Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Shapleigh-Action Fair, September 1, 1937

Authors

Union Park Trotting Association, Inc.

Park

Union Park

Date of Race

9-1-1936

Park Location

Acton, Maine

Event Type

Fair

Race

Shapleigh-Action Fair

Identifier

MS_1465_b002_1937c_doc_01544

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

8 pages

Abstract

The 8-page, Official Race Program for the Wednesday, September 1, 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.
September 1, 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

1 Calumet Denisisco b m by Truax R. Landry, Biddeford, Me., Small Green

2 Calumet Bonnie b m by Peter the Brewer G. Jewett, West Bath, Me., Jewett Blue-Yellow

3 Dawn b m by Guy Axworthy Harry Bryant, Bryant Green-Gold

4 Tom Hardy blk g by Braden Direct Milo Lewis, Turner, Me., Stewart, Blue-Yellow

5 Jolly Worthy ch g by Boyd Worthy R. Kennett, Sanbornville. N. H., Tuttle Blue-Gold

6 Streamline b m by George Harvester H. Day, Gorham, Me., Day Purple

SECOND RACE
2.11 Pace

1 Roy Directum bl g by Directum J. R. Kennett, Sanbornville, N. H., Blue-Gold

2 So Big D. b g by Abbedale Al. Snell, Mechanic Falls, Me, Snell Black-White

3 Gay Direct b m by Napoleon Direct H. A. Brisbin, Readfield, Me., Brisbin Brown

4 Napoleon Hal by Mr. McElwyn W. Carney, Topsfield, Me., Carney Green

5 Peter’s Ideal bl g h by Peter Deane J. Phelan, Newmarket, N. H., Phelan Blue-White

THIRD RACE
Second Half Daily Double
2.11 Trot

1 Sunshine Express b g by Atlantic Express J. Phelan, Newmarket, N. H., Phelan Blue-White

2 Calumet Evart ch g by Guy Abbey Edna E. Day, A. Day Red-Black

3 Margaret Harvester b m by George Harvester H. Day, Gorham, Me., Day Purple

4 Gov. Alex b g by Mr. McElwyn W. Gibbons, Topsfield, Mass., Gibbons Black

5 Alice Oakwood b m by Atlantic Express H. Brisbin, Readfield, Me., Brisbin Brown

6 Ampere b h by Peter Volo Rose H. Miller, So. Portland, Me., Miller Blue-Gold

FOURTH RACE
2.13 Pace

1 Streamline, Day

2 Jolly Worthy, Tuttle

3 Tom Hardy, Stewart

4 Calumet Bonnie, Jewett

5 Dawn, Bryant

6 Calumet Denisisco, Small

FIFTH RACE
2.11 Pace

1 Napoleon Hal, Carney

2 So Big D, Snell

3 Peter’s Ideal, Phelan

4 Gay Direct, Brisbin

5 Roy Directum, Tuttle

SIXTH RACE
2.11 Trot

1 Gov. Alex, Gibbons

2 Calumet Evart, A. Day

3 Alice Oakwood, Brisbin

4 Ampere, (scratch) Miller

5 Sunshine Express, Phelan

6 Margaret Harvester, Day

SEVENTH RACE
2.13 Pace

1 Jolly Worthy, Tuttle

2 Streamline, Day

3 Dawn, Bryant

4 Calumet Denisisco, Small

5 Tom Hardy, Stewart

6 Calumet Bonnie, Jewett

EIGHTH RACE
2.11 Pace

1 So Big D, Snell

2 Napoleon Hal, Carney

3 Roy Directum, Tuttle

4 Gay Direct, Brisbin

5 Peter’s Ideal, Phelan

NINTH RACE
2.11 Trot

1 Gov. Alex, Gibbons

2 Calumet Evart, A. Day

3 Ampere (scratch), Miller

4 Alice Oakwood, Brisbin

5 Sunshine Express, Phelan

6 Margaret Harvester, Day

Keywords

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

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