The daily gazette., 1879-10-02
FIRST EDITION.
FIKSI EDIIION.
THE peninsula FAIR
The Second Days Doings.
A Large CrOsUd and Good Rae
ing.

HIBtTS-THE STOCK DISPLAY, THE
CROWD, THE RACING, ETC.
Special Correspondence OF the GAZETTE.
MIDDLETOwN, Del, Oct. IA pret-
tier first OF October than this never dawn
ed, and the sky that bent over the FAR
grounds here was c'oudles sand beautiful.
The sun shone brightly but q slight
breeze that blew in over the brown peach
orchards dispelled the lassitude of the
atmosphere and prevented 1t from being
unpleasant. There was an encouraging
attendance during the day. nthe early
morning the people commenced pouring
in. They came from far and near and in
every imaginable kind ofveLicle. Many
were present from Cecil, Kent and
Queen Anne's counties in Nd, but the
bulk OF them were from New Castle and
upper Kent. The down train from Will
misgton brought quite number from
that place and other stations along the
road.
JuSI 40 HiuCu 40 tHC IduICo utptiIsIcDb
is feature Of the exhibition, is the dis
play Of canned and preserved fruits to be
found there a feature of ladies depart
ment. One side of the building is de-
voted almost exclusively to this, and the
display is varied and extraordinary. As
usual, Appoquinimink Hundred carries
off the palm III this liie. She has done
so for the past four or five years. John
Atherly is the exhibitor who enjoys this
prominence and in addition to proudly
showing his work, he represent the Hero
glass works, of Philadelphia, whose cans
lie uses. The needle work is very fine,
and the display Of rare plants and flowers
attracts much attention.
This morning there was display Of
horses and colts OH the home stretch.
Prominent in this were the two fine stall
lions "Ciematis," owned by Hon. Thos.
+. Bayard, and "Scathlock," owned by
J. &. Craynor. Last year they were OH
exhibition and "Scathlock" got the first
premium, " hile "Clematis" had to be
content with second. This time the
judges will be bothered about coming to
conclusion, as Senator Bayard's slal-
lion is in much better condition than
then. In addition to these there were
some of the finest mares and cClts Oh the
Peninsula. The yearling colts were un-
usually numerous and handsome. While
they were thus being displayed the conf
mittee on awards were making examina-
tions preparatory to making their reports.
Among the prominent persons here to-
day were: Wan. Dean, Prothonetary
Chas. Beaston, Theodore Crawford, Esq,
X. Harrington, Esq, Purnel J. Lynch,
Henry Lee, A. ii. Silver, Jas. II. Ny ers,
l.. X. Clarkson, l. N. Mills, Gen. Supt.
Della. Div. P. W. L. b. r. r.; Wilbur
II. Burnite, James II. Ray, Col. Fred.
Gerker and many others. Hon. Michael
Bannon. of aryIand, Chas. II. b. Day,
Sheriff John Pyle, ex-Secretary Of State
Grubb, and Saml Townsend.
THE RACING.
When the races were called at 1.45
O'Clock the grand stand was crowded
with spectators The track was In ex-
cellent condition, but was very dusty.
The sport during the afternoon was
terday, but the races were all won in
straight heats as were those of yester-
day. .-l-----.-g
Peninsula horses, without record, and q
purse of $50. 1t did not develope much
sport. The starters were j. U. McCoy's
bay mare Mischief; Henry q. Hess bay
colt Reckless; J. F. Goldsborough's sor-
rel stallion GOlddust; j. 0. Lofand's
dun geiding Buckskln, and w. II. Arm
strong's bay gelding Davy. Reckless had
the pole in starting, but Mischief passed
him on the first quarter, and GOlddust
drew up to second place. On the second
round Mischief broke and fell back, ana
Reckless by good honest pace man.
aged TO get the lead, but on the home
stretch was passed by Mischief, who
won tho race In 266t.
The second heat decided the race. Mis-
chief led in this for short distance, but
Reckless passed and IN turn had to yield
back the lead, and Mischief won easily
in 2.54.
5000, had four starters-J. M. Ford's
Brown Tom; VIM. II. Grants Spunky,
and Jos. e. Gracy's Black Chief. and
VIM. H. LAWS Tom Bayard. Brown
Tom, the pole horse, led around tho
track, and was on the last half of the
second round when Tom Bayard. who
had hung close ON his heels, passed him,
and came In half a length ahead. Spunk,
all the while had third place; and Black
Chef narrowly escaped being distanced.
| Tho time was 2.8.
| In the second heat Tom Bayard had
walk-over, though Brown Tom pressed
him at times. There was quite contest
for third place between Black Chief and
Spunky, but at the close, the latter goi
ahead and closely pressed b own Tom
under the wire while Tom Bayard won
in 2.38.
The third heat was another easy VIC
tory for Tom Bayard, with Brown Tom.
Black Chief came In third, having sharp
ly contested for the position with Spun
Ky all around. The time was 2.394.
The third race for the 2.34 class, purse
$500, after much difficulty and eight
scorings, started with field of. SIX that
was narrowed down to three when the
heat was ended. Sherman Morgan. Star,
Fannie Fern, Frank p, FELTON, and
.John q. were the starters. Sherman
Morgau trotted like flash to get to lead
IN the first heat and held it through the
heat. with Star close behind after he had
nassed Frank p, who was second at
first. Fannie Fern did well toward the
last and came in third cleverly, being az
irst far behind. John g., FELTON, and
Frank p. were all dstanced. The time, ,
243 was not AZ good az had been ex-
nected; had Star trotted closer on Sher-
man Morgan, it would have been very
fast. ,,;.a
,silv. with Star maintaining second
rlars d Fannie Fern, third. Star press
FL Sherm An down the home stretch,
making a pretty race, he won in $50.
The third heat was led for two hun
dred wards, by Star, who In getting