The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-10-16

A VERY SUCCESSFUL j, xH,s1TloN
The Dsy,ay of Stock and Of Genera! Exhibits
Tr0 .ounced Oae of the Priest rytr
Collected in The State.

/ The Dis Jay OF Stock and Of General Exhibit
I Tr0 ,ounced 0ae of the Finest Ever
( Collected in The State.
I Wednesday opened bright and fair, Will
pleasantly cool breeze from the west
Everything was favorable for the opening
of the first exhibit of the Cecil county agri
cultural fair, and everybody seemed in good
spirits. The number of exhibits being $,
much greater than was anticipated, it was
impossible to have all in readiness at the
time of opening, and things were somewhat
in confusion. a great amount of work has
been done on the grounds in n very short
time and much credit is due the manage
ment therefor by the middle of the after
noon every thing WIS nearly in ship shape
though some exhibits continued to come in.
The attendance in the morning was Limited!
almost entirely to those having articles OF
stock on exhibition, but before one o'clock.
the hour for the races, the grounds began to
ill up, and by the time they were under
way from 1000 to 1900 persons were on
hand.
THE TRIALS OF SPEED.
The "trials of speed to most persons
the most interesting part of the f:lir-brgan
promptly at o'clock, on Wednesday, The
frs! trial was for Cecil county horses to
road wagons. For this race the entries were
sorrel gelding Hop" 10y Lewis Boulder,
of Chesapeake City: bay geding, "David
Coppered," by VIM. II. Armstrong, of
Fair Hill: Flora" bay mare, by j. G.
McEamee, Elllton, and "Bessie," bay mare,
by Henry Wood, of EIkton The latter was
driven by L. T. G. Crouch, her real owner,
and won the race in two straight heats
Time, 2.;5'i, 2.:56r, !, Hop taking second
place. "Florl - was not brought upon the
track.
The next trial was for horses having no
made, and it resulted in Il victory for Gre
elan Maid, belonging to :. Il. Clark, .Jr, Of
Amber, Pa. Time >. 432,, > Al 2:3S: Metz,
from Portsmouth. Va, taking the second
money.
The third and last trial for the first day
was an exceedingly interesting one The
class WAS for horses having no better record
than 2.42. Seven horses were entered and
they ali came upon the track making 4 very
pretty show at the start Judge, entered
by Henry Wood, but supposed to be the
property of Hamilton Disston, of philadel-
phia, was the tavorite, but he was tlistanccd
on the first heat and had to retire to the
stable. Alice, belonging to f. C. johnson,
of Middletown, Del, suffered the same fate
on the second heat, and the race was won
by Alice Addison, of Philadelphia, in three
straight heats. Time, 2.46ls 24Jl., 247ls
Courtney Boy, Of Penn Rhynn, taking sec
ond place.
The audience was quite a large one for
the first day and was very orderly. No
betting was INDUCED in. The races were
witnessed by a large number Of our best
citizens. Mr.. Van Osten, of Philadelphia,
chief judge, kept them up to their work all
the time, and but little jockeying was in
dulged in.
THE SECOND DAYS RACES.
The second days trials of speed We're even
more interesting than the first, for the rc;,-
son that the matches were closer, and be-
tween the leading horses in all the races
there was but little to give or take" The
first race was for Cecil county colts, free to
all colts under four years old Four entries
We're made, though but three horses came to
the scratch. Mountain Maid, Il North East
horse, being absent, on the first heat Gilt
Edge, belonging to Mr.. Clemson, of Elkton,
took first place i'll 5.2:s, leaving Pinafore,
entered by Henry Wood, behind and dis
tancing Dora, Capt. Laynan's colt, from
Chesapeake City This left but the two
horses in the field, and Gilt Edge distanc-
ing Pinatore in the second heat, gave the
race TO her. Time of second heat -
The second trial was for all horses hay
ing no record better than 80. Five entries
had been made for this race, though but
three came to the scratch, and the race was
won 10y Grecian Maid in three Str;lig heats
Time 30, 2.jS, and 2.J1. Judge and Little
Mack being left out in the cold.
The race of the day was the third, and all
We're on the gu rirc, expecting an exciting
contest, and they were not disappointed
On the start the lists were full, five horses
being upon the track. No |, was Sherman
Morgan, owned by j. B. Wharton, of Dover,
Del; No. >, Mambrino HaSson, entered by
q. Ii. Ecyer, of NorriStown, Pa: No. ;;
Belle of Bethlehem, belonging to :. Il. Clark,
.Jr., of Amber, Pa: No. I, Alice Addison
the flvoritc,-of Mr.. Hugh Hodges, Phila-
delphia, Pa: and Billy Buulden, Of Chesa-
pe.,ke City. Unfortunately for our Cecil
county Billy" he was diStanced OH the
second heat, il being won by Belle. The
heats were rs follows:
First heat.-Belle took this heat in 81
lIasson second; Morgan third; Alice Addi-
son fourth. Second heat.-Belle first in
2.3I: Morgan second; Addison third: Has
son fourth; and Billy Boulder distanced.
Third heat.-IlaSSon first in 2.36l,: Belle
second: Morgan third; Addison fourth.
Fourth heat.-Belle first in 2.3j: Morgan
second: HaSsou third; Addison fourth, thus
giving the race to Belle. This was the hest
contested trial of the fair up to this time
and no one could possibly find fault with
any part of the management.
THIRD DAYS RACES.
This race was looked to as the best of the
fair and in this no one was disappointed
Good trotting was done and fair race in
all. The first was for horses having no bet
ter record than 3 minutes. This was won
i'll three straight heats by Metz of Ports
mouth, Va; time, 2.39, DO, 40; Courtney
Boy taking second place.
The 2.:3 class came next. This was one
VI int llOSJ VI the ldlT. MS
was for horses having no record better than
2.3;;:i. In this race Belle of Bethlehem took
first place on the first heat. In the second
hear, to the surprise Of the audience Billy
Boulder came first. In the third, Belle
came in first, as well as the fourth heat
Time, first heat, Belle, I'LL: second heat
Billy Boulder, LIB: third heat, Belle,
2.31. Billy Boulder was not well driven,
and it is the judgment of those who know
that if the driver had been changed he GER
tainly would have won the race.
The third and most interesting race of the
day was the 2.24 class. Only three horses
were entered, viz: Sherman Morgan, of
Dover, Del; Belle Oakley, of Philadelphia
and Mambrino Hasson, OF Norristown, Pa
The pretticst kind of starts We're made, and
very pretty time. Time, 2 .35'i, 2.53l. and
2:5:i
The races We're first class.
The attendance ON the last day WAS I'M
precedented for country fair. 1t was i'm
possible for any one to count the number of
people on the grounds, but from the best
estimate we conclude that there was at
least 900 people there at one time
The whole fair reflects much credit upon
the President, Mr.. A. Il. Magraw, and his
able assistants, McSsrS. W. H. May, II. ID.
NJ Howard and w. II. Purnell, and we
argue from this that it will be better here
after.
Two bicycle clubs We're expected, but only
one came. This was made up of gentlemen
from Washington. They gave our people
an exhibit of their skill in this line, and
two of them took away very handsome gold
prizes, presented Ivy Mr.. Cecil +. Weaver.
This race was more attractive than the