Dressed as characters from "Wizard of Oz," the family from the Seawind Meadows farm in Cape Cod, Mass., lead their Scottish Highland cattle (dressed as flying monkeys) along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Dressed as characters from "Wizard of Oz," the family from the Seawind Meadows farm in Cape Cod, Mass., lead their Scottish Highland cattle (dressed as flying monkeys) along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Father-and-son team Roy and Claude Thorne of Butternut Ridge Belgians of Havelock, New Brunswick, guide their team of draft horses along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Father-and-son team Roy and Claude Thorne of Butternut Ridge Belgians of Havelock, New Brunswick, guide their team of draft horses along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Father-and-son team Roy and Claude Thorne of Butternut Ridge Belgians of Havelock, New Brunswick, guide their team of draft horses along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Nathanial Hancock, from Conn., leads his steer dressed as a buck during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Dressed as characters from "Wizard of Oz," the family from the Seawind Meadows farm in Cape Cod, Mass., lead their Scottish Highland cattle (dressed as flying monkeys) along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Dressed as characters from "Wizard of Oz," the family from the Seawind Meadows farm in Cape Cod, Mass., lead their Scottish Highland cattle (dressed as flying monkeys) along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Dairy farmers line up with their cows during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Costumed goats are lead in a group along the route during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Father-and-son team Roy and Claude Thorne of Butternut Ridge Belgians of Havelock, New Brunswick, guide their team of draft horses along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Father-and-son team Roy and Claude Thorne of Butternut Ridge Belgians of Havelock, New Brunswick, guide their team of draft horses along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Draft horses pull the Roleau family and their wagon form the Isham Brook Farm of Lincoln, Vt., during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sawyer Hussey (left) from Conway's Naughtaveel Farm guides the pair of draft horses pulling their wagon during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Sawyer Hussey (left) from Conway's Naughtaveel Farm guides the pair of draft horses pulling their wagon during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the Kora Shriners' "hillbillies" wave from a lawn mower towing a bathtub during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A member of the Kora Shriners' "crazy cops" waves to the crowded grandstand area during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the Kora Shriners' "log rollers" wave to the crowds along the fence during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Bill Jones of central Maine leads his pair of Brown Swiss steer along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Abigail Hodgkins of Epping, who is part of the Working Steer 4-H Club from Cumberland County, leads her pair of Ayrshires during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Mark Winslow of Falmouth, Maine, leads his steer, which won "Best Matched Steer Pair," along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the Hamilton, Lowell and Perrault families of Brownfield, Maine, wave from a yellow submarine made of recycled materials during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Members of the Saco Valley Garden Club of Fryeburg drive past the crowds in a bee-themed vehicle during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Father-and-son team Roy and Claude Thorne of Butternut Ridge Belgians of Havelock, New Brunswick, guide their team of draft horses along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A young member of the Franklin County 4-H Working Steer Club leads his steer during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A Ford Model T and other antique cars drive up the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Elias Thomas of Acton, Maine, sings the national anthem, as he has done for the past 45 years, to kick off the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A pair rides an antique tractor past the crowds during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A draft horse pulls a gig carriage along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Kenyan King (center) and the Bridgton Bavarian Band play an oompah tune during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
A trio of draft horses pulling a sleigh walk along the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Antique cars drive up the track during the annual Grand Parade at the Fryeburg Fair's racing grandstand on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
The water wheel turns near the front entrance of the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Visitors approach the Fryeburg Fair from the Orange Gate entrance on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Fairgoers check out the stalls of sheep in the Mountain View Pavilion at the Fryeburg Fair on Oct. 4. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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