Document type
Race Program
Park
Union Park
Date of Race
9-3-1937
Park Location
Acton, Maine
Event Type
Perimutuel
Race
Shapleigh-Action Fair
Identifier
MS_1465_b003_1937d_doc_01565
Level of Description
Item
Extent of the Unit of Description
8 pages
Abstract
The 8-page, Official Race Program for the Friday, September 3, 1937 Shapleigh-Acton Fair in Acton, Maine. The program includes the names of those serving on the Union Park Trotting Association, Inc. board as well as race day officials. Photographer Guy Kendall made handwritten notes inside the program recording race finishes and times as well as changes in the field of horses. Kendall trimmed down the program to fit in the photo album, causing some race information as well as advertising to be lost.
Keywords
Standardbred horses, American Standardbred racehorses, New England harness racing, Maine harness racing, horse racing, Sulky racing, Trotting races
Rights and Access Note
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Track Location
Shapleigh-Action Fair, September 3, 1937
Acton, Maine
The 8-page, Official Race Program for the Friday, September 3, 1937 Shapleigh-Acton Fair in Acton, Maine. The program includes the names of those serving on the Union Park Trotting Association, Inc. board as well as race day officials. Photographer Guy Kendall made handwritten notes inside the program recording race finishes and times as well as changes in the field of horses. Kendall trimmed down the program to fit in the photo album, causing some race information as well as advertising to be lost.
Comments
SHAPLEIGH - ACTON FAIR
Union Park, Acton, Me.
Friday, September 3, 1937
Official Race Program
Union Park Trotting Association, Inc.
W. R. Wilson, President
Ralph Sanborn, Vice President
Herman Allen, Treasurer
Fred Young, Secretary
J. Melvin Wescott, Chairman of Entertainment
JUDGES
M. I. Collins
Dr. Jackson
Jack Yuill
STARTER
Warren Wood, Chatham, N. Y.
TIMER
Frank Boston
DIRECTOR OF MUTUELS
Frank Witman
PARI-MUTUEL BETTING
Operated Under Supervision of
MAINE RACING COMMISSION
Miles Mank, Chairman
FIRST RACE
First Half Daily Double
Classified Pace
1 Jolly Worthy ch g by Boyd Worthy, R. Kennett, Sanbornville. N. H. Tuttle Blue-Gold
2 So Big D. b g by Abbedale, L. Clough, Kennebunk, Me. Snell Black-White
3 Hanover Ace r g H. Day, Gorham, Me. Day Purple
4 Calumet Denisisco b m by Truax, R. Landry, Biddeford, Me. Small Green
5 Dawn b m by Guy Axworthy, Harry Bryant Bryant Green-Gold
6 Kalmuck Direct b g Kalmuck, J. Phelan, Newmarket, N. H. Phelan Blue-White
SECOND RACE
Free for All Trot and Pace
1 Calumet Elbert b g Peter the Brewer, H. Day, Gorham, Me. Day Purple
2 Signal Rule b m by Signal Rule, J. Lord, Ossipee, N. H. Haddock Black-White
3 His Eminence ch h by Abbedale, F. Richardson, Portland, Me. Morgan Green-Gold
4 Peter Pokey ch g by Capt. Aubrey, H. Randall, Harrison, Me. Phelan Blue-White
THIRD RACE
Second Half Daily Double
Classified Trot
1 Jane Express b m Atlantic Express, D. Eastman, Cornish, Me. Eastman Tan
2 A. J. b g Atlantic Express, H. F. Hiltz, Pasco. R. I. Hiltz Blue-Gold
3 Jura b m McGregor the Great, H. Brisbane, Readfield, Me. Brisbane Brown
4 Hollyrood Spead b g by Hollyrood, H. Small, Agent Small Green
5 Pal of Mine, Jr. b g (aka Pal o' Mine) by Pal of Mine, H. Allen, Lewiston, Me. Mc Meniman Black
FOURTH RACE
Classified Pace
1 Dawn Bryant
2 So Big D Snell
3 Kalmuck Direct Phelan
4 Hanover Ace Day
5 Jolly Worthy Tuttle
6 Calumet Denisisco Small
FIFTH RACE
Free for All Trot and Pace
1 Signal Rule Haddock
2 Peter Pokey Phelan
3 Calumet Elbert Day
4 His Eminence Morgan
SIXTH RACE
Classified Trot
1 Pal of Mine, Jr. McMeniman
2 Jura Brisbane
3 Jane Express Eastman
4 Hollyrood Spead Small
5 A. J. Hiltz
SEVENTH RACE
Classified Pace
1 So Big D Snell
2 Jolly Worthy Tuttle
3 Kalmuck Direct Phelan
4 Calumet Denisisco Small
5 Dawn Bryant
6 Hanover Ace Day
EIGHTH RACE
Free for All Trot and Pace
1 His Eminence Morgan
2 Calumet Elbert Day
3 Signal Rule Haddock
4 Peter Pokey Phelan
NINTH RACE
Classified Trot
1 A. J. Hiltz
2 Pal of Mine, Jr. McMeniman
3 Hollyrood Spead Taylor
4 Jane Express Eastman
5 Jura Brisbane