The Morning herald., 1878-09-28
THE STATE FAIR.

THE STATE FAIR. a a.a. -
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF THE CLOSING DAY
LARGEST CROWD YET-TwELvETHoUsAND
PEOPLE PREsENT-THE TOURNAMENT
A RARE AND EXCITING pays RACING.
special correspondence Of the HERALD. o.
7ng 5. .a.te DOVER, Septa27th. a
A morning more beautiful than an artist
could have painted ora poet dreamed of,
greeted the closing day of the Delaware
State Fair, and as tims went on advanced
into q day even more beautiful. AL nature
smiled, the afr was cool and brscing,, a
cloadiess sky bent benignly over the fair
grounds, and the breeze stretched, ~ :.
While yesterday was grand day in the
matter of attendance and enterta ainment
Its glories were far eclipsed to>day by an
occasion that is uaequalled by anything in
the history of any fair in the peninsula.
The O'Clock train north brought vast
crowd, 1t was estimated that the train leav-
ing Wilmington at $40 brought down from
six to eight hundred, and the down train
from Harrington consisted of thirteen cars
jammed to their utmost capacity. at $50
O'Clock the crowd was larger than at. any
time yesterday, and large additions con-
tinued till after dinner time. The Fair, of
course, was on its last legs, but 1t was very
stl ong and lusty to be SO near its death. qyg
| During the storm of last night the avn,
ing over the stand In front Of the grand
pavilion, which has been occupied BY the
band for the last two days, had been der
naolished, and was put up again early in
the morning on o home-invehted and I'm
proved plan. a,,. l,3,asi9oa ilho ttn 9gH,
The attraction of the morning was the
grand tourney joust which failed to hold
out to the announcement made, In that In
stead Of more knights riding than on We'd
nesday, there were two less, and only those
who stood In the lead at that time. The
contest was for the, championship, and the
following knights took, part; qBenisminr
snonffer, knight Of Carroll's Manor !"
William Rasin, "Knight, Of Centrevfli.;"
J. Coke Chambers, "Knight of the Poto-
mac" and Dallas Lore, "Knight of In
dianolaU ,,,.. ,l,y,r.l iuor1y1E gIJr
1o1h The officers were Es Il f9llovs y, MsEs4sls
Heralds, R. R.. Kenny, George 81 Virdsn,
George Q. Shakespeare, and w. F. Jenkins.
The contest took place on the home
stretch, the same as the former one, and
under the same positions-ther Being
three arches, which were 40 feet from each
other. A brilliant scene of the Knights,
Hapa1Ha and iMnpohala 4.,D yxv., "a
music Of q grand march BY Hassler's
feature ended with q quick and sudden dash
and gallop to the upper end of the grounds,
the starting point. After this the fitting,
commenced. -"Carroll's Manor, |" "Centre-
vile" and sTndianola," each distinguished
themselves with taking three rings-the
former doing 80 twice, and whenever the
gallant knight rode through the last arch
with the number of rings mentioned above,
there was . flutter of admiration, clappiug
of hands and musical selection by the
orchestra. The exercise was closed with
five tilts and consolation tilt for the allay-
ing of the feelings of the vaBquished, and
the '"Knight of Carroll Manor" came off
conquerer, with "Indianola" second, and
"The Potomac" third. Below is given the
Jesuit of the fitting: .u.d-..a.o 7, ..u
"Carroll's Manor" Point of
"Centreviile,b centreville, " : ,'7-'' 'A
Maryland, III. '!'''A $50 G.
"The Potomac" Point of ,moh
Rocks, Md, 1872 8
"Indianola," Mt. Pleasant,
Del, H.. 1223 10
As matter of course the crowning Of tho
Queen Of Love and Beauty was next In
order, and, as General, A. T. A. Torbert,
who was announced as the orator OF the
occasion, backed cut, AIM, Gooding had
to do the speech making, which he did In a
complimentary manner. The following
ladies were crowned: Queen of Love and
Beauty, Miss Ella Belt, of Frederick Co,
Md; First Maid of Honor, Miss Carrie
Eccles, and Second Maid of Honor, Miss
Matte Green, of Camden, Del.
By dinner time the vast sea of human
beings that surged and pushed through all
the grounds contained from eleven to twelve
thousand persons. ''..,...,.. -.
The races were called few minutes after
o'clock. The most intense interest pre-
vailed, the grand stand being crowded and
and one-half of the outside was flied three
or four deep. It is seldom that o. bright
September sun shone on better track, and
every thing was propitious to the sport.
The first was for the 2.50 class, and limited
to Peninsula horses. 1t was won by John
G. as usual, in three heats. Clara Morgan
took the second place by the skin Of her
teeth, and Lady May third.
-'sI.EEE ,,.s-E g. Il
SUMMARY.
Peninsula, 2.50-Purse, $3.50.
Thos, 8. Clark, b. m. Clara By" 444
J. G. Mccoy, b. m. Mischief, ry- 6,55
Alex. Maxwell, 9. e. John c., I'll
John K. Caulk, b. m. Lady Wright, 5 dis. q
A.. H. Perdue, e. m. Clara Morgan, Q 8 2
G. W. Bennett, b. m. Lady May, 323
8. j. Hill, l. g. &. Mountain Boy, 6 dis.