The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1883-10-13

DARK CLOUDS AND ocCAsToNAr.DAsHEs
OF RAIN.
More people attended the Fair at Elk
ton on Friday last than was ever seen ON
the grounds, fully twelve thousand souls
being collected within the enclosure. As
we did not reach there until the racing
began, Of course we must first give you
that.
The tap of the judges bell brought to
the wire for colors six horses to contest
in the $50 class. JAS. A. Wilson's Della
ware Boy took the first heat in neat style
with McDowelPs Belle End, Merrifield's
Charlie l.. Bird, McNamara's Florence
Mac 4th, Blake's belmont 9TH and Isaac
Pragg's Rochester 9th. Charlie J.. won
the End, 3rd and 4th heats and race, with
Delaware Boy good second. Belle took
third and Florence Mac fourth moneys.
Time, 2:41, 2:41, 9:39 and 1881.
The second race was the event of the
day, there being five representatives for
honors. McNamara's Mamie Herman
took the LIST heat with Alice Addison at
her sulky wheels when they passed under
the wire, Jack Phillips Orange Boy 3rd,
Harry Holmes Lady Aitkin 4th and Will
ton Greenway's Frolic 5th. From the
first heat the fight narrowed down to
Herman and Addison. The gray mare
seemed to have her trotting harness on.
and after sharp struggles, she succeeded
in capturing the three remaining heats.
Mamie Herman was booked for the win
ner, consequently the boys were made TO
suffer financially. Herman took 2nd
place, Orange Boy 3rd and Frolic and
Lady AitlSin shared equal honors for 4th
position.
The third and last race of the day was
the 2:20 class with three starters, Ike
Shultz, Maud and Mollie Mack. Shultz
had it all his own way for list place, but
the End position was gamely contested by
the two black mares Maud proved the
more level headed of the pair and secured
next best place TO Shultz. Time, 2:3Gt,
2:374 and 1851.
SATURDAYS SPEED CONTESTS
The morning dawned dark and fore
boding. Noon brought no brighter pros
poets for horsemen. Some ram fell but
not enough to prevent the horses from
starting. Six horses donned colors for
the $40 class as follows, Mamie Herman,
Charlie L., Gilt Edge. Maud, Lady Ait
kin and Mambrino Druid. Charlie L.
allowed Herman to win the race in three
heats, although in the first it looked as
though Gilt Edge would score, being at
Kiernan's sull1y when they passed under
the wire. Of course he would not have
been allowed to win as his owners did
not want any such record patched on such
promising horse. Charlie l.. could have
won the race had his driver SO. desired.
but matters were fixed up otherwise, and
he finished End, Gilt Edge Bird and Maud
fourth. Time, 2;365, 1854 and 2:35J.
The second exhibition, 23l class, had
six starters, Ike Shultz. Frank Patchen.
Juno, May Flower, Orange Boy, and
Maud. This race was decidedly interest
ing, being made so by Patchen's trotting,
he beating Shultz under the wire in the
Bird heat, Shultz winning the 1st. End
and 4th heats and the race, the last heat
being won by s3ant nose amidst much
applause. Patchen End, Juno 3rd and
May Flower 4th. Time, 1884, 1884, 9;33l
and 2;34k.
The last race was for 2;24 trotlers and
PAGERS, which brought out two of the
former and one of the latter otonewall,
Lizzie M. and Little Splan. Lizzie NJ.
was backed at odds as the winner of the
first money but she failed to do it after
winning the first heat in fine style. In
this heat Stonewall LETT his feet twice,
but after that he settled down to work
and by his steady strong going proved tC
the audience som1 of his old time speed
The track just suited his feet Time,
1884, $780,, 2;339 and 2;349.
With this race ended the fourth annual
Fairs racing program, which was so adj
mirably carried out with one or two OK.
ceptions. The running races were de.
] ni1oA faat,,pa Of al,
and in all probability next season will
! witness repetition, on more extended
scale, of this new and drawing card al
country fairs.
| LATER POINTS.
A prominent young man who expected
to be up quite late, attending the FAN
ball, concluded to take short nap in the
evening. 1t appears that he slept well
The nap was such one that it lasted till
the ball was over, and he was aroused by
one of the yoIng men entering his room
who had attended the ball The young
man was very much disappointed, and he
quietly slept ON till morning.
We do not believe the Indians took
many scalps, but to judge from the ap.
pearance of several OF the white brethren
they must have been taking "something"
very often.
| A number of Elkton sports dropped
their cash on Friday, betting on the 9:2I
race,
Alice Addison of the 2:3j class, trot ted
as fast as the 2:24 class on Saturday.
Many pound of Arabian gum drops
and quart Of permits were handed to
| the crowd.
Hecker fed all the reporters that came
on the ground.
Many of the exhibits were taken away
on Saturday morning Persons who de-
layed going until the last day missed it
this year.
Hotels reaped rich harvest.
Three young married men, two of them
holding prominent county Offices and the
other an ex-State's Attorney, came near
getting into trouble by testing cake on
Saturday afternoon while The racing was
going on. They each took a slice and
after eating it, one of the trio remarked
that it tasted very good, proposed to sam
pie the remainder. Jus5 about this time
the Secretary of the Association came
along with friend and they too sampled.
The owner OF the sampled cake came in
just after the party had left aud discov-
cred the loss of the cake, and they say it
was rather warm around that immediate
locality for short lia,c The three gem
tiemeE kept very scarce for the rest of
the day.
Senator David Davis was in town Sat
ulday.
Several of our friends ut the Fair Fri
day looked n though they had spent the
night at the ball.
A little child at the fair wanted to
know if the baby angels got the balloons
that went up so high.
Every machine man tried to fly his own
flag and succeeded pretty WELL too.
The candidates for office were around
shaking every mans hand or else whis-
pering honeyed words in his car.
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