Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-09-19
STATE FAIR.

Twenty-Five thousand tickets were
taken at the state fair at Waverly, yes
terday. General Grant was not pre-
sent. The presidents tent is pitched
upon knoll directly above the track.
Thousands gathered upon this elevation.
The cereal tent and the machinery de-
partment of the hill were completely
concealed by the crowd. The premi-
ums will be awarded this afternoon.
The attraction during the morning
was the contest between the steam fire
engines for gold medal The lists
were open to all, but Newark and Jer-
sey City were alone represented. Nine
tanks were arranged in line, the furthest
being two hundred and thirty-five feet
from the end of the nozzle held by the
pipemen. Owing to msunderstand-
ing Jersey City did not have first-class
engine on the ground, but Nos. 8 and 5
of the second-class were pitted against
uhlnuGldUd VI NGWhTh.
The latter threw stream into the
last tank after being at work seven and
three-quarter minutes, and No. 8 of
Jersey City had water in the same place
in six and three quarter minutes. There
is dispute about the victory, and the
medal will not be awarded until Satur-
day. The races received more atten-
ton. The first on the programme was
for purse of one hundred dollars for
horses that never beat three minutes,
the one running nearest to that time to
be declared the winner There were
five entries, and the race was won by
G. Smally's b. m. Kate, James B.
Deans Norman taking second money.
The second race was for trotting
pairs, for purse of one hundred and
seyenty-fve dollars, best three heats in
five. There were Lady Brisbin and
mate by John Brisbon, of Newark !;
Skeptic and mate, by J. w. Hess, of
Morristown, and Fred. Tyler and
Prince, byJ Fl. Phillips, of Gravesend.
On the first heat Skeptic'and mate were
distanced, and Lady Brisbin came in
winner in 2:50}, The heat was very
closely contested, and when the horses
crossed the string second time they
attracted the loiterers from all sections
of the field.
Just inside the quarter. Tyler and
Prince worked half head in advance
of Brisbin and mate, and they speeded
around the half hard down at work in
the same position. On the second turn
Brisbin's driver used the whip inces-
sanity, and he fairly pushed his team
in winner in the same time as in the
former heat-2:502. The third heat
was gamely contested for the first half
mile, after which Tyler and mate
dropped, and Brisbin won the heat and
the race in 2:51.
The third race was open to all, for n
purse of five hundred dollars, the first
to have three hundred dollars, the Sc
cond one hundred and twenty-five, and
the third seventy-iye dollars. VIM.
Langford, Newark, entered G. IN. Lady
Shaw, Jacob Decker, Newark entered
b. h. Horace, and j. II. Phillips, of
Gravesend entered b. g. Ed. White
The first heat was won by Horace, after
fine display of speed, in 2:41.- In the
succeeding heats Horace seemed COM
pletely gone, and in the third and final
one he was distanced. Ed. White won
the second and third heats easily in o.
36s and 2:33. Lady Shaw taking Sc
cond money.
The last race was for one mile and re-
peat for running horses. John Brougham
entered the blk. h. Gerald under his
own name, and under the name of
Jones" he entered the S. h. Revenge.
They were ridden at catch weights.
The first was dead heat in 1:52, and
the two succeeding heats were made in
l All and 1;492. The horses were as
closely matched as possible, and they
ran the heats within half length of
each other.