The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-08
THE COUNTY FAIR.
THE ATTENDANCE VERY LARGE
The Seen 4 Successful Exhibit.er-A Grand Dis
pa; Of Stock, Machinery, etc The Ges.
and Most Exciting Races Ever
Trcttei ii , County Fair.

The fain Praye,! for for some time past b
Il who We're Interested in the Fair failed L
nr in an appearancrp rinr to the opening ,la,
Il the eXhhirinn, and consequently On Tue
lay, the first day, opened dry and dusty
lust before noon, the clouds presented til
ppraranre OF storm, and II heavy rain,
,ot II coatinuniiS storm for several day
vas expected by all. Il ended, however i,
slight Sprinklc--not enough /" lay th'
lust. The ltIuu.p sphere was tempered dow,
" reason OF it, and cool fresh breeze blew
throughout The day, rendering a visit to tn.
grounds qnirc pleasant, with the exception
If the au>t, which continued IL have it,
,wn way. As is usual with almost all Stlcl
exhibitors, the work Of preparation wa.
somewhat behind, ana when The rush o.
.niries of artirl" ii ali kinds came on til.
rp-ning morning, much confusion WAS thu
consequence. y large proportion of he en-
rrieS came III AT that zine. and the entir
lay was consumed in many Of the depart
mentS in getting things into ship-shape.
rhc number of exhibits in all the depart
fully mp to that of last year. and in some.
!otahlv that of machinery, etc, far exceed.
al the iirSr exhibition. An overcrow,i:ng OF
visitors IS never looked for upon the open
Ing day, those present being generally linn
jtrd TO exhibitors and their attendants.
This WIS not III" ease in his instance, how
EYER. there being bntwcrn fifteen hundred
ND two Thousand persons on the ground.
All the spr"i':l individual enterprises within
rhc ground We're we'll parronizr.i. At III,
Camden, p,l. the force OF attendants WI.
kept busy all morning, and before O'Clock
ne mad sold clean au! clear ont at all thar
had been provided. The table set here was
Iir>r-rllSs fully up to that OF the hotels.
The wonder show, ?he merry go-roundS. the
peanut and lemonade ve3ller, and the cigar
aud tobacco men, ali seemed busy and driv-
ing q fiourishing trace. Persons who at
tended The Fairs recently held At Middle
town and Dover. Del, say that the exhibits
here We're Ear more numerous and the crowd
much greater than at either OF The two named
on the frs: day. The exhibit Of stock and
machinery was noted particularly as far
exceeding either of these tvso Fairs. OF the
latter. it is salt! that The display III Dover.
in particular, WAS but Il Sprcsl alongside of
the splendid array of all kinds of agri"ul-
tural machinery exhibited upon our grounds
The eating house man AYERS that Cecil coun-
~ people, for eating, beat Dover ever 50
many times
The programme Of trials of speed WAS
very full. over sixty horses having been
entered for the different; races, among them
Some fast horses. They came from ali quar-
ters of the country, some from as far off
territory a. Iowa. The trials Of the first
day We're good and rs the programme prom
ised better and better each day the interest
in this part of the exhibition was early up
To the boiling point, and it remained there.
The races began ~ /. o'clock and were
over NJ So. y fine breeze was blowing
just strong enough 10 set the dust ont of the
drivers eyes and render it pleasant for the
audience in he grand stand. y mistake
was made by the managers in not changing
the pitch of the seats III the stand. As al
most half of the seats Chose in the rear)
are of no use, it is impossible for ii special
tor, sitting in this portion OF the stand, to
see the track. and the consequence is that
ali crowd for front seats and places on the
steps. Much improvement has been made
this SeaSon-perhanS rs much rs the mana
gers felt themselves warranted III undertake.
ing, but this change in the stand should
have taken precedence Of much that was
done The household. music, and ladies'
department were. located in the large hall
beneath the grand stand, where ample space
is provided. The floral department was in
a temporary annex 10 the stand. The mis-
cellaneous ami general produce department
occupied IA building i0X60 feet in size south
of the stand: also two large tents. This
and the carriage exhibit are the only ones
using tents this season, No anxiety was
felt ON account Of rain, It's all exhibits likely
10 be damaged were, this year. under close
lyDr