Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Gorham Fair, Saturday, August 9, 1941

Authors

Gorham Fair Association

Park

Narragansett Park

Date of Race

8-9-1941

Park Location

Gorham, Maine

Event Type

Fair

Identifier

MS_1465_b004_1941c_doc_03654

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

8 pages

Abstract

The official race program for the Gorham Fair harness races, Saturday, August 9, 1941 at Narragansett Park on the Gorham, Maine fair grounds.

The program includes a list of race officials including Starter Edwin T. Keller of Cincinnati, Ohio; Presiding Judge Dr. John Stevens of Rochester, New Hampshire; Judges Glenn W. Rublee of Vermont and V. S. Keller of Hatfield, Massachusetts; Timers Walter Frank of Portland, Maine and Elmer J. Leighton of Cumberland, Maine. Mutuels Director Frank R. Witman, Portland, Maine. Steward representing Maine Racing Commission, Albert E. Gibbons of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The names of Maine Racing Commission officers include Miles B. Mank, Portland; Harold O. Pelley, Skowhegan; and William A Lumb, Biddeford.

Inside the program are handwritten notes by Guy Kendell about finishing times, the order of finish in each contest, changes in the field of horses. The final panel of the program summarizes the rules for Mutuel betting.

Keywords

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

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