Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Cumberland Fair, Saturday, Sept. 24, 1939

Authors

Cumberland Farmers' Club

Park

Cumberland County Fair

Date of Race

9-23-1939

Park Location

West Cumberland, Maine

Event Type

Fair

Race

Cumberland County Fair

Identifier

MS_1465_b003_1939e_doc_02782

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

8 pages

Abstract

The official race program for the Saturday, September 23, 1939 meeting of the Cumberland Fair Harness Races misprinted on the front of the program as September 24, 1939.

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 final panel of the card includes information about parimutuel betting rules and regulations. The program also includes Guy Kendall's notes on changes in the race lineups, including the finish times.

Comments

CUMBERLAND FAIR
Saturday, Sept. 24, 1939

Race Officials

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

MAINE STATE RACING COMMISSION
Miles Mank
Harold Pelley
Milton Hancock

1st Race
2.14 Bar Trot
First Half of Daily Double

1 Peter Reamore b.g. by Reamore, Geo. Brown, Wellewastery, Conn., Gendron Black-Green

2 Fashion Hanover b.m. by Peter the Brewer, S. A. Wathen, Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Wathen Gold-Brown

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

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

5 Kash Buster b.g. by Great Volo, E. J. Cyr, Bath, Me., Morgan Green-Gold

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

7 Taffeta b.m. by McGregor the Great, M. Gerow, Manchester, Conn., Gerow Blue-Gold

8 Gay Lou b.m. by Luzerne, A. Allen, Cambridge, N. Y., Church Orange-Black

2nd Race
Classified Pace
Second Half Daily Double

1 Joan Scott b m. by Highland Scott, A. H. Hayes, Manchester, N. H., Gerow Blue-Gold

2 Colonel Croghan br.h. by Real Frisco, J. Gendron, Dudley, Mass., Gendron Black-Green

3 Streamline b.m. by Geo. Harvester, H. M. Day, Gorham, Maine

4 Star Henley bl.g. by Peter Henley H. Gayton, Lewiston, Maine, Chappell Green-Black

5 Ideal Boy b.g. by Echo Todd, C. Brisbin, Readfield, Maine, Brisbin Black

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

7 Harry Dillon b.h. by Nelson Dillon, G A. Jones, E. Pepperill, Mass., Jones Green-Orange

8 Hanna Henley b.m. by Peter Henley, H. A. Harmen, Thorndike, Maine, Tweedie Green-Yellow

9 Gracious Lady b.m. by Protector, Haddock

3rd Race
2.11 Bar Trot

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

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

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

4 Clarabelle b.m. by Caretaker, George Smith, Groveton, N.H., Chappell Green-Black

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

6 Harry Dillon br.g. by Dillon Volo, J. Gendron, Dudley, Mass., Gendron Black-Green

7 Miss Berrydale ch.m. by Guy Richard, R. D. Cameron, Harvard, Mass., Cameron Brown

4th Race
Classified Pace

1 Hal Volo ch.g. by Dillon Volo, Fitzpatrick & Igoe, Spencer, Mass.

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

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

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

5 Directum J. Jr. br.g. (scratch) by Directum J., Jos. H. Sullivan, Brighton, Mass., Blue-Gold

6 Sunrise br.g. by Guy McKinney, A. S. Flagg, Rockdale, Mass., Cleary Black-White

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

5th Race
2.14 Bar Trot

1 GAY LOU Church

2 ALICE OAKWOOD Brisbin

3 TAFFETTA Gerow

4 KASH BUSTER Morgan

5 MARGARET MC GREGOR Snell

6 FASHION HANOVER Wathen

7 PEDRO (scratch) Jones

8 PETER REAMORE Gendron

6th Race
Classified Pace

1 JOAN SCOTT Gerow

2 IDEAL BOY (scratch) Brisbin

3 COLONEL CROGHAN Gendron

4 HARRY DILLON (scratch) Jones

5 STREAMLINE

6 GUY YERKES (scratch) Marvin

7 STAR HENLEY Chappell

8 GRACIOUS LADY Haddock

9 HANNA HENLEY Tweedie

7th Race
2.11 Bar Trot

1 HARRY DILLON Gendron

2 BLARNEY Safford

3 MISS BERRYDALE Cameron

4 DILLON AUBREY Church

5 JERRY PICKERING Mahoney

6 BRIGHT HANOVER Stewart

7 CLARABELLE Chappell

8th Race
Classified Pace

1 DIRECTUM J. JR. (scratch)

2 VOLO GRATTON Chappell

3 RAYMOND J. Church

4 SUNRISE Cleary

5 HAL VOLO

6 CALUMET COLBURN Barnett

7 CALUMET BONNIE Merrill

9th Race
Local Pace

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

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

3 Ben Hur b.g. by Benedict, W. Griffin, Haddock Black-White

4 Ash Wednesday br.m. by Wayne Hal, W. M. Houghton, Lebanon, N. H., Snell Black-White

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

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

10th Race
Classified Race

1 Winnie Hal blk.m. by Wayne Hal, J. Linsky, Portland, Maine

2 Hanover Ace b.g. by Sandy Flash, John Abbair, Worchester, Mass., Morgan Green-Gold

3 Mr. Signal b.g. by Peter Signal, Church, Bros., Cambridge, N. Y, Church Orange-Black 4 Irish McGuire br.h. by Laurel Hall, Stacy Giggey, Brooklyn, N. Y., Chappell Green-Black

5 Calumet Elbert b.g. by Peter the Brewer, J. Haddock, Agt., Dublin, Ireland

6 Sandy F. b.g. by Sandy Flash, A. Lohnes, Weymouth, Mass., Lohnes Blue-Gold

11th Race
2.08 Bar Trot

1 Red Fern b.g. by Peter Volo, A. Mercier, Montreal, Canada, Potvin Tan

2 Mac Harvester br.g. by Geo. Harvester, Mrs. John Hanafin, Medford, Mass., Hanafin Blue-Gold

3 Calumet Euclid ch. g. by Guy Abbie, Reed Bros., Ft. Fairfield, Maine, Green-

4 Orena Hanover br.m. by Dillon Volo, Stanwood Cummings, Rumford, Maine, Morgan Black-White

5 Louis Guy b.g. by Arion Guy, A. Allen, Cambridge, N.Y., Church Brown-Gold

12th Race
Local Pace

1 PRUE NOON Hiltz

2 DOROTHY DECKER Bolduc

3 ASH WEDNESDAY Snell

4 PLAINFIELD Smith

5 BEN HUR Haddock

6 ARLO STOUT (scratch)

13th RACE
Classified Race

1 MR. SIGNAL Church

2 SANDY F. Lohnes

3 IRISH MCGUIRE Chappell

4 HANOVER ACE Morgan

5 CALUMET ELBERT

6 WINNIE HAL (scratch)

14th RACE
2.08 Bar Trot

1 LOUIS GUY Church

2 ORENA HANOVER Morgan

3 CALUMET EUCLID Jordan

4 MAC HARVESTER Hanafin

5 RED FERN Potvin

Keywords

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

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