Middletown transcript., 1881-09-30

and the dust. Ille S4sae cduseS kept iiuH-
dreds away from the Peninsular Fair at
Afiddletown, and the Dover exhibition is
feeling the effects Of dry aud overheated
September to a still greater e1tent. Sec
retary Barnard, most efficient and affable
officer, worked hard to get tie people, and
his efforts deserved better success. 1t
was, without doubt, this season, the best
advertised fair ever heldon the Peninsula,
and ought to have been very largely at
tended. The exhibits are numerous and
praiseworthy, though the display in some
departments falls much below that OF
previous exhibitions of this association
The ladies building is quite we'll filled
with neritorioas articles, the handwork
Of women, and the stock display is exs
ceedingly good. The vegetable, grain and
seed departments are sparsely filed, but
the fruit exhibit is quite good, considering
the season. The exhibits presented in
this sectioa are fine specimens. The ag-
ricultural machinery display is failure,
there being only one exhibit This has
occurred because the management refused
certain demands of the manufacturers Of
machinery, or their agents. They have
resolved to "bulldoze1 the fairs, so to
speak, by refusing to exhibit unless GER
tain privileges are granted them by the
management. Which can hold out the
longer, the machine men without the
fairs or the fairs without the machine men
and their exhibits, time alone will tell.
The trials Of speed have been mainly
we'll contested and interesting. In the
three minute race, on Tuesday, Doble's
g Socrates was an easy winner in three
straight heats, "Jim Harp" second,
King Wilkes third. Best time, 1854.
Stetson's "R. P" won the 2.34 race on
the same day, with Membrino Clay
second and myrtle third. Best time,
1927. Conover's Augusta Schuyler
was distanced in this race. Doble's
g oMembrino Charter was an easy winner
in the 2.3I race, Conover's f" Ray Could
second, Grants Star" third. Best time,
2.3OM The "free-for-all'' pacing race, for
purse of 81, 900, was the event of Tuesday.
There were four starters, Lady Light
foot y " Black Cat'' q Matte Hunter and
"I.ittle Mac" but the latter was drawn
after the second heat. g Matte Hunter
won the race in three straight heats,
Black Cat second, "Lady Lighttoot''
third. Time, 22l4, 2.1s, 2.25. The time
il the second heat is said to be the fastest
ever made on a Delaware course. 1t took
five, heats to finish the 227 race, the first
on Wednesday. lConover's Kate Tay-
lor'' was the winner and fisherman Nor
gan, !" the Delaware favorite, had to take
a back seat, it being noticeable fact that
the gallant little bay never does his best
at home. " Nigger1Raby' got second
money. Lady Grossin'' third, +" fisherman
Morgan fourth. Best time, 2.33. The
2.4O race was won by Conover's "Adel
Could" q EElwood R." second, "King
wilkes" third, " Idlewild' fourth. Best
time, 2.s5A. The 2.25 pacing race was
commenced on Wednesday and finished
on Thursday. 1t was hotly contested.
eddie C, was the winner, " Black Cat''
second, Lady Lightfoot" third. Best
time, 2.SO. There were but three start
.ers in the colt race on Thursday and
the trial was tame affair. J. J. Johnson's
Fearless was the winner J. H. Will
sons LADY Moscow" second, J. w.
Clark's STAR third. Best time, 3.03.
In the first heat "Fearless' and Star"
collided, and one wheel of Fearless
sulky was badly damaged. The judg-
es waived the distance. The Philadel-
phia horses were to win the 2.40 race.
1t was all very nicely arranged how it
was to be done, but Edmond Bailey's
"Idlewild," from Camden, Delaware, was
too much for them. Redmond's Lydia
K, had to take second place and-Scatter-
goods Elwood r. third. At the close
of the race, the Philadelphians protested
g Idlewild'' because he had once trotted
under different name, and the owner,
Mr.. Bailey, had not given notice to the
National Trotting Association when he
changed the name. The fine is 500,
which Mr. Bailey will doubtless have to
pay. The protest was nothing but a
piece Of spitework on the part of some
Philadelphia horsemen who come down
in the land of the peach every fall with
the glad expectation of pocketing all the
premiums. But sometimes they don't do
it. Alex. Maxwell's g Sleepy Dave" won
fourth money in this race. Best time,
2.361%. The e2.24 race was not concluded on
Thursday. It was hotly contested be-
tween the three starters, Scattergood's s
q aGoldfinder," Turner's "Helene" and
Elliott's "Earley Rose" "Goldfnder''
took the first heat, "Helene'' took two in
succession, after which early Rose''
came in as the leader by neck twice in
succession, with e Helene second. When
preparations were being1Inade for the
start in the fifth heat, which would have
undoubtedly resulted in favor Of Early
Rose, Scatterge6d discovered that g Gold
finder'' hadejaost shoe, and as it was sun
down Il Finish was postponed until Fri
dave If the necessity should arise in 9
tightly contested race, Scattergood could
discover that his horse had lost a whole
blacksmith shop. This unfinished race
will be concluded to-day, and the trials o
the go, $50 and 2.29 classes will be the
other turf attractions
Mr.. @. Churchman is the starting judgt
and gives general satisfaction.
Mr.. Edmond Bailey is very eficien
Division Superintendent and is mighty
/, clever fellow.
The hot cake man who gladdened th'
"true inwardness'' Of many at the Middle
! town Fair is well patronized here, also
/, The buckwheat cake riseth up a thin
! Of beauty, and behold, it is scooped dow
& ID the twinlxling Of an eye.
There was about sixty Middletowner
here on Thursday. We knew they hal
come, soon as we went into restaurant AM
found provisions short We dined at til
I, best restaurant on the ground. We hav
sincere pity for those who dined at tn
worst. The Sussex county chickens tia
have escaped all the NJ. E. Conference