Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-13
WAYNEsBORO FAIR.
1t was Great success-NOtes About the
Drought.

Drought.
WAYNEsBORO, Nov. 1O.-The Burke
County Fair, which has Just closed, was
a grand success. The display of fancy
articles was fine. A work of art IN fancy
panel-wOrk inlaid centre table Of 10 diff
ferent kinds of wood, and a whatnOt of 100
different kinds of wood, all made by DIR.
F. Z. Tarver, and raffied for 500, were
admired by all as works of ingenuity.
The fowls of various kinds, Jersey cat
tie, hogs and agricultural displays were
evidences Of our cOunty's great prosperity.
Ihe machinery department was full and
much admired. The exhibition of 90 or
80 colts, county raised, was said to be by
good Judges cTeditable and fine enough
on Thursday between Werner, Remus and
Baritone, ,three-quaTters of mile, best two
in three, was won by Werner. The first two
heats were foul play, or thought
so by the judges, and Baritone was
given a new rider and was rode for life
and death, but to no avail, the third heat
being the same, Werner winning by three
lengths, Remus second. These horses
came from the far West, and are owned
By regular race-hOTsemen, ID. b. Kelly and
party. Werner is a beautiful runner, and
is said to be horse of great speed, max
Ing a half-mile dash in IS seconds. Nor
gan, b. e, entered by ;. Bell, won the
county trOtting purse, 5000, over all his
competitors; and Hancock, entered by w.
5. GOdbee, won the county running race
over Emma. entered by DIR. 5. V. Oliver.
and Timber Jim, by Henry Bell, all of
BUcke. Time :56. Emma was beaten in
the first, heat and Timber Jim was dis
tanced and ruled out. Emma led the
second heat for half a mile and would have
beaten Hancock, but b0lted and ruined it
all. The crowd were clamOrous to have
it tried il over, but this could not be.
The cause of this interest was that Han
cock-a regular trained One-mile race
hOrse-had so close a competitor in En-
ma, a young, unframed horse, being
on the track the first time in
her life, should run so amazingly we'll.
The people wanted to let her beat him if
she could, and they thought she could if
run properly. Hence the sympathy for
her to try it over; but to no avail. Fri
day 6-hOurs gO-as-yOu-please walking
match was walked by John jenkins, of
BelaIr, Ga; J. Z. Mccullough, of this
place, and Samuel McClennan, of this
| place, and a fourth party. No. 4 took
cramp at the third hour and retired.
jenkins, who is a regular professional,
! found a hard time in winning first prize,
/ $50, over our county boy, J. f. McCul-
| lOugh. He got six laps on the latter and
| dogged him till the end. The struggle was
| d hard one, and both men came out of the
| contest almost helpless, Jenkins having
cramped four times, and Mccullough got
| within two laps of being even when he
/ had to stop five minutes and lost four
mOreslaps. The score stood: Jenkins, 33
miles and 6 laps; j. Z. Mccullough, 33
/ miles, and Samuel McClennan, % miles.
/ The county harness trOtting race was
/ Inv Dom BnHFp GiW nnmnnfitnrC
entered by John DOZier. The mile dash race
/ of Remus by Kelly, Lumber Jim by IL. Bell,
and Baritone by @. -. Sheldon, was won
/ bv Remus by 4 lengths, Timber Jim being
/ again distanced. This last named horse
/ is county raised and was never beaten at
any of our fairs before in Burke, and came
up this year with a reputation which he
/ has lost completely, and many regrets
| were expressed at his failure, he beng
! heretofore a great favOrite and beauti-
/ full runner. The scrub race, l mile, best
/ > in 8. between Werner b. z. }, entered by
| G.. ID. Sheldon. Hancock g. g.) by W. 5.
| GOOdbee, and Remus, was won both heats
/ hv Werner by 20 PAGES, Hancock coming
/ in under lash and spur. Werner was uni
| versally regarded as the finest race horse
| ever seen in the county. Maj. wilkins
/ fine blOOded colts Hickory Nut, Musca-
/ tella, and another one (name forgotten },
not long since arrived from Kentucky
| farms. attracted much praise. as they are
| from the finest 2:17 and 2:20 class of stock
| in Kentucky. They will make valuable
horses some day. They took their share
Of prizes and praises of the bystanders.
| The whole fair was a grand success, and
our county is much improved from its good
effects. Every one had a royal good time.
There has not been rain for three
months in Burke county. The dust is in
tOlerable. The crops are almost gathered.
! Our farmers cannot plant their oats and
and they see no prospects TO plant. The
| crop is only about 70 per cent. of an aver
age. Still the cotton gathered has brought
the top of the market, because of the fair
weather and no rain has fallen on any OF
| il. The corn crop is medium.