Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Mid-Summer Races, Topsham, Maine, July 10, 1936

Authors

Sagadahoc Agricultural Horticultural Society

Park

Topsham Fair Trotting Park

Date of Race

7-10-1936

Park Location

Topsham Fair Grounds

Event Type

Perimutuel

Race

Mid-Summer Races

Identifier

MS_1465_b002_1936b_doc_00760

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

6 pages

Abstract

Race program for the Friday, July 10, 1936, Mid-Summer Races at the Topsham Fair Grounds, Topsham, Maine. The race card includes the names of the race committee members, the rules for pari-mutuel betting in the state of Maine, and photographer Guy Kendall's handwritten notes for changes in the race field, as well as race finishes and times. Kendall also made notes on various bets he placed and winnings claimed. On the cover of this program, Kendall noted that the Daily Double, indicated as D. D., paid $406.80.

Comments

MID-SUMMER RACES
TOPSHAM, MAINE

Friday, July 10, 1936

Official Racing Program

RACE OFFICIALS
Harry McKenney, Starter
Dr. J. A. Stevens, Presiding Judge
L. P. McCracken, Race Secretary
C. C. Chesley, Clerk of Course
Bobby Jones, Marshal
Frank R. Witman, Director of Mutuels

1st Race
Classified Pace
1 Mile

1 NICKDALE, b.g. by Single G. Blue & White James Phalen, Newmarket, N. H., Phalen

2 DICK HAL (scratch) by Wayne Hal Green E. P. Cray, Bellows Falls, Vt., Safford

3 SAM HANOVER, br.s. by Guy McKenney Red & Black A. S. Pratt, Great Barrington, Mass., Rodney

4 CALUMET ELBERT, b.g. by Peter the Brewer Purple & Yellow James Parlee, Dover, N. H., Day

5 LAUREL COLBURN, br.m. by Laurell Hall Brown E. E. Foye, Gardiner, Me., Foye

6 PRINCESS SCOTT, bl.f. by Highland Scott Black & White W. J. Cleary Agt. Stafford Springs, Conn., Cleary

7 MISS AMERICA, b.m. by Abbedale Black & White Litchfield & Toothaker Somerville, Mass., Mason

2nd Race
Classified Trot
1 Mile

1 ESTELLE D, ch.m. by Peter Scott Green & N. F. Scott, Lowell, Mass.

2 CZAR FRISCO, br.g. by Czar Peter Malcolm & Harriman, Augusta, Me.

3 DAYBREAK EXPRESS, b.g. (scratch) by Atlantic Express. Calumet Doble, write-in.

4 CALUMET BRADY, b.g. Kyler by Belwin Green & White Mark Kyler, No. Tonawanda, N. Y.

5 CALUMET FORAY, ch.g. Safford by Guy Abbe Greed E. P. Cray, Bellows Falls, Vt.

6 AURA, b.m. Jordan by Guy Axworthy Blue & White H. J. Wheelwright, Orono, Maine

3rd Race
Free for all Trot and Pace
1 Mile

1 MAY E. GRATTAN, ch.m. by Calumet Grattan Green & Gold W. T. Britenfield, Springfield, Ill., Britenfield

2 CALUMET DUBUQUE, b.g. by Peter the Brewer Black Walter Gibbons, Topsfield, Mass., Gibbon

3 LU BARIENT, b.g. by Lu Princeton Green & Red W. H. Bird, Revere, Mass., Brusie

4 H. K. WORTHY, b.g. by Outsider Greers E. P. Cray, Bellows Falls, Vt., Safford

5 LAUREL HANOVER, br.s. by Laurel Hall Black Sullivan Mawhinney, Machias, Me., Crozier

4th Race
Classified Pace
1 Mile

1 Calumet Elbert

2 Nickdale

3 Princess Scott

4 Dick Hal (scratch)

5 Miss America

6 Sam Hanover

7 Laurel Colburn

5th Race
Classified Trot
1 Mile

1 Calumet Foray

2 Daybreak Express (scratch) Calumet Doble, write-in

3 Czar Frisco

4 Aura

5 Estelle D

6 Calumet Brady

6th Race
Free for all Trot and Pace
1 Mile

1 H. K. Worthy

2 May E. Gratton

3 Laurel Hanover

4 Lu Barient

5 Calumet Dubuque

7th Race
Classified Pace
1 Mile

1 Laurel Colburn

2 Sam Hanover

3 Princess Scott

4 Dick Hal (scratch)

5 Calumet Elbert

6 Miss America

7 Nickdale

8th Race
Classified Trot
1 Mile

1 Aura

2 Czar Frisco

3 Estelle D

4 Calumet Brady

5 Daybreak Express (scratch) Calumet Doble, write-in

6 Calumet Foray

9th Race
Free for all Trot and Pace
1 Mile

1 Laurel Hanover

2 Calumet Dubuque

3 May E. Gratton

4 H. K. Worthy

5 Lu Barient

Keywords

MS_1465_b002_1936b_doc_00760

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