The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-09-16
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IiyelyL Last nay o. the Annual Exhibi.
tion-sameE Features Not on The Billl.
Yesterday was the last day Of the Wells
burg fair and a lively day II was. In tct
during the afternoon,9 once or twicsri II wasalto-
gether TOO lively, The crowd commenced
pouring in at an early hour, and the trains
from Wheeling brought mp large delegations
Wheeling boys were to be found in every
part Of the ground, and they all enjoyed
themselves immensely. The attendance was
double that Of the day before, In tactit was
one OF the largest assemblages that ever
gathered on the grounds. f..
In the forenoon there was a good display Of
iancyistock, Double teams and single turn
outs were thick on the track. Lon Franzheim
and VIM. McManaway, Of this city, ex-
hIblted double teams, while single horses
from this city were thick.
The awarding committee was kept very
busy during the forenoon, and the results OF
their labors seemed to give general sattstac-
ton, d. .m
VIII Handlan was awarded the first pre-
MUM for finest stallion, exhibiting Nam
brine Eagle, and he was also awarded first
premium for finest mare, Lady Forrest being
the animal,
After dinner the fun began. It had been
announced that . 2;I0 pace and o tree-for.all
trot would be the order Of the evening, but
the pace was dispensed with and 5 minute
trot for ''greeneTs" substituted. The crowd
and jam was awful; the grand stand was
filled, also the quarter stretch, while In every
other available spot some one was crowdedin IN.
The first race was the three minute trOt,
mohawk Kate was entered by Mossgrove,
Of Steubenville, Lady Forrest ",by HandIan,
Of Wheeling, Don Cameron by Miller, Of
Brooke county, early Bird and two other
horses were also entered. The excitement
was, to say the least, red hot. People stood
up and howled, yelled and carried on gener-
ally, like q lunatic assenlblage, Before the
fifteen times, This was largely owing to the
driver Of EARLY Bird" who had the pole,
He failed to come up In the proper manner
almost every time, Az last . start was made
and the race was very exciting, Lady For
rest taking the heat. With tile second heat
there commenced some iOCkying that was
fearful to contemplate. TwoOr three drivers
formed q combination, and the running,
poCketing and crowding was Of such an open
faced character that the crowd nearly went
wild, The judges were abused, the jockeys
Threatened, and those betting money almost
went crazy. Seven heats were trotted, each
one beinga repetition OF the flst, Mohawk
Kate took the frst money, Lady Forrest the
second, and u horse Of Miller's the third.
The next race was the free for ull, Three
horses to sulky were entered and n pacing
horse drove under saddle. Silver Sides
was The horse that the money was being bet
on, and II was generally acknowledged that
he was able to beat all Others.
After one or two scores the horses were
started and the heat was won by Silver
Sides. Geo. Smith was driving Adelaide y,
and by running managed to take the second,
third and fourth heats, hut II was discovered
in the third heat that Silver Sides was being
pulled and tho crowd ugnin commenced It's
Glamour. In the fourth heat Smith drove u
good share of the way on u run, pulling
Adelaide down Just before passing under the
wire, with Silver Sides close behind and
being pulled to an outrageous extent, The
crowd got mad at this and getting on the
track demanded q new driver for the gray,
This the judges granted, putting. Harry
Sllinn on, but for some unexplained reason
ylnked at Smiths running and declared the
heat n dead one.
Smith now kicked OF the PAGER, but tho
judge decided that he was making Ills OBJ ieC-
ton too late, and as.the enhance Zee for The
PAGER had been paid It should 20,
~ '.'h WV NNiSaAINN N'P sew NNiht hS
pager, when not held, could pRce from 10 10
10 seconds fRstGr than Silver Sides, the heat
being taken by the pacing horse. The crowd
now Imagined that the PAGER was part Of the
jockey scheme, and again itgot mad,
The sixth heat was started at GSO, but the
writer was obliged 10 " to tho train and did
not learn how the pace WA decided. Smiths
horse came in first, butas tho bell was heard
sounding tits supposed tho animals were sent
Oft again II not, Smiths horse takes first
m0nOy and Silver Sides second. ,t
An incident that created considerable ex-
element was the arrest Of q prominent young
man from Wellsburg. lie was concealed III
the crowd and yelled 800" nearly every time
the horses scared, He hOda little bcnzlnG on
heard, and kicked against being arrested very
strongly,
Everyone was worked up to n high pitch
Of excitement and II Can be afely said that
II was The day Of several years.
Altogether, tho exhibition OF 1881 Is pro-
nounced the mlostsnccessful one ever given OF
Wellsblrg, and the managers are with reason,
much pleased,