Document type

Race Program

Event Title

Rochester Fair, Thursday, September 28, 1939

Authors

Rochester Fair Race Committee

Park

Cold Spring Park

Date of Race

9-28-1939

Park Location

Rochester, New Hampshire

Event Type

Fair

Race

Rochester Fair

Identifier

MS_1465_b003_1939e_doc_02790

Level of Description

Item

Extent of the Unit of Description

4 pages

Abstract

Official score card for the Rochester Fair at Cold Spring Park, Rochester, New Hampshire, Thursday, September 28, 1939. The race card includes the names of race committee officers. Guy Kendall's handwritten notes include changes in race lineups and finish times.

Comments

ROCHESTER FAIR
Cold Spring Park, Rochester, N. H.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1939

Pres.: Dr. L. L. Gilman
Treas.: R. E. Came
General Manager: Dr. John A. Stevens
Speed Secretary: Charles H. Farmer
Starter: Dr. R. W. Smith
Judges: Scott French, A. L. Gordon
Judge Representing N. H. Racing Commission: David Adams

FIRST, FOURTH AND SEVENTH RACES
2.12 Class Trotting Purse $500

1 Afton, b g McGregor the Great-Pollyanna by Moko, Paul L. Preston, Rutland, Vt., Green Gold T. ACKERMAN

2 Redfern, ch g Dillon Volo-Bon Jour 2.21 3/4 by Henry Setzer, A. Demers, Montreal, P. Q., Brown R. POTVIN

3 Harry Hanover, b h The Great Volo-Harriet Hanover 2.28 3/4 by Dillon Axworthy, James F. Young, Milton, Mass., Red Black A. RODNEY

4 Calumet Calling, b g Peter the Brewer-Gertie Guy by Guy Axworthy, Grant A. Hunt, Fort Fairfield, Me., Green Gold C. STEWART

5 Setzer Hanover, b g Dillon Volo-Bonset 2.18 3/4 by Henry Setzer, John T. Duffy, Pascoag, R. I., Red Gold J. DUFFY

6 Alloway, b h McGregor the Great-Atlantika 2.20 1/2 by Atlantic Express, S. A. Wathen, Fort Fairfield, Me., Gold Brown W. WATHEN

THIRD, SIXTH AND TENTH RACES
2:15 Class Trotting Purse $500

1 Lottery, b g Dillon Volo-Lettie Worthy 2.22 1/4 by Guy Axworthy, J. H. Randall, Harrison, Me., Green Black P. CHAPPELL

2 Calumet Dubuque, b g Peter the Brewer-Gertie Guy by Guy Axworthy, Old Town Hill Farm, Newbury, Mass. Blue Gold J. HANAFIN

3 Happy, b h Day Star-Gaiety Gale 2.17 1/2 by Lee Axworthy, C. N. Mathewson, New London, Conn. Green C. MASON

4 Nannette Hanover, b m Peter the Brewer-Modesty by Guy Axworthy, E. P. Cray, Bellows Falls, Vt., Gold Brown W. UTTON

5 Calumet Evart, ch g Guy Abbey-Margaret Chenault 2.03 1/4 by Peter Chenault, Archie Day, Braintree, Mass., Blue Gold A. DAY

6 Calumet Dauntless, blk h (Scratch) Truax-Lisetta May by Silent Brooke Joseph Bolduc, New Bedford, Mass., Black J. BOLDUC

7 Grantown, br g Highland Scott-Sanobelle 2.08 by San Francisco, W. McGrane, New Canaan, Conn., Blue Red P. LOSEE

NINTH AND ELEVENTH RACES
2:25 Class Trotting Purse $240

1 Protanna, b m Protector-Friscotanna by San Francisco, A. Demers Montreal, P. Q., Brown R. POTVIN

2 Lee Booth, b h Lee Tide-Miration by Peter the Great, G. H. Pierce, Groton, Mass., Green Gold H. COLEMAN

3 Hester Dillon, b m Nelson Dillon-Hester Volo by Peter Volo, Raymond G. Reed, Wilmot, N. H., Black Red R. REED

4 Nelson Glow, b g After Glow-Ruby Nelson by Nelson Dillon, Chas. McKee, Concord, N. H., Red Black A. RODNEY

5 Jeff Penn, b g,Truax-Bahae by Siliko, J. L. Phalen, Newmarket, N. H., Blue White J. PHALEN

6 Gay Lou, blk m Luzerne-Gay Dream by the Laurel Hall, A. C. Allen, Cambridge, Mass., Blue A. McGOWAN

7 W K S, blk g The Great Volo-Nelly B by Dillon Volo, L. Wilson, Brookfield, Mass., Blue Gold J. HANAFIN

Keywords

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

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