Daily Republican., 1880-09-24

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Exhibits.

Special oorespondsnss The lspsblican.
ArDDLsrows, Sept. 23.-d lower
ing clouds Of to-day which thfsatened
an unpleasant rain had left the sky at
high noon to-day and the rest Of the
day was all that could bs desired. The
attendance was Of course not so large as
10 would have been had the forenoon
been auspiolous, bu. 90 IL vas some
two thousand paid their way In at
the gates. The flniah In the q 50 race
was over before the crowd proper ar
rived, and the time before the races
was spent In looking at the ane dis
play Of fruit, AoWsrs, fancy work,
cereals, stock, machinery, 30.
The side shows we're we'll pa!ronissd
and many luokless rural youth was
taken In and done for by the shaypers.
merriment was caused By
the experience Of . well-knoWn VIII
mington correspondent, who eagerly
stepped forward 10 manipulate swing.
ing ball and strike wooden peg a. ten
cents swing, or three for twenty ave
cents, and . quarter every time he hit
the peg. Many pesple threw base balls
at rows Of little images, the bargain
being every time they hit an imsgs
they got good cigar.
This understanding was carried out
so far as giving the cigar was concern
ed-tO call It . "good cigar" Is 9 hol-
low moekery. Throwing at images was
varied by throwing at the head Of Q ne
gro stuck through hole cut In Q large
piece Of canvass. Throw at the ''llve
coon," shouted the man in charge.
Every time the live coon was hit he
grinned prodig ously and the orowd
loud and long.
The vendsr Of soap who profess.
ed to have dollar note in each box,
was arrested during the afternoon, but
uas released and ordered 10 leave the
ground, which he did.
During the morning crowd Of
some what disting uishsd Delawaresns
was noticed doing the live stock. They
were Hon. John W. Hall, Of Frederica,
Hon. John p. Cochran Of Middletown,
and j. Turpin Moore Of sussex-a
an Ex-Governor and . pros.
pective Governor, All three Of the
gentlemen were In excellent humor and
were much interested 40 Mr.. L. P.
pointed ont the fne points In
the thoroughbred's and high grades.
Among other we'll known gentlemen
on the grounds to day were 3. ]. Har.,
rington OF Pennington, Speaker Of the
Senate, and John W. Causey.
The excellence Of the stock exhibit
BY the way, has already been noticed
In the columns ofthe RErUBLIcAS, and
the list Of awards was published in yes
tsrday's paper. Bat 1t needs more than
> passing mention. Judges Of stock
say confidently that never before has
there been display Of stock OF such
general excellence upon the Peninsula.
it is nearly all bloodsd stock, and high
grade and thoroughbred at that
TEE RACES.
To day was 9 "6eld" day on the
eourse for all the favorites were beaten
and local sports who bet on homo nags
against the field, looked blue all after.
noon. The first race for the road wag.
On GLASS was settled quickly and with
out much contest. The entries were Is
follows:
r. H. Pinkerton, Wilmington, Del,
br & Mountain Boy. John c. Mccoy,
N. D., Kirkwood, Del, b. m. Bessie.
". H. Armstrong, Fair aill, Maryland,
b. 8. Dayy Copper6eld. Alexander
Middletown, Delaware, b. G.
Brutus. B. J. Morrison, Christians,
Delaware, b. 8. Honest Fred. Ths race
was for the best two in three and was
taken BY Doc. McCoy's Bessie, with
Frank Pinkerton's B. Mountain Boy Of
. very good second. In.
deed the result might have been far
different had not the judge given the
word "go" when PinkNtOn was four
lengths behind In the first heat. Bat as
Il was he was right on Bsssy's sulky
wheel and gaining when the flag fell.
us acted handsomely In the second
heat also and lead on the homestretoh
but lost his feet aud fell back.
The summary was 40 follows:
Road wagon race. Premium $50.
Winner to receive $50 F; Second, Sl6
h ird $6. Best two in three In harness.
Bessie, :.,......"............' ...
MnVvn q N n
lavy Copperdeld ,..........-..
BTutus, ..s......s"........s.
Honest Fred, ............."....."
Time 266, 2s5.
The $50 race drew out field Of
even starters, as follows
John G. Mccoy, N. D., Kirkwood,
Dell, br g Mittlo Mao; 8. J. Hill, Ken
Maryland, gs Mountain
Boy ; VIM. J. Marshall, Easton, Mary
r 4 Potato Bug ; L. R. lowering,
Maryland. blk m Lady Morris
W. H. Ovens, Portsmouth. Va, sgl
Nets, Purple R. 4. Lewis, Newark,
Delaaa'e, oh & Blind Tom ; 8. N.
5tartt, Worton, Md, g e John.
Five heats were required to decide
his race, and the contest seemed dsoid
,dly mixed from the start. In the first
heat Little Mao showed that he GOULD
lake it easily, but pulled in and gave
Il away, taking fourth position. Then
1t the star. Of the ffth heat John and
Metz had each won two heats, while
Blind Tom, who always came in last
nad showed two other bursts OF speed,
which for q short time left the rest far
behind. Metz took the 6fth heat, and
he race after q short struggle with
John, who, though the fairest trotter
N the seven, was fnsd $40 for foul
The summary is as follows
$50 race. Premium 900. Winner
o receive S100 Second, $50; Third,
|sO; Fourth, go. Best three in