Document type

Score Card

Event Title

Ice Racing Tripp Lake, Poland, Maine, February 12, 1939

Authors

Lisbon Falls Driving Club

Park

Tripp Lake

Date of Race

2-12-1939

Park Location

Poland, Maine

Event Type

Exhibition

Race

Tripp Lake Ice Racing

Identifier

MS_1465_b003_1939a_doc_02258

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

1 page

Abstract

The score card from the Ice Racing event at Tripp Lake, Poland, Maine on Sunday, February, 12, 1939. According to the Lost Trotting Parks Heritage Center, ice racing was held on weekends, typically on Sundays, on Tripp Lake. Hosted by the Lisbon Falls Driving Club, races were a straight quarter mile with finish times ranging between 28 and 34 seconds. The score card includes Guy Kendall's handwritten notes including changes in race line ups, race finishes, and records of finish times.

Comments

ICE RACING
TRIPP LAKE
POLAND, ME.

SCORE CARD
Sunday, Feb. 12, 1939

MATCHED RACE
3 Heats

Star Henley (McMinemon)
So Big D (Clough)
Calumet Bonnie

CLASS "A"
3 Heats

Kalumuck Direct (Wile)
Kack [Kash] Buster (Cyr)
Calumet Dream (Dongleton)
Harvester Boy (Snell)

CLASS "B"
3 Heats

Hollywood Buddy (Ham)
Birdie Harvester (Robbins)
Marion Silk (scratch) (Ames)
Bow String (write-in)

CLASS "C"
3 Heats

Cashier (Snell)
Major Ward (Goodwin)
Lady Dillion (Ames)

CLASS "D"
3 Heats

Yankee (Huston)
Calumet Bonnie (Merrill)

CLASS "E"
3 Heats

Peter L (Richardson)
Miss Evans (Davis)

SPECIAL RACE
2 Heats

Kark [Kash] Buster (Cyr)
Calumet Bonnie (Randall)

Keywords

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

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