Smyrna times., 1874-09-30
The JEidtllct0wm g,nir.

;, mo PenlnsuIa Agricultural and Pomolorica
Far, at NhiiletOwn, opened on WrIncsI, !,
last, "lth over lO)O people in attendance. AMI
continued until Frilay, unler most successful
au'plceI Charles B4ASten, Of Olc>s., Pre.i
uent oi the AsSOclatI0n, made the opanins a =
1reSS on WeingSdly morning, aud was fol-
lowed by Hon T. f. Blyarl. in an al lrn.s nt
one hour, in advocacy ofa higher in,riIi,",n,
IN farming. Tais dress m i with e.n,.i,I
favor from who heard it, and was r.y.rlaI
as particularly opportuno.
Inc display OF articles was very fine. thc
most attractive, outside Of the stock E.n.inrs
beng tho llorticulturtI or ladies pen,rtnrnt
In 1t were placed all the fancy nrti.l,4 an /
irul,. The display OF aIrhrn, and D.cIl.
work were very tin' Br'll elcS, c.he.. anI
numerous other articles uf tamIlc hln,liG,r,
were Sprea | abOIt in pro!u,ion.
mere was = go9t display of farn m ,ch;nory
am fruits. The diSrhy Of horses anl r,tfln
were g. -H1rtlrajlrIy the latter. The herd
OF II. II. Cdnmin', of I'll, town, attr,nta
much attention. They w"ro full-hoolel D..
vv"n', ten head. Ih'rc wrrra lot # AIl,ruav.
from Milford, an Wm Brady, Of MID ll.t,,v,
had a very large AMI line short horn cav
winch 1t Is SAID, yiei Is hm sixteen pJunI, Of
butter weekly
rae best dlWay Of gclp'4 WA by Clpt,io
~; 9''lE' o. ; nyrnH, who hal tw MY on,.
".I ireht VArieileN on exhibition. TIE di.p!ar
OF poultry AMI vegetables was r,o,rl. =.
very poor, y special feature w,s ~. J,.n,ar
OF drlcd fruits whl:h were exhibited by tha
prGPrletor' OF tho Alden, R.gi,trsr, C,;tr.L
an other pr11cSSG5 Of dyyas.
Inc great teatnra wls tt' racing. every aCt,r
noon, Ol Weir:,ily there war, tire, r,..:
IN l. ne hrst was tor colts OF lour year, in harness
! ne entries We're: Jennie Moore. bv l. Wr,I.y
Moore FGieraI shurg, Nd. R,ttlcr by Tho5.
pooIey, Wilmington; Stonewall, hy ,J,m,,
JHohnTon, 1,y Milllngton, MI; Harry Gricr, by |.
~ wallace, st. GEORGES Stonawa won.
maSIng the first heat in , 5Gl AMI the 81 in
1S3;;2'9' JENNIE Moore won the II in 25I
ne next was walking race which was uninter
esting The third was a race for horses that
hai never made over three minutes. The en-
tres wero Billy BOuldon, by IL. Burgett,
chesapeake City, MI. ; Marydcl, by VIM.
ureen, Hidletown; Julia Morgan, by j. NJ.
Hurst New Castle; Modoc, by n. T.. Pen
InIlngton, Galena, Md; Mcclellan, by Geo. II.
Elklnton, WOodstown, N. j. MOdoc won,
coming in ahead in every heat
On Thursday it was estimated that at least
h0OO people were present, in the afternoon.
Inc races were the greatest attraction For
the frst race tho entries were William
Green, MddletOwn, Belle; VIM. Lore. Wt
Pleasant, Dexter; Il. A. Cochran, Jr.. Mid. !
dIetown; Kent; K. Il. Cochran, MIidIietown.
larry Ncp IS. ,. RusSel, Pennsgrove, n j |
Cleopatra w. n. Wilson, Middletown, Bis |
mark. Cleopatra won the lst hoat in "a .
Dexter the I'd, in 3.Ol and CLEOPATRA the ri |
and the race in 255
The second race was for double teams. The
entries were: IL. Burgott Chesapeak~ Civ
Billy BOulden and Indy Burgett: Thomas
Cochran, MIddlctOwn, Belle and Lucy. " |
Il. Cochran, MidIlotown. Twig and Obcr. :
=. =. lilll, Locust Grove, Md, Bill aud Mount,in
boy. Burgetts team won in two str,ight
heats in s. IA and g. l94.
The third race was a contest hntvoon Nol,o
owned by n. II. Pennington, of Kent CO.. Md
in lhu Andy johnson, owned by Jones, of Mid
ilet3wn. Andy won all three OF the heats,
the last one in 2.3S}. O"'''
Friday however, was the "big day." As
20 the number in Attendance it is hardly worth
"hlle to make an estimate. About SO persons
went from this town and ncighborhood bv rnl
anu perhaps as many by carriage. 100 nor.
sons came up on tho Md. Il Del. II. r. This
vas tho day for tho big racing
For the first race the entries were as follows.
=. Bu?gett, Chesapeake City, Bllv BoulJrn
,lr. Lair Elkton, Arab; Geo. G. Chsmhers
chester county, Dusty James A. Davis, HI
'ralsburg, Maryland Chief; s. j. Garmsn
layton, jim; B, L, Gricr, Chester conntv
Say Chlef VIM. Green, Middletown. RelIc
=. a. Cochran, .lr., Middetown, Kent: !
VI. Hurst, New Castle, Julia Morgan: jobn
s. Hogg, Elkton, Belle Wild Air; 9, g WI
is. Konnedyville, Morgan Chas' R F;th;an
3ridgeton, N. j., Frank. Bov Cb;nf wnn
very heat his best time being 2.47i. The