The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-08

Closes Friday with nm Attendance Of About
Two ThOusa d,

Closes Friday with nm Attendance Of About
Two Thousa Il.
The attendance Wednesday was quite
good, Interest b1ing especial y centercd
Ia the races. The track was In bad
shppe, being covered with nr inches of
dust. In the bicycle parade l05 wheels
we're In line, The attendance to-day Is
fully 10000
In taking the round to soc the stock, u
pair OF great Durham heifers Of Mr.,
Reeder, OF Marlb0r attracts attention,
IN did many other liue animals Of the
Durham breed, The H0lsteins are also
we'll rep' esented, and the Jerseys Of our
friend FJx, OF Washington township,
are always interesting, Two or three
bulls weigh some 2 300 pounds Mr..
Haman B0rdner's short horn cows and
calves are worth looking at,
The dlaplay Of sheep Is extensive, the
various breeds being well represented.
or hogs, too. there IL big show, In
act the display OF stock IL far greater
than ever before, and many new stalls
had to DO erected.
Among the 1ne horses entered we spec.
tally noticed those OF Mr. Sennock, OF
Masslllon;,, OF Mr.. To0mey, OF Canal
Dover; OF Mr.. Jacob Spldel, OF Canton;
David Richards, OF Bethlehem township,
has several Ane specimens OF horse flesh
entered and no has Peter GRADER, OF
Plain; A. d, VOlkmcr, OF Massllon, has
his blooded Hambletonlan stallion en-
tered, also o matched team OF mares and
u pair Of geldings.
The Irish potato Ia on exhibition In
extensive and attractive display, To
realize and appreciate they must be
seen.
Some fine specimens of Jersey .weet
potatoes raised by Mr., John Gibbs on his
farm, a mile from the city, are to be-
seen. Mr. Gibbs claims that these can
be- raised here as we'll az In New Jersey
by proper manag ment.
The old mems spelling contest came
OIL yesterday afternoon, only four en-
gaging, namely; Geo, w. HenniDg, JOS
eph 0berlin, A, POntlus and Joseph
Bucher. The two prizes we're u 0ne hat
and u, big pumpkin; Mr. Bucher got the
hat aud Mr., Henning the big pumpkin,
Mrs, ", W. Mtnly's pOotical prOdnc'
tiOn entitled, Baby Latay" was award
cd the Ane hat Mrs, Manly isa Canton
lady.
Miss WeImer's four portraits In pas
telle, hanging on the west eni OF Art
Hall, are worth looking At. One IL Of
Mayer RaS and the other three are of
little girls.
The baby contest Of course was duly
attended, and the girl baby that got the
prize carriage Is q daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs, william Black, and the handsome
boy baby that got the cloak is the son
Of Mr.. aud Mrs, John Il R'x. May the
babies live long and prosper.
RESULT on THE RACES,
The double team, free for oil, combl-
nation trottIng aud pacing race was
contested for by Goldberg Bros aud M.
nemaker's team, Chestnut Dan and
Painter Boy, BDyllss and Carey's team,
and DR.. Catlln's team. The first named
won In three straight heats; time 1907,
1857, 1855.
The bicycle races resulted as follows:
Boys race-Arvlne Wales, Massillon,
crank machine, first; time 150, silver
medal; George Meyers, Canton, crank,
second, bicycle belt.
Mile county race-W, II. Bachert, Can.
ton, crank, first, time 3:3l9i gold medal
O. NJ. Atwater, Massillon, Star machine,
secc nd, silver medal.
Three mile county rfcs-W. II. Bach
ert, crank, first, time 1859, gold medal
George EySter, Canton, Star, second, sil'
yer medal.
Novice half mile race George Par
sons, Canton, Star, Arst, time l43, bicy
Gle lamp; Theodore Clark, Canton, Star
second, luggage carrier.
Five mie free fJr'all amateurs
Charles II. KIinge, New Jersey, crank
flrst, time 1929 10, gold medal W. II
Bachert, crank, second, time 1924, silver
medal; John Kerch, Canal Dover, crank
third, silver medal.
Fully twenty thousand people visited
the Fair Thursday, and without doubt
II was the greatest day In the history Of
the Stark County Agricul ural Society
Masses OF people packed the grounds
everywhere, the buildings were filled
with q moving stream Of humanity and
vehicles Of oil descriptions, fully three
thousand In number, were on tho fall
grounds. All day long the multitude
viewed the varied and attractive exhib
its and the universal verdict OF oil wat
that the Fair equalled, II not excelled
many State fairs.
THE PACING RACE
One Of the principal attractions Of
Thureday was the DaOinN rnOe In tho n Il