The daily gazette., 1878-09-26
Delaware State Fair.
SECOND DAY.
THE RACING-GOOD TIME ON A
GOOD TRACK.
GRAND TOURNAMENT-srX KNIGHTS
RlD1NG--CLABA b., WINS THE MIN
UTE-MAY THE $40 AND MoLLIE THE
2:30.


MD1NG--CLARA b., WINS THE MIN
UTE-MAY THE 2:40 AND MoLLIE THE
2:30.
DOVER, Sept. %.
Special to the Gazette.
This morning was cloudy and present
edevery Indication of rain, but about noon
cleared up and the crowd was larger
than the day before, about six thousand
persons being present.
The feature fthe State Fair that strikes
the observing writer from the first more
particularly than anv other is is the pro-
portion in whica every thing exists
Everything compares in size and the
quarters of the different exhibits are
handy to each other and when person
turns from one department he finds him
self alongside of another.
The exhibits are all creditable and the
display of live stock is very full and ex'
ten>ive. The display of pigs, cattle and
horses is particularly noticeable and
worthy of mention. Turning from this
to the exhibition of merchants and you
have variety of useful labor saving
machinery which, while not so varied as
might be expected, contains many artl'
cles of farm use which improvement has
rendered nearly perfection to take the
place of manual labor. The celebrated
firm of ID. NJ. Osborne & Co., of Auburn,
N. Y, make a display of reapers and NOV,
ers that is noticeable, for the variety land
all the styles of the Syracuse Plow are
shown hard by and attract much atten
| ton.
There is quite variety of fruits, grair
and vegetables from all parts of the
| Peninsula. In another department wer'
also to be seen large exhibition OF in
dustrlal implements and road and farm
| vehicles.
| On intering the main exhibition build
| ing a person cannot help being impressed
with the uniform and convenient manne
| in which everything is arranged so tina
the articles on exhibition can be showi
| to the best advantage. Here is displa.
of the useful, the lnuusUrlaI ,and the orna
mental. which attracts much attention
from all, and everybody visiting the tai
| is seen to spend goodly portion OF nm'
lin giving it careful examination.
The fair, after the little friction am
| excitement that was unavoidable at III
opening has got settled down in the evel
tenor Of the way Of state fairs generaii,
and has now gotten thoroughly upon i,
legs aud everything now may De expect
ed to go on from now to the close hk
clock work.
The tournament in the morning was
course the centre of attraction. 1t wa
held on the home stretch opposite tn
grand stand, the distance being II
Yards, the arches being 40 yards apart
At about 1890 o'clock the knights begal
to assemble in the lists the gaudy COS
TUNE 5 of the knights, Mashals, Heralds
&C., making a brilliant scene. John :
Foster az ted as mast. of ceremonies, a
M, Gooding, chief marshal and Geo. 2
Shakespeare, Geo. s. Virden and. ID. u
Kenney, as assistant marshals, with nu
merous assistants and attendants. Hass
ler's Orchestra rendered selections, am
at abont II o'clock the Knight OF I'M,
| Maryland' rode first through the hsts
taking two rings, amid the applause.
the crowd. The other knights followin
in succession. The following Is sum
mary of the riding: