Officials Starter—H. C. Buzzell, Belfast.
Timers—Albert Ballentine, Winslow; Oscar Flanders, Madison.
Judges—Wallace Jewell, Shawmut; J. Frank Withee, Madison; James Stevens, Oakland.
Clerk of Course—W . H. Pollard, Waterville.
Race Secretary—Riley Davis, Fairfield.

TRACK RECORD—Peter Kennedy, 2.08 1/4 in 1925.

Keywords

Standardbred horses, American Standardbred racehorses, Maine harness racing, Maine horse racing, Sulky racing, Trotting races

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