The daily gazette., 1879-09-27
FIRST EDITION.
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.STATEJ FAIR.
The Last > Day at Dow sr.
A Great Crowd and
ol Good Racing. Z

Ntsse 1H09sasad People on the
GrOMnds-.Ofher Matters of
Note.
Special correspondence of the GAzETTE
DovEa, Del, sspt.26
This has been "fair week" for Dover
in more than Ons sense; the exhibition
has bssu drawing well each day. ard
the wen her hss been clear AMI cool.A
The fair il the close, has been lively
thing to-day. A crowd came that sur
passed tho expec,ation Of the manager,
lhem. elves, and brought thousands OF
dollars into the treasury. Some estimate
the atte niance ut 1000 and some go a.
high AS 10000. but 1t surely did not reach
the latter figures, aud might have been
~ large ~ the 70. mer. People not only
came. from the remOtest parts of the
Pauinsnla, hut from Deigbboring SIates.
A great many came from Philadelphia,
Chester and Baltimore, and from other
stations on the line Of the r. W. g b r.
II. The fist regular trhiu' from VIII
mlngton brought down thirteen cars full
of people aud special trains. did a. well.
The trains up brought over. tbonsa nd.
Se ver,ll thousand carriages were drive IL
INSIDE the grounds. When the attend
ance through these two mediums and
| that Of The hacks Is considered 1t Is PLAIN
to be seen that the grounds must have
been thronged.
The Committees on Awards have, In
mnny cases, been laggards. A good man,
| If them had not repUr, ed this evening.
However, as the majority Of the Wi
| wtngtop exhi oitoIs have been In ;b.
| CO., mit.ees W lilch have been repuJted, j
am able to give them IN the annexed
Hist:
Miss Jennie McGlnchcy, scroll flow
srs, tayOrable uIt nliOn.
| j. Paul Brown, tor the best plaque,
he bsst painting n oil, the best pi Oio
graphic display and the best picture IN
water coiorr, first premiums.
q. II. Rudolph, watches and jew+lry
iiploins.
Prof f. Becher, beat parlo organ, sill
yer medal.
McLear & Kendall, best two spar car.
riagee, diploma; best shifting top bug
gies, diploma; best family pb@toD, di
,,loma.
George W. Stone, manufacturers sup
r. Mccullough & Go. display of shoes
Ii. W. Moro v, best spring bed, diplo
ina. is
| ,L.F. Adair, display of parlor ant
chamber suits, di ploma.
q. f. Thomas & Co.. school furniture
diploma.
Z. II. Lswton, 81 ss and chiDaware
Jackson g. Sharpe, mouldings. SC.
John q. Baker, Plymouth Rock fowls
The day ~as franght with hustle ant
cODfusiOo on the fair grounds. To hav'
such u crowd and no excitement at all i
thing impossib BILE. Once IN the after
noon there WAS o fight over at the trOt
ting stables. bot the parties csc ,p. d jus
tics. But the Saddest affair OF ali was III
accident on the track In the forenoon
James Moore, Of fredericksburg, Md.
was speeding his trOtter-who Is not eL
tered for any rate on the tiots-oD tn
track and was run into by Grey MorR an
Tn. sulky was upset, and Mr.. Moor
, was throw n to the ground With terrifh
violence. Stunned and bleeuisg, he wa
carried into the directors' room, wber
! he. was cared for. He Is badly hurl
, | There was some txcitement IN the gran
,tana In til. afternoon, caused by u vic
! lent tn,suudersi anding be, ween tw mel
The police were prompt in quelling tL
, disturbance. There was very little dis
order during the day, excepting this.
= Hl THE RACING.
The racing In the afternoon was good
the best ever seen on tile Peninsula. Tn
crowd that witnessed 1t was immens'
The grand stand was densely packe
a and the quarter stretch was thicki
! lined. Many. hard me and splendidl
dressed ladies view the sport from tn
C grspd stand.
+, The first race was the 90 Perinsul
! class, v hich had four starter, ,,-Lad
Q Wright, Lizsie, M schief, aud Bell
: Wild Air. The latter had the pole:and le
on the first half mile. Lizzie came nes
u her and finaIlv went to the front durin
one of belle Wild Airs bad breaks. Lad
Wright came in handsomely and pas
ing Belle on the back stretch came l
second. In the second heat. Lizzie
Lady Wright and Mischief had the lea
in turn. The latter held IL and won. L
the third heat Mischief was passed in
break by Azzie. who in.turn was passe
- by Belle Wild Air, with Lady Wrigl
u second. On the home stretch Lad
Wright won the fourth heat amid muc
=. excitement and with much difficulty,
I. n all The others pressed her. On the hon
r home stretch of the last heat Lad
~ Wright, Belle Wild Air aud Mischi
~ ~ were almost neck and neck. Mischi
~ got the heat and q dead heat was decla
o . cd for second place between LAt
y Wright and Belle Wild Air for secou
~ place. Mi chief got the next heat AL
there was q spirited contest betwet
Lady Wight and Lizzie for secoI
place. Belle Wild Air was Withdraw
This gave the race to Mischief III
j. time v az good. n -
3. The second race and by far the mo
es iptcre, ting one was the 2.22 class for u
- citizens i,urse of $1,000. This pur
brought out q small field, composed
n Scotland, May, jersey Boy and irel
n Nav being a Delaware horse had u
- good wishes Of the crowd.
ny In the ii st heat May had the pole D
70. lreLe cut in ahead, almost grazing 9
1t, chestnut mar e's nose, jersey Boy COL
he ing up and putting May in the pook'
No Scotland fourth. In this order the horS
he went all the way round until on q
M hou,e. stretch. when Irene broke BAD
~ and fen back, May getting out OF q
no pocket and coming up with run Iu
n ming oy q neck from Jersey Boy, am
lat the cheers OF the crowd, III 22S.
The se !, nj heat was started amid gre
nm excitement. NAYS winning. Inc n.
M. heat was O surprise tpthe gboys. =
re- their calcuIations were upset anu =
hedging which ensued was relnarka'