National Republican., 1879-10-03
THIRD DAY OF The FAIR.
Ten Thousand People on the Grounds
in Alexandria.
A Day Filled with Interesting Events -
Flight of Carrier Pigeons-Three Trots
and Running Race-NIiiltary IA
rade and Review--The WASH
ington and winchester
Companies, sc.


Large Attendance Mt the Alexandria Fair
Yesterday was truly the great day of the
second annual fair of the Alexandria and
Fairfax Agricultural Association. Over 10000
persons visited the grounds. All tho
trains that left this city were crowded. Tho
10 o'clock train, among others, carried large
delegation oftho Potomac Fruit Growers AS
sociation. The weather was all that could be
asked in point of clearnoss, but 1t was little
dry and much too warm to bo comfortable.
At 11:30 o'clock the Alexandria Light Infantry
escorted tho Winchester Light Infantry to
tho grounds, where they broke ranks aud
mingled with tho crowd. At 12 o'clock there
was u flight of thrco carrier pigeons to Balti-
more. The time of their arrival was received
by telegraph aud announced from the grand
stand as follows: Nos. . and 4 arrived at 9
p M, and No at 2:15 p. m. The pigeons
were owned by III. +. Whitman, of Baltimore.
Ono OF tho most amusing features of the day
was a ono.third mile foot-rce by thirteen
brawny darkes. A successful start was made
after three attempts. The men, being too
eager to get the lead in tho outset. over.
stepped bounds before the word Go" was
given. John Bryant came in first, closely fol-
lowed by William Lackley and Alfred Solo
mons tho prizes being So, 50 aud So.
The first event on the racing programme
was for tho $50 class, purse of SJO-first. $40.
and second, $40. This was substituted in
place of the mule race. The entries wero
James NJ. Days Harry, Jerome Carriers Col.
ouel Haywood, aud J. L. Davis Belle. Tho
| first heat was won by Harry, and the second
and third by Colonel Haywood.
The entries for the 2:i0 class were John
| Eggleston's Trump, J.. A. Lodges Star Pilot
aud J. 4. Bailcys Belle, for a purse of $i0O-
| to bp firzt IN If nd IN
the third. 1t was not until three attempts
| had been made that they effected a start
| During the second round of the first neat
| one of the wheels Of Trump's sulkey gave
way aud his driver, Mr.. Eggl,ston, was thrown
| to tho ground and dragged several yards but
he stuck to the reigns and succeeded in pulling
| in his horse without further accident. Pilot
then won the heat with case, Belle taking
! second place and Trump tho third place The
| general opinion was that if the accident had
| not occurred the heat aud race would have
been Won by Trump Mr.. Eggleston procured
another sulkoy and ,tro.ted the race out aud,
as 1t will be seen, gained second place. In the
second heat the horses got off well together. At
tho first turn; Star Pilot led by about two
lengths, Trump being second and Belle
out Of the race, so to speak. Thus
they sped on throughout the heat, Star
Pilot coming in first and winning the race,
Trump second and Belle third. Most Of the
interest centred upon the running race, for
| which there were three ontries-C. G. Nelson's
Tillie, John McGirr's Bob Martin and II. q
Cunninghams Dandy, for a purse of $l00-S7C
to the first, $50 to the second and $40 to the
| third. On the first turn Tille led, Dandy sec
ond aud Bob Martin third, and so they kept
during the second turn. Tillie came round
tho third turn closely followed by Bob Martin
Dandy's driver pulling up at the second turn
thinking that the race was over Time
IsEA tl.na ata - nt l.a al l,ant oil Ia.
horses got OFF together. The first round Till,
lod, followed by Bob Martin, with Dandy in tn,
distance, and so the positions stood when TilliI
came home, winning. tho heat in 2:06, Bol
Martin second aud Dandy third. Tille tool
first money, Bob Martin second and Dand,
third. Tho judges were Colonel J. W. Foster
w. NJ. Gait, II. II. Cockrell r. L. Hume AM
J. w. Brown. At 3 o'clock the Aloxandri
Light Infantry and tho Winchester Light In
fantry proceeded to the Prince-strect whar
and escorted the Washington Light Infantry
seventy in number, to tho grounds. At tn
conclusion Of the races the several cOmpanie
gave dress parade and passed in review be
foro tho grand stand, with the Washington
| Light Infantry in the front, commanded b,
Col Moore, followed by tho Alexandria Ligh
Infantry and the Winchester Light Infantry
| The column. sixteen abreast, was led by Mayo
Smith and headed by Webcr's brass band, an,
marched TO the inspiring strains of "Th
Scidmorc Guards" and the "FatinitZa March
A barge party of the Potomac Boat Club cam
down in the afternoon. A large number o
visitors went down with Company A." whcl
swelled the number of Washingtonians Il
thousands. To day will be the last day of th
fair. A number of interesting events hav
been arranged, including running race, tw
miles, best two in three, and trotting race
two miles best two in three.
Company A were rendered the use of th
Il l.NsN Nl..,u -.
andria yesterday. After they returned /
this city they marched up the Avenue rs ia
as Fourteenth street aud then returned t
their arlnory, and after a few remarks fror
Colonel Moore, congratulating tho compan
on their general appearance and obedience I
his orders, were dismissed. They made vor
fatigue uniforms.