Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Cumberland Fair, Monday, Sept. 18, 1939

Authors

Cumberland Farmers' Club

Park

Cumberland County Fair

Date of Race

9-18-1939

Park Location

West Cumberland, Maine

Event Type

Fair

Race

Cumberland County Fair Race

Identifier

MS_1465_b003_1938c_doc_02743

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

8 pages

Abstract

The official race program for the Monday, Sept. 18, 1939 meeting of the Cumberland Fair Races. The races were staged at the fair grounds track in West Cumberland, Maine. The program includes the names of race day officials and a summary of the Daily Double on the front cover. The card includes information about parimutual betting rules and regulations. The program also includes Guy Kendall's notes on changes in the race lineups, including the finish times. Kendall also noted his bets and winnings during the day including noting on the program cover that he hit the Daily Double, winning $24.70.

Comments

CUMBERLAND FAIR

Monday, Sept. 18, 1939

RACE OFFICIALS

Starter, Warren Wood
Presiding Judge, Edwin Keller
Race Secretary, Elmer Leighton
Clerk of Course, Frederick Wilson
Marshall, Phyllis Smith
Mutuels Director, Frank R. Witman
Race Steward, Walter Gibbons

PARI-MUTUEL BETTING
Operated under the Supervision of
MAINE STATE RACING COMMISSION
Miles Mank, Harold Pelley, Milton Hancock

Red Head Numbers
1st Race
First Half of Daily Double
2.12 Bar Trot
Purse $100

1 Bright Hanover b.m. by The Great Volo, G. Hunt, Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Stewart Blue-Orange

2 Sinecure b.m. by Highland Scott, P. H. Stuart, McFalls, Maine, Stuart Blue-Orange

3 Dillon Aubrey b.g. by Red Aubrey, Church Bros., Cambridge, N. Y., Church Orange-Black

4 Wayne Frisco blk.g. by Frisco June, F. Lacroux, Hingham, Mass., Phalen Blue-White

5 Tidemark br g. by Lee Tide, T. W. Watkins, Amesbury, Mass., Haddock Black-White

6 Governor Alex br.g. by Mr. McElwyn, John Queen Jr., Norwell, Mass., Jordan Green-White

Green Head Numbers
2nd Race
Second Half Daily Double
2.10 Bar Pace
Purse $100

1 Calumet Bonnie b.m. by Peter the Brewer, C. H. Merrill, Bath, Me., Merrill Green-Gold

2 Star Mater b.g. by Star Lander, A. Abbair, Worchester, Mass., Haddock Black-White

3 Calumet Colburn b.g. (scratch) by Truax, E. A. Grant, Houlton, Maine, Barnett Blue-White

4 Raymond J. blk.g. by Wy-Dryad, Church Bros., Cambridge, N.Y., Church Brown-Gold

5 Mr. Counter ro.g. by Counterpart, B. Norton, Addison, Maine, Clukey Maroon

6 Hal O. b.g. (scratch) by Haldale, Fitzpatrick & Igoe, Brookfield, Mass., Safford Blue-Gold

Blue Head Numbers
3rd Race
2.24 Stake Trot
Purse $133

1 Margaret McGregor b.m by McGregor The Great, Chas. Proctor, Naples, Mass., Snell (scratch) Jordan (write-in) Black-White

2 Blarney b.g. by Pluto Watts, Phillip Pearson, Kennebunkport, Me., Safford Green

3 Goldie Express b.m. by Joseph Guy, Frank Burke, Newburyport, Mass., Carney Gold Green

4 Jerry Pickering ch.g. by Guy Abbe, Amos Mahoney, Ayes, Mass., Mahoney Green

5 Peggy Noon b.m. by High Noon, A. R. Lohnes, N. Weymouth Mass., Lohnes Blue-Gold

Red Head Numbers
4th Race
2.12 Bar Trot
Purse $100

1 SINECURE Stuart

2 TIDEMARK Haddock

3 DILLON AUBREY Church

4 BRIGHT HANOVER Stewart

5 WAYNE FRISCO Phalen

6 GOVERNOR ALEX Jordan

Green Head Numbers
5th Race
2.10 Bar Pace
Purse $100

1 HAL O. (scratch) Safford

2 CALUMET COBURN (scratch) Barnett

3 RAYMOND J. Church

4 MR. COUNTER Clukey

5 CALUMET BONNIE Merrill

6 STAR MATER Haddock

Blue Head Numbers
6th Race
2.24 Stake Trot
Purse $133

1 PEGGY NOON Lohnes

2 BLARNEY Safford

3 GOLDIE EXPRESS (scratch) Carney

4 MARGARET MC GREGOR Snell

5 JERRY PICKERING Mahoney

Red Head Numbers
7th Race
2.12 Bar Trot
Purse $100

1 Wayne Frisco blk.g. by Frisco June, F. Lacroux, Hingham, Mass., Phalen Blue-White

2 Tidemark br g. by Lee Tide, T. W. Watkins, Amesbury, Mass., Haddock Black-White

3 Sinecure b.m. by Highland Scott, P. H. Stuart, McFalls, Maine, Stuart Blue-Orange

4 Governor Alex br g. by Mr. McElwyn, John Queen Jr., Norwell, Mass., Jordan Green-White

5 Dillon Aubrey b.g. by Red Aubrey, Church Bros., Cambridge, N. Y., Church Orange-Black

6 Bright Hanover b.m. by The Great Volo, G. Hunt, Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Stewart Blue-Orange

Green Head Numbers
8th Race
2.10 Bar Pace
Purse $100

1 Calumet Colburn b.g. (scratch) by Truax, E. A. Grant, Houlton, Maine, Barnett Blue-White

2 Star Mater b.g. by Star Lander, A. Abbair, Worchester, Mass., Haddock Black-White

3 Calumet Bonnie b.m. by Peter the Brewer, C. H. Merrill, Bath, Me., Merrill Green-Gold

4 Hal O. b.g. (scratch) by Haldale, Fitzpatrick & Igoe, Brookfield, Mass., Blue-Gold

5 Raymond J. blk.g. by Wy-Dryad, Church Bros., Cambridge, N.Y., Church Brown-Gold

6 Mr. Counter ro.g. by Counterpart, B. Norton, Addison, Maine, Clukey Maroon

Blue Head Numbers
9th Race
2.24 Stake Trot
Purse $133

1 Margaret McGregor b.m. by McGregor The Great, Chas. Proctor, Naples, Mass., Snell Black-White

2 Peggy Noon b.m. by High Noon, A. R. Lohnes, N. Weymouth Mass., Lohnes Blue-Gold

3 Goldie Express b m. (scratch) by Joseph Guy, Frank Burke, Newburyport, Mass., Carney Gold Green

4 Blarney b.g. by Pluto Watts, Phillip Pearson, Kennebunkport, Me., Safford Green

5 Jerry Pickering ch.g. by Guy Abbe, Amos Mahoney, Ayes, Mass., Mahoney Green

Keywords

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

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