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Cumberland Farmers Club Fair, Sept. 19, 1934, Cumberland Farmers Club Sep 1934

Cumberland Farmers Club Fair, Sept. 19, 1934, Cumberland Farmers Club

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Cumberland Farmers Club Official Score Card for Wednesday, September 19, 1934. The score card includes a program for the day's events and purses as well as Guy Kendall's handwritten notes on changes in the race line ups and results. Kendall notes that the horse John Judy set a new track record during the fourth race with a time of 2.11.


Cumberland Farmers Club Fair, Sept. 18, 1934, Cumberland Farmers Club Sep 1934

Cumberland Farmers Club Fair, Sept. 18, 1934, Cumberland Farmers Club

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Cumberland Farmers Club Official Score Card for Tuesday, September 18, 1934. The score card includes a program for the day's events and purses as well as Guy Kendall's handwritten notes on changes in the race line ups and results. Kendall also glued race day photos inside the program, obscuring advertisements printed on two pages.


Western Maine Agricultural Exposition, Annual Fair, 1934, First Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club Aug 1934

Western Maine Agricultural Exposition, Annual Fair, 1934, First Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club

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The official score card for the first day of the October 1934 Western Maine Agricultural Exposition at the Gorham, Maine. The 12-page booklet includes display ads from area businesses. The names of race officials appearing on the front cover include: Harry McKenney, starter and George Booth, presiding judge. The program was printed by H. S. Cobb of Westbrook. The score card includes Kendall's handwritten notes on race results. The program is mounted in the photo album with a protective sheet of textured glassine interleaving paper scotch taped to the cover.


Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1934, Second Day, Cumberland Farmer's Club Aug 1934

Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1934, Second Day, Cumberland Farmer's Club

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The official score card for the first day of the 1934 Western Maine Agricultural Exposition at the Gorham, Maine, Annual Fair. The 12-page booklet includes display ads from area businesses. The names of race officials appearing on the front cover include: Harry McKenney, starter; George Booth, presiding judge. The program was produced by H. S. Cobb, printer, Westbrook. The score card includes Kendall's handwritten notes on race results.


Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1934, Third Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club Aug 1934

Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1934, Third Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club

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The official score card for the first day of the 1934 Western Maine Agricultural Exposition at the Gorham, Maine, Annual Fair. The 12-page booklet includes display ads from area businesses. The names of race officials appearing on the front cover include: Harry McKenney, starter; George Booth, presiding judge. The program was produced by H. S. Cobb, printer, Westbrook. The score card includes Kendall's handwritten notes on race results.


Cumberland County Fair Races, 1933, Cumberland Farmers' Club Sep 1933

Cumberland County Fair Races, 1933, Cumberland Farmers' Club

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Official score card for the September 1933 Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair Races, dedicated that year to "Frank P. Fox, the Grand Old Man of Turf." At the time of his death two years later, on March 10, 1935, Fox was 82-years-old. In his obituary, The New York Times reported Fox was the oldest harness racing driver in the United States. He drove his first race at the age of 14, navigating an "old-time, high-wheel sulky." Fox drove for 65 years and 1933 marked his final year of competition.


Cumberland County Fair Races, 1933, Cumberland Farmers' Club Sep 1933

Cumberland County Fair Races, 1933, Cumberland Farmers' Club

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Official score card for the second day of the September 1933 Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair Races, dedicated that year to "Frank P. Fox, the Grand Old Man of Turf." At the time of his death two years later, on March 10, 1935, Fox was 82-years-old. In his obituary, The New York Times reported Fox was the oldest harness racing driver in the United States. He drove his first race at the age of 14, navigating an "old-time, high-wheel sulky." Fox drove for 65 years and 1933 marked his final year of competition.


Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1932, First Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club Aug 1932

Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1932, First Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club

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The official score card for the first day of the 1932 Western Maine Agricultural Exposition at the Gorham, Maine, Annual Fair. The 12-page booklet includes display ads from area businesses. The names of race officials appearing on the front cover include: Joseph Farwell, starter; George Booth, presiding judge; W. J. Flannigan, clerk. Music and entertainment for the day include Hanson's Orchestra and Raeburn's Troupe. The program was produced by H. S. Cobb, printer, Westbrook. The scorecard includes Kendall's handwritten notes on race results.


Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1932, Third Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club Aug 1932

Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1932, Third Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club

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The official score card for the third day of the 1932 Western Maine Agricultural Exposition at the Gorham, Maine, Annual Fair. The 12-page booklet includes display ads from area businesses. The names of race officials appearing on the front cover include: Joseph Farwell, starter; George Booth, presiding judge; W. J. Flannigan, clerk. Music and entertainment for the day include Hanson's Orchestra and Raeburn's Troupe. The program was produced by H. S. Cobb, printer, Westbrook. The scorecard includes Kendall's handwritten notes on race results.


Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1932, Second Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club Aug 1932

Western Maine Agricultural Exposition 1932, Second Day, Cumberland Farmer’S Club

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The official score card for the second day of the 1932 Western Maine Agricultural Exposition at the Gorham, Maine, Annual Fair. The 12-page booklet includes display ads from area businesses. The names of race officials appearing on the front cover include: Joseph Farwell, starter; George Booth, presiding judge; W. J. Flannigan, clerk. Music and entertainment for the day include Hanson's Orchestra and Raeburn's Troupe. The program was produced by H. S. Cobb, printer, Westbrook. The scorecard includes Kendall's handwritten notes on race results.


Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair — Second Day 1930, Cumberland Farmers' Club Sep 1930

Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair — Second Day 1930, Cumberland Farmers' Club

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Score card for the second day of the fifty-ninth annual Cumberland Farmers' Club races, September 1930. The day's races included the 2.28 Class Trot or Pace, 2.20 Class Trot or Pace, 2.12 Class Trot or Pace. Score card includes race day photos mounted by Guy Kendall inside the score card, as well as Kendall's handwritten notes on the race results.


Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair — First Day 1930, Cumberland Farmers' Club Sep 1930

Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair — First Day 1930, Cumberland Farmers' Club

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Score card for the first day of the Fifty-Ninth Annual Exhibition (1930) Cumberland Farmers' Club races. The day's races included 2.35 Class Trot or Pace; 2.24 Class Trot or Pace; 2.17 Class Trot or Pace. Score card includes Guy Kendall's handwritten notes on the race results and a photo of Walter Indiana mounted on photo hinges by Kendall.


Cumberland County Fair Races, Cumberland County Fair Aug 1926

Cumberland County Fair Races, Cumberland County Fair

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Scan of the race card for the Cumberland County Fair Race, August 31, September 1, 2, and 3, in Gorham, Maine. The races were sponsored by Hillcrest Lodge, Sebego Lake, Maine. Card includes Guy Kendall's handwritten notes about race results.


Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair, Cumberland Farmers' Club Aug 1926

Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair, Cumberland Farmers' Club

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Scan of score card for the Thursday, August 26, 1926, Cumberland Farmers' Club races. The day's races included 2.30 Trot or Pace, 2.25 Trot, and 2.14 Trot or Pace. Score card includes Guy Kendall's handwritten notes on the race results.


Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair, The Press Herald Aug 1926

Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair, The Press Herald

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Newspaper clipping from The Press Herald describing the August 25, 1926 Cumberland Farmers' Club Fair race results. "Anna Echo and Pearl Q. took straight heat victories in the oat race and the 2.20 trot and pace, while Allie Delmar was forced to four heats to win in the 2.24, which was not finished until late afternoon. Delos M. had captured the opening brush."