The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-09-24

Tuesday, the 18th inst. at | o'clock 4. NJ.
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted and the Convention adjourned 10
meet on Tuesday next.
THE RACES.
AT DOVER
The fourth annual exposition of the Della
ware State Fair will commence on Monday,
September Goth and close on Saturday, Oct.
LIST. The trotting will begin on Tuesday and
close on Friday afternoon. In the trials OF
speed there are % entries. and the purses
aggregate $1,000.
ON the first day, the great pacing race,
which is free for all, and for Il purse of
81 ,Gdr, will, it Is expected, draw au i'm
mensc crowd, SOME of the fastest horses
in the country will be there. W. II. Doble
enters Lady Lightfoot: John Newell, of
rittsburg, enters Black Cat; John Splan,
of Chicago. enters Noontide and J. Brown.
OF PittSburg, enters Matte Hunter. On
the same day, in the > minute. class, there
are Il entries, among them the we'll known
Gamble Maid. Ripton, Keystone Maid
Lydia X. and Socrates. On the same day.
in the 2.31 class, are entered Whitetield
Lizzie NJ, Membrino Charter, and Ray
Gould On the same day, in the 2.34 class,
are Lakewood, Il. F., and Alice Addison.
On Wednesday, in the 2.27 class, are Sher-
man Morgan, kentuckian, Lady Crossan,
JSoh /, nf..' Ia lar po,ho1 Nv,
the same dry, in the 30 class, are Metz,
Gray Morgan, keystone Maid, and Elwood
Il.
On Thursday, in the 2.j4 class, are Flor
ence, Goldtinder Stonewall, Helene, and
Early Rose. On the same day, in 2.45 class,
are Keystone Maid, Ripton, Lydia X, Ell
wood L., and Sleepy Dave. On the same
day, i'll colt race, are Fearless, Lady Nor
row, and Star, of Cecilton, Md.
ON Friday, in the 2.20 class, are Noltaire,
Scotland, Goldtinder, and Florence. ON
the same day, in til" 30 class, are Key
stone Maid, Eugene t., Eipton, Frank,
Lydia X. Socrates and Gamble Maid. On
the same day, in the DO class are sherman
Morgan, Lancewood, Kate Taylor, Mem
brine Charter, Whiteteld, Rachel. and
Lizzie VI.
This list does not of course include all the
names of the horses entered, but only Il Sc
lection of some Of those that We are ac-
quaintr1 with.
At OXFORD
This Fair will begin on "Wednesday next
and will continue for three days. In their
trotting races there are 30 entries and the
premiums aggregate 5000. Among the
entries we notice the following Cecil county
horses:
On Thursday, in the / minute class, II. C..
Hess, OF Fair Hill, enters Flora Swing; j.
w. Clark, of CecltoR, enters Gipsey; Wal
ter II. Armstrong, of Fair Hill, enters Davy
Copperield. In the 30 class, q. J.. Glenn
son, Elkton, enters Gilt Edge.
On Friday, in the > minute class, j. w.
Clark, of Cecilton, enters Gypsy: j. Price,
E.lkton, enters Tvlu: and W. II. Armstrong
Fair Hill, enters Davy Copperted. On the
same day, in the 10 class, .. =. Clemson,
enters Gilt Edge.
trials Of speed comprise The largest number
of noted trotters ever entered there. BIZ
cycle races, mat ell games of base ball. con-
certs by band and orchestras, and other
amusements, will constitute the best Fall
meeting ever held at Oxford.
AT NEW ARK.
There was large attendance aI Home.
wood Park, on last Saturday afternoon, and
the racing began at , o'clock.
In the first trial of speed the race was
for running horses, best TWO in three, and
five horses We're entered As follows: Kate,
Homer Eeha, Tom. Euckskin. Purse SO,
and Kate won the race with ease
The next trial of speed was for trot,ing
horses, in the 1 minute race. Pure 500
| which WAS won by Patchcn, with Nellie
Bruce second, and Flora swing, third. Time
30
There was no minute race as advertised
and several horses Were put in to match
Lucifer, in Il I'D race Gilt Edge won the
race in three straight heats, with Iuciter
second, Lolu, third, Tolu fourth, Napoleon
fifty, Big Frank sixth, Goodenough seventh.
! Purse So $50 to first; So to second; s. to
third: s. to fourth.
The racing closed at about 6 o'clock, and
large mum Der of Elkton Sportsmen were
present. DR.. Harvey, Of Chester, the gen
tleman who negotiated the sale of Lady
| Kate, a famous trotter belonging to VIM. F.
! Howard, OF this county, when she was
/ bought by Mr.. Broadhead, of Milwaukee,
| Wis, was present, and gave an interesting
! account OF the condition of the mare He
| says that she is very fast for about half a
MILE bat does not make extraordinary speed
/ III trotting Il full mile.
! At wORTON
/ At the Wortou fair in Kent county which
closed on Thursday of last week, there were
four Cecil county horses entered, viz: Gilt
! Edge, navy Coopertield, Star, of Cecilton,
| and Flora Swing, owned by Levi X. Bowen,
I Of Elllton. Gilt Edge won third money i'll
his race. Davy Copperiield, second in his,
/ and Flora Swing and Star, second and third
respectively in the four year old class.
THE MIDDLETOWN FAIR.
/ At the Middletown fair on Thursday the
attendance was very large. The trotting
was good. In the three minute class there
We're four starters. The race was won by
Gamble Maid, of Centreville, Md, time
2.40l4, 2.42, 2.401s. The other heat was
won by Mpton, of Easton, Md. The first
three heats of the 30 race was trotter in
2.3Jl4 2.3134, and 2.31. The later two were
won by Abel Gould, of Middletown, y. j..
and the first by Myrtle of Baltimore, Md
In the 2.24 class Sherman Morgan wa,
entered. He won the first heat in 2.3lI.
} He came in second and Membrino Garter
first in the second heat.
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! Cough remedy made. Price, - cents