Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Oxford County Agricultural Society, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 1939

Authors

Oxford County Agricultural Society

Park

Oxford County Fairground Race Track

Date of Race

9-13-1939

Park Location

South Paris, Maine

Event Type

Fair

Race

Oxford County Agricultural Society

Identifier

MS_1465_b003_1939d_doc_02708

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

6 pages

Abstract

The official race program for the Wednesday, Sept. 13, 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

Wednesday, Sept. 13, 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
2.15 Bar Pace

1 Sweetheart Scott b.m. by Lee Scott, A. Jones, Agent, Pepperill, Mass., Jones Orange

2 Dorothy Decker b.m. by Sandy Flash, Joseph Bolduc, Agt., Middlton, Conn., Bolduc Black

3 Ideal Boy b.g. by Echo Todd, H. Clukey, Dexter, Maine, Clukey, Black-Red

4 Plainfield b.m. by Signal Peter, Smith & Dotten, Portland, Maine, Smith, Black-White

5 Annie Kimball ch.m. (scratch) by Napoleon Direct N. E. Morrill, Cumberland Center, Maine, Morrill

6 Prue Noon ch.m. by High Noon, Leah G. Hiltz, So. Braintree, Mass., Hiltz Blue-Gold

7 Ruth K. br.m. by Northern Douglas, Gerry, Lovell, Maine, Gerry Blue-Gold

8 Skippydale blk.g. by Abbedale, Tom Etter, Moncton, N. B., Jordan Green-White

9 Guy Yerkes b.g. by Arion Guy, D. Marvin, Bridgewater, Mass., Marvin Yellow

Green Head Numbers
2nd RACE
Second Half Daily Double
2.08 Bar Pace

1 Walter Brown ch.g by Martinique, Tom Etter, Moncton, N. B., Etter (scratch) Jordan (write-in) Tan

2 Star Volo b.g. by Willis Volo, D. E. Gilman, Exeter, N. H., Gilman Tan-Green

3 Star Gale blk.g. by Wydrad, Church Bros., Cambridge, N.Y., Church Yellow-Brown

4 Gay Dillon b.m. by Dillon Volo, A. Cameron, Harvard, Mass., Cameron Green

5 Louise Scott b.m. by Highland Scott, James Phalen, New Market, N.H., Phalen Blue-White

6 Volo Gratton b.g. by Wyn Volo, Chas. Sheehan, Bangor, Maine, Chappell Green-Black

Blue Head Numbers
3rd RACE
2.11 Bar Pace

1 Hanover Ace b.g. by Sandy Flash, John Abbair, Worchester, Mass., Morgan

2 M. & H. b.g. by Mr. McElwyn, Malcolm-Harriman, Augusta, Maine, Jordan Green-White

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

4 Dale H. br. h. by Abbedale, S. A. Wathen, Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Wathan Yellow

5 Calumet Dime b.g. (scratch) by Guy Abbe, D. Gilman, Exeter, N. H., Gilman Gold-Green

6 Prince Direct b.g. by King Direct, N. F. Smith, Lowell, Mass., Carney Green-Gold

7 Truvolo b.m. by Truax, Fitzpatrick & Igoe, Brocton, Mass., Hanafin Blue-Gold

8 Jolly Worthy ch.g. by Boyd Worthy, E. L. Osgood, Rochester, N.H., Osgood Black-Green

Orange Head Numbers
4th RACE
Free For All Trot

1 Isola’s McElwyn b.g. by Mr. McElwyn, J. L. Phalen, New Market, N. H., Phalen Blue-White

2 Pedro Tipton b.g. by Peter Volo, J. Robinson. Oxford, Maine, Jordan Green-White

3 Calumet Calling b.g. by Peter the Brewer, Grant Hunt, Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Stewart Blue-Orange

4 Alloway b.h by McGregor the Great, S. A. Wathen, Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Wathen Brown-Gold

Red Head Numbers
5th RACE
2.15 Bar Pace

1 SKIPPYDALE Jordan

2 ANNIE KIMBALL (scratch) Morrill

3 RUTH K. Gerry

4 GUY YERKES Marvin

5 SWEETHEART SCOTT Jones

6 IDEAL BOY Clukey

7 PRUE NOON Hiltz

8 DOROTHY DECKER Bolduc

9 PLAINFIELD Smith

Green Head Numbers
6th RACE
2.08 Bar Pace

1 VOLO GRATTON Chappell

2 GAY DILLON Cameron

3 WALTER BROWN Etter (scratch) Jordan (write-in)

4 STAR VOLO Gilman

5 LOUISE SCOTT Phalen

6 STAR GALE Church

Blue Head Numbers
7th RACE
2.11 Bar Trot

1 Truvolo b.m. by Truax, Fitzpatrick & Igoe, Brocton, Mass., Hanafin Blue-Gold 2 Hanover Ace b.g. by Sandy Flash, John Abbair, Worchester, Mass.

3 Prince Direct b.g. by King Direct, N. F. Smith, Lowell, Mass., Carney Green-Gold

4 Calumet Dime b.g. (scratch) by Guy Abbe, D. Gilman, Exeter, N. H., Gilman Gold-Green

5 Dale H. br.h. by Abbedale, S. A. Wathen, Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Wathen Yellow

6 Jolly Worthy ch.g. by Boyd Worthy, E. L. Osgood, Rochester, N.H., Osgood Black-Green

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

8 M. & H. b.g. by Mr. McElwyn, Malcolm-Harriman, Augusta, Maine, Jordan Green-White

Orange Head Numbers
8th RACE
Free For All Trot

1 Alloway b.h. by McGregor the Great, S. A. Wathen, Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Wathen Brown-Gold

2 Pedro Tipton b.g. by Peter Volo, J. Robinson, Oxford, Maine, Jordan Green-White

3 Calumet Calling b.g. by Peter the Brewer, Grant Hunt, Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Stewart Blue-Orange

4 Isola’s McElwyn b.g. by Mr. McElwyn, J. L. Phalen, New Market, N. H., Phalen Blue-White

Red Head Numbers
9th RACE
2.15 Bar Pace

1 Ruth K. br.m. by Northern Douglas, Gerry, Lovell, Maine, Gerry Blue-Gold

2 Annie Kimball ch.m. (scratch) by Napoleon Direct, N. E. Morrill, Cumberland Center, Maine, Morrill

3 Plainfield b.m. by Signal Peter, Smith & Dotten, Portland, Maine, Smith Black-White

4 Ideal Boy b.g. by Echo Todd, H. Clukey, Dexter, Maine, Clukey (scratch) Briskin (write-in) Black-Red

5 Prue Noon ch.m. by High Noon, Leah G. Hiltz, So. Braintree, Mass., Hiltz Blue-Gold

6 Guy Yerkes b.g. by Arion Guy, D. Marvin, Bridgewater, Mass., Marvin Yellow

7 Dorothy Decker b.m. by Sandy Flash, Joseph Bolduc, Agt., Middlton, Conn., Bolduc Black

8 Skippydale blk.g. by Abbedale, Tom Etter, Moncton, N. B., Jordan Green-White

9 Sweetheart Scott b.m. by Lee Scott, A. Jones, Agent, Pepperill, Mass., Jones Orange

Green Head Numbers
10th RACE
2.08 Bar Pace

1 Star Volo b.g. by Willis Volo, D. E. Gilman, Exeter, N. H., Gilman Tan-Green

2 Louise Scott b.m. by Highland Scott, James Phalen, New Market, N.H., Phalen Blue-White

3 Star Gale blk.g. by Wydrad, Church Bros., Cambridge, N.Y., Church Yellow-Brown

4 Gay Dillon b.m. by Dillon Volo, A. Cameron, Harvard, Mass., Cameron Green

5 Volo Gratton b.g. by Wyn Volo, Chas. Sheehan, Bangor, Maine, Chappell Green-Black

6 Walter Brown ch.g. by Martinique, Tom Etter, Moncton, N. B., Etter Tan

Blue Head Numbers
11th RACE
2.11 Bar Trot

1 CALUMET BONNIE Merrill

2 HANOVER ACE

3 DALE H. Wathen

4 JOLLY WORTHY Osgood

5 TRUVOLO Hanafin

6 M. & H. Jordan

7 PRINCE DIRECT Carney

8 CALUMET DIME (scratch) Gilman

Orange Head Numbers
12th RACE
Free For All Trot

1 ISOLA’S MCELWYN Phalen

2 PEDRO TIPTON Jordan

3 CALUMET CALLING Stewart

4 ALLOWAY Wathen

Keywords

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

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