Wilmington daily commercial., 1875-10-08
SECOND EDITION.
MiddIe.Oxn Fair-Second Day.
SEVERAL GOOD RACES, YEsTERDAY-FuLL REPORTS
OF THE TRoTTING-oTHER FEATURES.
Correspondence of the Commercial.

OF THE TRoTTING-oTHER FEAruREs.
Correspondence of the con,merciai
MpnLgTowN DEL, Oct. 7.
| The prediction OF large attendance at the
Fair, to-day, proved TO be well founded. Early
after dinner crowds Of country folk and towns
people assembled on the grounds This Fair
has such wide leputation, already, that visitors
come from all portions Of the Peninsula, inter-
ested in the trottng horses principally.
| In the departments generally the interest in-
creases, as all of them are finely arranged.
Trump Bros Fleetwood Scroll Saw, Whining
ton manufacture, attracts considerable notice by
its neat work. Clark's patent washing machine,
| also manufactured in Wilmington is on exhibit
| ton. Bennett d Co., Of Tower Hall, have fine
| display of clothing in the Ladies' Department,
and there is also Il large and excellent display OF
| small fruits, green and preserved, in the same
| building which failed to notice yesterday. In
fact it would take columns to enumerate all the
| articles ON exhibition, and to be appre cated
| they should be seen.
Every feature Of to DAYS exhibition has been
well and successfully carried out, while gener
| al expression is made of the superiority Of the
| Fair by those from distance and those living
| near. Tomorrow morning the different judges
| will mako their awards
THE RACING.
At 2 o'clock, the first race was Called which
| WAS IOT purse Oh slOU-sfU 10 uTbt, beCUuu,
| 40 third 25, fourth Is 8 In to harness, free
| for all horses with no better record than $780,
There were nine entries and Blk to start. In
scoring Arabs sulky ran into one Of the others
partly upset it and threw the driver out but the
sulky came up right and the horse started in IL
run which he kept up for ~ miles, when A. s.
Pennington took Off his coat, ran in front of Arab
waving it and thus stopped him. The driver es-
capped unhurt. Shortly after, the race con"
tinued.
First Hedt.-After scoring four times the word
ego" was given. Sis took the lead which she
kept to half mile with Billy Boulden second.
These positions were kept on the last half mile,
and when the grand stand was passed Sis was
first, Billy Boulden second, Daley third. Time
| 2.4915.
Second Heat-Bly Boulden took the lead,
but Sis went ahead at second turn and kept the
lead on the first half with other horses trotting
elegantly in the last half Sis kept the lead and
Rob Roy passed Billy Boulden and Daisy by fine
trotting and came in second, Daisy third ; Sis
first Time, 53.
Third Hedt.-Wth good start Sis took the
lead and kept it on the first half with Daisy seq
ond. On last h If mile Sis kept lead while Billy
Bouden passed Daisy, and 70 they came in,
Sis winning the heat and race in 2 52 Billy
Boulden second, Daisy third, Rob Roy fourth.
SECOND RACE.
The second was subscription purse of 500,
tirst $40, second s15, third $40, and fourth So;
3 iu 5, to harness. There were seven entries and
three started.
First Hedt.-Dexter was ahead on the start, but
Lizzie closed on and passed him at second turn;
Dexter again got ahead and kept his position,
the first half but broke on the first tnrn in the
last half, when Lizzie went ahead and kept 30,
winning the heat in 30615. Dexter and Bob
came in neck and neck.
Second Hedt.-This was exciting; Lizzie took
the lead and kept it to the third turn oil the last
half, when Dexter gained rapidly on her; at the
last turn Dexter came alongside of Lizzie, and
the two came down the home stretch and passed
the wire neck and neck in 3.0l15. Dead heat.
| Third HedL-Lizzie went ahead and kept the
lead, passing the first half with Dexter second;
| the Two kept this position until the third turn
was reached when Dexter made u bad break. but
| came in second Lizzie first. Time 6J
Fourth Hedt.-Iizzie went ahead at first turn
and kept the lead on the first half mile with Bob
close up to her; Lizzie kept the lead ma Lob
came down the home stretch with good r.
poet OF coming in second but broho nc" ths
grand stand and Dexter passed him. LIZZIE won
tho race and heat in 2.59.
This race was acknowledged to be the most
interesting of the day, as the horses were so
nearly matched and most OF the time trotted
beautifully.
THIRD RACE.
Four entries we're made in this race and three
started. keystone Patrhen threw his suiky
al anst the fence and oy yerturned it dragging the
driver some distance under the wagon on the
home stretch he'd when some daring man
Jumped from tie Il ice and caught the horse
The driver was ~. injured, but tile sulky shaft
was broken, and after an explanation
the race continued For purse
purse of $4O0-@2IO to firpt, 5120 to second, $40
to third 3 in to harness, and free for all
horses with no better than 240. entries, 3
started.
First Heal--Modoc's driver protested against
Dixie, claiming that he had better record than
24O, but no proof being given, the judge con-
linued the race, when Dixie took the lead and
kept it on the first half and came in on the
homestretch ahead, winning the heat in 2.431a
Modoc second.
Second Heat-Dixie went ahead and 30 kept
until tho threequarter pole WAS passed. when
Modoc came alongside and the two came in on
the home stretch nearly neck and neck, but Dix
10 won the heat in 2.37. Keystone Patchen dis
tanced.
Third Hedt.-With splendid start Dixie took
the lead Modoc kept just back of Dixie and on
the home stretch tried to get ahead, and al
though it was splendid trottng with Modoc,
Dixie won the heat and race in 2 3S11, amid tre-