Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Oxford County Agricultural Society, Friday, Sept. 15, 1939

Authors

Oxford County Agricultural Society

Park

Oxford County Fairground Race Track

Date of Race

9-15-1939

Park Location

South Paris, Maine

Event Type

Fair

Race

Oxford County Agricultural Society

Identifier

MS_1465_b003_1939d_doc_02723

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

6 pages

Abstract

The official race program for the Friday, Sept. 15, 1939 Oxford County Agricultural Society harness races in South Paris, Maine. The cover of the program includes the names of race day officials as well as a summary of the field of horses participating in the first and second halves of the Daily Double. The program include Guy Kendall's handwritten notes on changes in race line ups, finish times, and order.

The program also advertises, "Butler Head Numbers Used Here." Butler Head Numbers were conceived by Jim Butler, of Lewiston, Maine, who started in the harness racing industry as a timekeeper and water boy at the Bangor race track in the 1890s. Butler owned horses and served as race secretary for the Maine State Fair in the 1920s.

Comments

OXFORD COUNTY AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

Friday, Sept. 15, 1939

RACE OFFICIALS

Starter: Edwin Keller
Presiding Judge: William Soule
Secretary: Stanley Wheeler
Marshall: George Newcomb
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
Classified Race

1 Ed. Jr. b.g. by Guy Richards, D. Eastman, Cornish, Me., Eastman Brown

2 Hollyrood Dorcas b.m. by Hollyrood Harkaway, Phil Stewart, McFalls, Maine, Stewart Blue-Orange

3 Vital b.g. by Guy Trojan, Edmonds, New London, Edmonds

4 Harry Aleck b.g. by Lu Princeton, Clark & Meader, Waterville, Maine, Clark Red-Gold

5 Oakhurst Queen ro.m. by Atlantic Express, Albert Jones, East Pepperell, Mass., Jones Orange

6 Arlo Stout b.h. by Todd Stout, P. & B. Smith, Augusta, Maine, Smith Black-White

7 Sally Audobon b.m. by Audobon Boy, H. A. Brisbin, Readfield, Maine, Brisbin Black

8 Gallant Lady br.m. by Gallant Guy, Ed. Gray, Agent, Gorham, Maine, Gray Green

Green Head Numbers
2nd RACE
Second Half Daily Double
Classified Trot & Pace

1 Ampere b.s. by Peter Volo, H. N. & H. A. Harmon, Thorndike, Me., Tweedie Green-Gold

2 Blondell ch.m. by Counterpart, George Thompson, Orange, N. J., Thompson Blue-Gold

3 Twinkle br.g. by Volomite, James Phalen, New Market, N.H., Phalen Blue-White

4 Directum J. Jr. br.g. by Directum J., Jos. H. Sullivan, Brighton, Mass., Hanafin Blue-Gold

5 Calumet Dauntless b.h. by Truax, L. Claire, New Bedford, Mass., Bolduc Black

6 O. C. McGregor b g. by McGregor the Great, Leroy H. Taylor, Kennebunk, Maine, Chappell Green-Black

Blue Head Numbers
3rd RACE
Classified Trot

1 Pagan br.g. by Guy Day, Clark & Meader, Waterville, Maine, Clark Red-Gold

2 Hollyrood Phoebus b.g. by Hollyrood Harkaway, Temple & Sullivan, Brighton, Mass., Hannafin Blue-Gold

3 Alice Oakwood b.m. by Atlantic Express H. A. Brisbin, Readfield, Maine, Brisbin, Black

4 Lady Pennock b.m. by Coburn, H. J. Wheelright, Bangor, Maine, Jordan Green-White

5 Northward b.g. by Peter Volo Green H. Gayton, Lewiston, Me., Chappell

6 Pedro b.g. by Chestnut Peter, Albert Jones, East Pepperell, Mass., Jones Orange

Orange Head Numbers
4th RACE
Jr. Free For All

1 Renown blk.h. by Protector, Sullivan & Mawhinney, Machias, Me., Clukey Maroon

2 Zombro Hanover b.g. by Dillon Axworthy, S. Giggey, Brooklyn, N.Y., Chappell Green-Black

3 Altamaha br.m. by The Great Volo, E. C. Snowden, Kennebunk, Me., Safford Green

4 Peter Dale b.g. by Peter Potempkin, T. V. Holdaway, Houlton, Maine, Jordan Green-White

Red Head Numbers
5th RACE
Classified Race

1 HOLLYROOD DORCAS Stewart

2 SALLY AUDOBON Brisbin

3 VITAL Edmonds

4 HARRY ALECK Clark

5 OAKHURST QUEEN (scratch) Jones

6 ARLO STOUT (scratch) Smith

7 ED. JR. Eastman

8 GALLANT LADY Gray

Green Head Numbers
6th RACE
Classified Trot & Pace

1 BLONDELL Thompson

2 AMPERE Tweedie

3 O. C. MC GREGOR Chappell

4 CALUMET DAUNTLESS Bolduc

5 TWINKLE Phalen

6 DIRECTUM J. JR. Hanafin(scratch) Cameron (write-in)

Blue Head Numbers
7th RACE
Classified Trot

1 Hollyrood Phoebus b.g. by Hollyrood Harkaway, Temple & Sullivan, Brighton, Mass., Hannafin Blue-Gold

2 Pagan br.g. by Guy Day, Clark & Meader, Waterville, Maine, Clark Red-Gold

3 Northward b.g. by Peter Volo, H. Gayton, Lewiston, Me., Chappell Green

4 Lady Pennock b.m. by Coburn, H. J. Wheelright, Bangor, Maine, Jordan Green-White

5 Pedro b.g. by Chestnut Peter, Albert Jones, East Pepperell, Mass., Jones Orange

6 Alice Oak wood b.m. by Atlantic Express, H. A. Brisbin, Readfield, Maine, Brisbin Black

Orange Head Numbers
8th RACE
Jr. Free For All

1 Altamaha br.m. by The Great Volo, E. C. Snowden, Kennebunk, Me., Safford Green

2 Zombro Hanover b.g. by Dillon Axworthy, S. Giggey, Brooklyn, N.Y., Chappell Green-Black

3 Renown blk.h. by Protector, Sullivan & Mawhinney, Machias, Me., Clukey Maroon

4 Peter Dale b.g. by Peter Potempkin, T. V. Holdaway, Houlton, Maine, Jordan Green-White

Red Head Numbers
9th RACE
Classified Race

1 Arlo Stout b.h. (scratch) by Todd Stout, P. & B. Smith, Augusta, Maine, Smith Black-White

2 Ed. Jr. b.g. by Guy Richards, D. Eastman, Cornish, Me., Eastman Brown

3 Calumet Queen ro.m. (scratch) by Atlantic Express, Albert Jones, East Pepperell, Mass., Jones Orange

4 Sally Audobon b.m. by Audubon Boy, H. A. Brisbin, Readfield, Maine, Brisbin Black

5 Gallant Lady br.m. (scratch) by Gallant Guy, Ed. Gray, Agent, Gorham, Maine, Gray Green

6 Harry Aleck b.g. by Lu Princeton, Clark & Meader, Waterville, Maine, Clark Red-Gold

7 Hollyrood Dorcas b.m. by Hollyrood Harkaway, Phil Stewart, McFalls, Maine, Stewart Blue-Orange

8 Vital b.g. by Guy Trojan, Edmonds, Lebanon, N. H., Edmonds

Green Head Numbers
10th RACE
Classified Trot & Pace

1 Blondell ch.m. by Counterpart, George Thompson, Orange, N. J., Thompson Blue-Gold

2 O. C. McGregor b g. by McGregor the Great, Leroy H. Taylor, Kennebunk, Maine, Chappell Green-Black

3 Ampere b.s. by Peter Volo, H. N. & H. A. Harmon, Thorndike, Me., Tweedie Green-Gold

4 Twinkle br.g. by Volomite, James Phalen, New Market, N.H., Phalen Blue-White

5 Calumet Dauntless b.h. by Truax, L. Claire, New Bedford, Mass., Bolduc Black

6 Directum J. Jr. br.g. by Directum J., Jos. H. Sullivan, Brighton, Mass., Hanafin (scratch) Cameron (write-in) Blue-Gold

Blue Head Numbers
11th RACE
Classified Trot

1 PEDRO Jones

2 HOLLYROOD PHOEBUS Hanafin

3 ALICE OAKWOOD Brisbin

4 LADY PENNOCK Jordan

5 PAGAN Clark

6 NORTHWARD Chappell

Orange Head Numbers
12th RACE
Jr. Free For All

1 ZOMBRO HANOVER Chappell

2 RENOWN Clukey

3 PETER DALE Jordan

4 ALTAMAHA Safford

Keywords

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

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