Daily Republican., 1879-09-26
OUR STATE FAIR,
T0usnemant COmplc ted-The
= nayss IsnsAnEL.rhs Attendance
Te New Queen OF Love ana

f-,rhe New Queen OF Love an
4 beauty, F'a4@fss
Special Correspondence Of the Republican.
1 FAIRVrEw PABK, Dover, Sept. Is.
! The attendance to-day was large, an
the interest in the fair has not d,
creased in the least. To day the tie
in yesterdays unfinished tourney wer
"rung off," AS far as the match weu
Yesterday it resulted in a tie betwee
Talbot, Reckless Boy and White Cros
for first money and Lone Star and Glen
dola for fourth.
Talbot, y
White Gross,
Reckless Boy, .
White Cross thus taking frs. money
and Reckless Boy and Talbot takin
second and third respectively, Lon
Star and Glendola then tilted for fourt]
money with the following result, fiv
tits being required to decide it
Lone Star, 1 q .
Giendola, q .
The last tilt decided the contest in ia
vor of Lone Star.
Flrs. prize, 800; 2nd, $50; 3rd $50
4th, $50.
AS soon as the contest was decided
the question of "who is to be queen p
began to be asked. In the evening Il
was well settled fact that the lucky
lady would be Miss Jennie Knight, Of
Dover, and the first maid of honor Miss
Rose Virden, of Dover. The coronation
ceremonies were to take place this ev-
ening after tbs ball, but owing to a
hitch in the arrangements they were
deferred and probably indefinitely. In
this case Miss Minnie Jester, of Dover,
who was chosen "Quesn of Love and
Beauty" at the tournament one year
ago retains the position, which because
ot her personal attraction and general
popularity, she has filled with becom.
ng fitness. Miss Knight is also a very
pretty young lady and deservedly pop
liar. If the matter is decided this
'oung lady will be crowned to.mor, ow
'vening
THE RACES.
The speed contests of the third day
we're not by any means as entertaining
IS the preceding ones, and created but
title more than walk over, one horse
howing such decided superiority over
be Others that the three heats required
make winner proved mere matter
form and left no room for conjecture.
'f course this could not have been fore
cen and is in no way attributable to
ny short comipgs OF the management,
'r the purse were as liberal, and the |
lateral apparently as good as on the
ther days.
The first event to be decided was the
ace for four year old colts owned upon
ae Peninsula. This secured six en-
les, but when the bell summoned
lem upon the track it was found that
lree of the youngsters declined to start
'aving only Enjoys Cyclops, of Gen.
'eville; Waddy's Belle Morgan, of
irginia, and Alexander's Mollie F., OF
Voodside. Unfortunately for the lat
n she made bad break on the first
i'm, from which she did not recover
ntil so far behind that at the conclu-
on of the heat she was declared dis
need, having run, under persuasion
the whip, hundred yards or SO to
It inside the flag. In the meantime
Vclops had left Belle Morgan in the
ar, and, opening big gap, continued
advance, winning easily by dozen
ngths in 2.50b.
In the second heat Cyclops slightly /
lried the monotony by trailing behind |
lie Morgan for nearly three-quarters,
len he went up to her, passed to the
mt and won, under pull, in 1861.
he conditions requiring the winning of
ly two heats, brought his race to an il
rly conclusion.
Schuyler being drawn from the 2.26 d
'ss left Phil DougherV, Mollie, Belle,
kley and May as starters. This was a S
all field, but it was considered a select =,
g, and one likely to give good sport.
much SO that one Of the judges re- h
Irked that if called upon to pick a
nner he couldn't venture to guess. a
9 records we're close together, Phil cl
d Belle Oakley each having scored -,
Z, May and Mollie 2,274. m tc
The race was never in doubt from the
Emencement. Turner sending Phil vi
the front i'll each heat shortly after al
, start and staying there to the
lc!usion, Mollie was behind him in y
} first two heats, whilst May and
lle alternated in third place, until :
II the finish, when Belle assumed it W
'manently. -
n the final heat Mollie received the W,
I'd when some way behind, and not m
der full pressure, the consequence =.
ny that she was several lengths in Se
rear when the first turn was reach L.,
at which point Phil had taken a 90, N
lead, followed by Belle 5
ley, May and Mollie, and this was be-
order in which they finished. Mol spl
took second premium, Belle Oakley
d and May fourth. The time thi
!, 2.29 IL, 2.3la-was good, and Wy Z
any of the others been able to push bla
! it would have been very fast. the
he third race, for the 3 minute class,
no improvement on its predeces- me- me-
, Spunky, brown Tom, AtheIstaue se
Gray Morgan were the starters, and A
former had no difficulty in winning in
hree straight heats, in 2 Al, 2 54 and 49,
!. Brown Tom played second fiddle vo, u
no first heats, but in the last Philips hon
Q Athelstane show some speed and I
two hurried Spunky so at the close in
it was something like horse racs, Eeg
three being Tapped on each other. A
SUMMARIES.
!irview Park, Dover, Sept 25th, you
+. Third day of the Delaware It
Fair. First race, purse 500, for ecol
ars old colts. Winner to receive onl.
second $50, third $40; mile heats Won ~