The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-09-29
Our Agricultural Fair.

| HOME, September l8th 1876.
MIR. EDITOR: Thinking that the observa
| tions of a Home Boy might probably by mere &c
cidcnt escape the waste basket, have venturet
my bark upon that voyage wherein so many are
| wrecked upon the shoals of unworthiness.
| shall contlne my first communication to the
subject that interests at least nine out of ever,
ten persons in Hartford county, viz, "Our Ag
ricn!tnra! Fair" To say that the directors have
| fulfilled the expectations of the people of this
| county, is not giving them the full measure OF
| praise the people bestow upon them; but as
| the management of our fair is but n human
transaction, it is very easy to fall into errors
| and as the past can be used as n lesson for the
future, will humbly suggest the following to
| said worthy directors:
1st.-Carriages are allowed to be run against
and stand at the rail that separates the track
from the space allowed visitors, thus leaving
| no room to witness the races, which seem to be
a most important item at our fair. Now, il
strikes me very forcibly that the money paid
| policemen to keep the track clear of visitors
would place row of posts and Il rail, say ten
| feet outside of the present one, which would af.
| ford plenty of space for every one to stand and
do away with the unpleasant necessity of climb.
ing over dirty, greasy carriage wheels, or being
| unceremoniously thrust from the track by DO
licemen, leaving us no place to 60 where we oan
witness trials of speed or skill on the track for
| remember, that the grand stand erected last
| year would not accommodate one.tenth of the
people that visited the fair on Thursday of last
| exhibition-hence the desire that | understand
some OF the directors expressed last year. that
the people would be compelled, by placing their
carriages where have spoken, to 90 into the
grand stand, would not give satisfaction, to saw
nothing OF the fact that some people are too
poor to conveniently spare the money to buy
grand stand tickets for an entire family. Be.
| sides people do not like to be compelled to go
| to any particular point to spend the major part
| of their day at the fair.
2d.-1t is beyond the depth of your CORES.
pondents limited experience to understand the
| object of excluding visitors from the space be.
| tween the grand stand and the track twenty by
| one hundred and twenty feet 1t is the most
! desirable and best place on the whole ground
| for observation of trials of speed, the grand
stand not excepted. Yet it is kept entirely clear
of visitors by posse Of policemen, at cost, /
| suppose, of fifteen or twenty dollars per day.
1t cannot be said that 1t interferes with the
| band of music, because 1t has an elevated plat.
| form from which it would be easy to exclude
| trespassers; cheaper at least than the exclu-
| sion of the people from the entire aforesaid
space. This, until am better informed, con.
| slider an unjustifable outrage that visitors
ought not submit to, but should assert their
rights to occupy that space and use force enough
to overcome the unreasonable resistance to their
| right. They pay to witness the exhibition and
ought not to be debarred. They ought not to
visit the grand stand without paying for it.
3d.-Could there be no other place for the
| restaurant than under the grand stand, where
we take our wives children, sisters and sweet.
| heatrs? man might travel from Maine to
| Oregon and not sec as much drunkenness and
| hear as much hard swearing as could have been
heard there last year in brief visit of one hour.
4th.-Could there be no approach to the grand
| stand from the rear part OF grounds without
wading through the slop and filth from the res.
| taurant kitchen door. The drain might be turn
cd into that enchanted space where visitors feet
| are not allowed to tread.
do not make the above suggestions in any
unkind feeling or desire to reflect upon any Of
the gentlemen who have unselflshly and so full
| ly performed the arduous duties Imposed upon
them as directors, but am fully convinced that
there could not be found in this county board
Of managers who would come any nearer per.
| feet management than they have done, vet
what have said Is true in every particular, as
can be verified by any observant visitor.
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