Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Old Orchard Beach, Friday, June 26, 1936

Authors

Old Orchard Beach Mile Track Association

Park

Old Orchard Beach 1 Mile Kite Track

Date of Race

6-26-1936

Park Location

Old Orchard Beach

Event Type

Perimutuel

Race

Old Orchard Beach Mile Track Association

Identifier

MS_1465_b002_1936a_doc_00692

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

6 pages

Abstract

The official score card for the Friday, June 26, 1936 races at the Old Orchard Beach One Mile Kite Track, Old Orchard Beach, Maine. The card includes the names of the officers of the Old Orchard Beach Mile Track Association. The card includes Guy Kendall's handwritten notations regarding race results and changes in the field.

1936 marks the first year of pari-mutuel betting on races at the Old Orchard track. It is also the first year, according to the contents of Kendall's photo albums, that the photographer has covered races at the track.

Comments

Official Score Card

Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Friday, June 26, 1936

Old Orchard Beach Mile Track Association

President: Frank H. Libby, Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Treasurer: George T. Hinchliffe, Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Judges: Dr. John Stevens, Dover, N.H.; Frank G. Trott, Winchester, Mass.
Starter: Harry McKenney, Wakefield, Mass.
General Manager: John Gilbody, Boston, Mass.
Directors: Frank H. Libby, George T. Hitchcliffe, King E. Sears, I. Harold Angell, Joseph J. Mullen, J. Nason Milliken, Clinton C. Mewer, George R. Beaumont

First Race
Classified Race
Pacing One Mile
Purse $100

1. RED GRATTEN, b g Lecco Gratten Miss Korleen K, 2.20 1/4 A. Hayes, Manchester, Conn. BLACK (2) I. PATTERSON

2. COUNTERPART LINCOLN, ro g Counterpart Frances Lincoln E. P. Cray, Bellows Falls Vt. GREEN (3) F. SAFFORD

3. PAT ABBE, b g Abbedale-Minor Patti A. Teelon, Harrington, Del. PURPLE-GREY (1) E. CASPER

4. CALUMET EUGENIA, ch m Guy Abbey-Dorothy Peters James H. Porteous, Middletown, Conn. GREEN-ORANGE (5) F. SCROGGINS

5. ALOHA LAND, blk m Braden Direct-Lucy Peters M. F. Fitzgerald, Durham, N. H. BLACK (4) M. FITZGERALD

Second Race
2.15 Class Trotting One Mile
Purse $100

1. ESTELLE D., ch m Peter Scott-Mary B, 2.16 1/2 N. F. Smith, Lowell, Mass BLUE-GOLD (3) W. CARNEY

2. CALUMET BRADY, b g Belwin-Sister Strong 2.06 3/4 M. Kyler, North Tonawanda, N. Y. GREEN-WHITE (1) M. DENNISON

3. LEMAC, b g Mr. McElwyn-Molly Fant 2.18 Dr. F. B. Sweet, Springfield, Mass. RED- BLACK (2) A. RODNEY

4. DAVID REDLAC (scratch), br g David Guy-Alice Redlac 2.10 Daisy Weeman, Saco, Me. GREY (4) P. WEEMAN

Third Race
Classified Race Trotting One Mile
Purse $100

1. JENNY HANOVER, b m The Great Volo-Bonnie Hanover James J. Phalen, Newmarket, N. H. BLUE-WHITE (2) J. PHALEN

2. SUNFIRE, b g. Peter Scott M. F. Fitzgerald, Durham, N. H. BLACK (1) M. FITZGERALD

3. CLEVER HANOVER, b c Bunter Litchfield & Toothacker, Somerville Mass. BLACK-RED (3) H. BRUSIE

4. BEECHWOOD, b. g. Chestnut Peter - Princess Hall, 2;14 1/4 M. F. Fitzgerald, Durham, N. H. BLACK (4) J. HADDOCK

5. CALUMET FORAY (scratch), ch. g. Guy Abbey-Jane the Great E. P. Cray Bellows Falls, Vt. GREEN (5) F. SAFFORD

Fourth Race
Classified Race Pacing One Mile
Purse $100

1. RED GRATTEN Patterson

2. Counterpart Lincoln Safford

3. PAT ABBE Casper

4. CALUMET EUGENIA Scroggins

5. ALOHA LAND Fitzgerald

Fifth Race
2.15 Class Trotting One Mile
Purse $100

1. ESTELLE D. Carney

2. CALUMET BRADY Dennison

3. LEMAC Rodney

4. DAVID REDLAC (scratch) Weeman

Sixth Race
Classified Race Trotting One Mile
Purse $100

1. JENNY HANOVER Phalen

2. SUNFIRE Fitzgerald

3. CLEVER HANOVER Brusie

4. BEECHWOOD Haddock

5. CALUMET FORAY (scratch) Safford

Seventh Race
Classified Race Pacing One Mile
Purse $100

1. RED GRATTEN Patterson

2. Counterpart Lincoln Safford

3. PAT ABBE Casper

4. CALUMET EUGENIA Scroggins

5. ALOHA LAND Fitzgerald

Eighth Race
2.15 Class Trotting One Mile
Purse $100

1. ESTELLE D. Carney

2. CALUMET BRADY Dennison

3. LEMAC Rodney

4. DAVID REDLAC (scratch) Weeman

Ninth Race
Classified Race Trotting One Mile
Purse $100

1. JENNY HANOVER Phalen

2. SUNFIRE Fitzgerald

3. CLEVER HANOVER Brusie

4. BEECHWOOD Haddock

5. CALUMET FORAY (scratch) Safford

Keywords

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

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