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Show Two.MlIn Untie Jtnre on tlin Clcrnn, Horse races on tho ocean aro furnishing fur-nishing fun down at Belfast. Penobscot Penob-scot Bay is frozen solid from Belfast Harbor clear across to Islcsboro, a distance dis-tance of almost twenty-llvo miles, and teams aro going back and forth tho same as on laud. For tho entlro distance dis-tance tho ice is twenty-six inches thick, a thing unheard of beforo In tho mem. ory of living man. The horse race In question took place last week over two miles out ou the ocean, and was witnessed wit-nessed by a large crowd. It Is said that this Is the llrst tlmo such an event has ever happened In this country. Kennebec Journal. |