Document type
Race Program
Park
Skowhegan Fairgrounds
Date of Race
8-16-1940
Park Location
Skowhegan, Maine
Event Type
Fair
Race
Skowhegan Fair Races
Identifier
MS_1465_b004_1940c_doc_03237
Level of Description
Item
Extent of the Unit of Description
6 pages
Abstract
The official race day program for the Friday, August 16, 1940 harness races at Skowhegan Fair. The cover of the program includes the contemporary track record time for Pacing set at 2.02 1/2 by Ray Henley in 1937 and matched by Little Pat in 1939. The track record time for Trotting set at 2.04 1/4 by Emma Signal in 1939.
Race day officials listed on the program include: Warren J. Wood, Chatham, N.Y., starter; Dr. J. A. Stevens, Dover, N.H., judge; Dr. A. P. Mills, New Vineyard, Maine, judge; C. Scott Robinson and Byron B. Perkins, timers; Wilfred Caouette, race secretary; Everett Sawyer, clerk of the course. Fair officials named on the program include: Francis H. Friend, president; George M. Davis, secretary; Ralph T. Jenkins, treasurer; and Racing Committee members W. P. Caouette, chairman; George M. Davis, Louis LeCleire, Everett H. Sawyer, Wallace B. Hafey. Racing Commission members listed on the cover of the program include: Miles B. Mank, chair; William A. Lumb, and Harold O. Pelley. Guy Kendall's handwritten notes for race finishes and changes in the field of horses appear throughout the six-page program.
The program includes a warning regarding the penalty awarded to "bad acting horses" as well as information for racing novices about harness racing including information about the age, stamina, and speed of horses; breeding of horses; the carts and sulkies used to train horses; and the specialized, protective harness worn by horses. Basic harness racing terminology including an explanation of both gaits, and the impact of a run on a race participant is discussed.
Keywords
Standardbred horses, American Standardbred racehorses, New England harness racing, Maine harness racing, horse racing, Sulky racing, Trotting races
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Track Location
Skowhegan Fair Race Program, Friday, Aug. 16, 1940
Skowhegan, Maine
The official race day program for the Friday, August 16, 1940 harness races at Skowhegan Fair. The cover of the program includes the contemporary track record time for Pacing set at 2.02 1/2 by Ray Henley in 1937 and matched by Little Pat in 1939. The track record time for Trotting set at 2.04 1/4 by Emma Signal in 1939.
Race day officials listed on the program include: Warren J. Wood, Chatham, N.Y., starter; Dr. J. A. Stevens, Dover, N.H., judge; Dr. A. P. Mills, New Vineyard, Maine, judge; C. Scott Robinson and Byron B. Perkins, timers; Wilfred Caouette, race secretary; Everett Sawyer, clerk of the course. Fair officials named on the program include: Francis H. Friend, president; George M. Davis, secretary; Ralph T. Jenkins, treasurer; and Racing Committee members W. P. Caouette, chairman; George M. Davis, Louis LeCleire, Everett H. Sawyer, Wallace B. Hafey. Racing Commission members listed on the cover of the program include: Miles B. Mank, chair; William A. Lumb, and Harold O. Pelley. Guy Kendall's handwritten notes for race finishes and changes in the field of horses appear throughout the six-page program.
The program includes a warning regarding the penalty awarded to "bad acting horses" as well as information for racing novices about harness racing including information about the age, stamina, and speed of horses; breeding of horses; the carts and sulkies used to train horses; and the specialized, protective harness worn by horses. Basic harness racing terminology including an explanation of both gaits, and the impact of a run on a race participant is discussed.
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