The daily gazette., 1881-09-21
TmE rAIR AT M1DDLETOwN.


Special CORE respondence OF the GAZETTE.
MIDDLETowN, DEL, Sept. 20.
The opening days OF the Peninsula
Agricultural and Pathological Soc.ety's
fairs have been regarded as criterions.
for subseq uent days, and to-day has
been no exception to the rule. The fair
grounds this morning were the scene Of
activity and hustle. Exhibitors we're
hurrying around In great haste to pre-
pare their exhibits, and 1t was far to-
wards evening before these operations
ceased. In this respect the opening day
was more like the last day of prepara-
ton than one Of the real days OF the
| tair.
With single exception-the ladies'
department-the exhibits are less In
number than and inferior In quality to
the previous exhibitions of this Society.
| The stock department. in smail. hnt it
| possesses some features that redeem 1t
| from mediocrity and place it on the level
| of an object Of interest. In swine there
| are but Two varieties exhibited-Berk-
shires and Chester Whites-R Richard l..
Naudxin having eight pens OF the for
mer, comprising boars, sows and pigs.
| One OF his sows has an interesting litter
1
are all ShrOpshiredowns, but when /
made my rounds there was not q soli-
tary soul around them to inform me by
whom they were exhibited. The ex-
hlbit, however, though small, was cied-
table as to quality.
The horse display comprised q num-
Der OF colts of unusually fine appear
ance, but no especial pedigree. The
l nod 'Thnrnnnh hrada
Shorthorns, Durhams, Jerseys and few
Alderneys. Some Of them were of heroic
sizs and splendid appearance. The lar
gest and by all odds finest display was
by K. e. Emory, proprietor OF the cele-
brated Poplar Grove stock farm, near
Centreville, Queen Anne's county, Md.
nine co VS., all short horns. One Of the
bulls was tho celebrated Roanoke, and
the other q pure Bates bull, Kirk Llv-
lngton Lad, one of the best bred bulls
in the couGtry, and probably the best OF
this famous stock now living. OF the
cows two are roans aud seven dark reds,
and all are handsome and finely graded.
In the carriage department j. M.
Cox and Bro., Of Middletown, make a
fine display Of driving vehicles Of vari-
GUS kinds, as do also McLear q Ken
dali, of Wilmington. John Walther,
also of Wilmington, exhibits two top
buggies of splendid finish and work.
manship, which attract great deal Of
admiration.
: The building devoted to grain fsrtil.
ixsrs, poultry and the general products
, of the farm is fairly well filed. There
Z is the usual array of tall csrn, bis
' pumpkins AID huge sunfowers, witt
potatoes, squashes, apples, tomatoes
: &o., thrown in promiscu0usly. Th'
poultry display in unusually fine and
embraces large variety of fanc!
fowls.
The exhibit of agricultural machin
r cry is small, and comprises display
: Of only tho ordinary implements o
y farm labor.
In the ladies' department the dis
. play is larger than ever before, there
being over 1900 exhibitors, against ;
r little over 900 last year. The displa.
= of bread, cake, pies, taris. jellies AMI
fruits is unusually extensive AM
toothsome, while fancy knitting, nee
die and worsted work commands
large space. Sewing machines an
organs are also coRspiouously present
% Of the special exhibits ]. V. Console 4
Co., Of New York, make q most gor
ID geous display of wax flowers and tn
st apartment devoted to Hecker's Bel
y raising flour, under the management
le Of Fulton & Farrell, of No. No. 2 n
- Water street, Philadelphia, daily turn
r. out hundreds of toothsome hot griddl
r cakes, which are eagerly devoursd.-
,t G. E. Hukill, of Middletown, makes
O. fine exhibit of John Lucas 81 Co.
y (Phlladelphia) ready mixed paints
~ aud has erected at one end OF the de
D. partment o miniature house, elegant
painted with Lucas d Co.'s paints
Or The effect Of this exhibit is very hRn6
~ some and 10 much admired.
y, Outside the regular exhibits th
- !. usual number of side shows are foune
I. Doc Leitheiser, who about ten veal
ne ago manufactured tonic beer in Wi
n. mington, has q number of wonderfl
.. curi0sities under small tent aud givi
!. q variety OF performances daily. III
o. doctor still looks young, and appear
be to be az vivacious as ever.
OF The refreshnent stanas are we
rs located and appear to have q thrivin
custom.
The attendance to-day was qui
tn small--not exceeding six hundre'
tn Still the patronage is regarded as vel
good for the opening day. II is,
course, expected to be much larger T
morrow and next day.
I'd THE RACES.
he Shortly after one O'Clock the rae
nd commenced with . contest for pur
TO Of $50, best two in three to road WACO
10 free for all Peninsular horses witho'
- record. Napoleon, the Newai
horse, won the first heat in good sty
and seemed likely to win the race, b'
the Dover nag pulled up in the me-
two heats and came In ahead.
There were eight starters in the 2.'
race, but Doble's roam gelding Socrat
won 1t in three straight heats witho
q particle of trouble. The only motto
able feature was in this race was &
IN. fine conduct of VIM. K. Stockley
M wilmington mare in the third he's
She had miserable start, being tbir
yards behind all the rest, but owl
les. to the excellent manner in which Ale
ery Gillespie handled her she came up 4
bly, to fourth position and only miss
nm third by bare neck.
The 2.83 race was 30 cut up II