The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-21

The Wood County Fairs
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specisl cosresp6sl aiencsof TIE Registef. :
: I lsft Pisamont, where my las letter
Was wrktsh, after an excsedngly early
breakfast on lat MONDAY morning, ar
irving at Grafton for .Anses; The train
on whichf went to GRAFTON; beng tine
Wheeling accommodation, / had to lay
over at Grafton until between two and
three o'clock, when We proceeded to
Clarksburg on the Petersburg accom-
modation.
Although our stay in Clsrksburs was
very brief, yet We were much more IA
vorably impressed with the place than
with any other town We have visited in
West Virginia. We left there at SIX
o'clock on Tuesday morning, arriving
here shortly after nine.
When we reached PsrkcrsburG 1t was
raining considerably, and this state of az
fairs continued almost NIL day Tuesday,
which was the first day of the fair. This,
of course, materially interfered with the
CARRYING out of the programme for
that day, and accordingly the
contest bv the West Virginia Tourns-
mcnt Association, about the only thing
arranged for on the first day, was post
poned until this forenoon at ten O'Clock.
The only business transacted on the
first day was the awarding OF premiums
in class G, draft horses. The premiums
amounted in all to $40, divided among 2
classes; for, although there were 10 class
es provided for, seven of these were I'M
represented The highest premium
awarded WAS ten dollars, for the best
stallion four wears old aud over, and was
taken by Barnett Taylor. The other
premiums ranged from Sc to 81, and in
some Glasses no award WIS made.
On the second day, Wednesday,
awards were made III class ii, division J.,
Of which wa, fine cattle, and division =
Grade cows and hciierS. In this class
the highest award was rs. The awards
for horses of all work, were also made
then. Several important trials Of speed
also took place on Wednesday.
To-day has been emphatically tire
day ofthc fair, aud will doubtless be I'M
eycellcd by tomorrow or next day. A
larger crowd Wa, on the ground than at
any other time at the commencement OF
the tournament, and the interest abated
not iot, but steadily increased rather,
until its close. The first hOnOrs were
taken by Chas. A. Moss, the knight OF
the VALLEY" who took the ring from the
the wire four times out of seven. ). w.
Eldelin, atlas, the knight Of Shcnado-
nh bore off second honOrs with score
of three, and he was followed by j. Davis
and VIM. Edelin,, respectively known on
the lists as the Knights of "kanawha
and "Ivanhoe," with score of two each.
The browning Of the Queen took place
tonight at o'clock in Bank Hall.
The address at the opening of the
tournament was by B. Mason Amber,
Esq, and in some respects WAS very fine.
1t bore too close resemblance, however,
to school defamation to be iaultle6s.
His quotations were well selected and
beautiful, but allow us to suggest that
their value is not enhanced by incorrect
repetition.
The races this afternoon were some
what exciting, and great many felt
personally interested, owing to the fact
pool selling was the order of affairs last
night.
The people, and indeed the manage
ment, express disappointment at the sue
cess 70 far, and the promise for the future
In som" respects the fair is all excellent
one, but in Others it is Il total failure
The Associations improvised police force
i, an imbecilc burlesque on authority
The amount of rowdyism and fighting
drunkenness on the ground is sickcning,
ind ladc, are obliged to listen to Ian
guage unfit for low class horse Jockey
IL hear. or seek refuge by going home,
Your correspondent has himself to-
day seen three Of the most
spen violations Of order and decenCy 10
which the police We're, several of them,
eyewitness, but no attempt at arrcs,
whatever was put forth. We predict
that this alone will injure the Fair for
the future to All incalculablc extent.
We will report the proceedings of the
remaining two days of IN" Fair in ON
next, until then, adicu.