Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-10-15
COLLIN COUNTY FAIR.
Larger Attendance than on Any Previous
Day-senator Coke Speaks.

Larger Attendance than on Any Previous
Day-senator Coke Speaks.
Special to the Gazette.
MCKINHEI, TEX, Oct. l4.-There was
marked increase in attendance and in
the number Of exhibits to-day. The
schools turned out, making credltable
exhibition. Tomorrow is citizens day
The pr emium for the best COW of any aye
or breed was awarded Strawberry 9TH,
entered by +. M. Houts of Wise; certifl-
cate to e. II. Stiff The premium for the
best Durham cow, three years and over,
was awarded +. NJ Houts; certificate to
e. r. Stiff, e. r. Stiff carried of the
premium for the best bull, two years and
over. The premium for the best herd Of
fat cattle, five head or more, the COM
mittee decided should go to II. NJ. Houts,
while the president, Il, r. Stiff, gracefully
announced that he was the victim
Of the certificate, j, M. Houts
OF Wise captured the premium for the
best bull with his imported bull Wilfred,
No. 20, 1916. For the best Hereford COW,
Strawberry, 9Th, No. l9,l57, was
awarded the premium. For the best
Durham bull, three years and over t,
Sampson, owned by W. r. Buckley, came
in, while Grover Cleveland, fine bull Of
one year, showed his strain by taking the
flrst premium for that class.
+. M. Hill was awarded the premium
for the best pair OF mules. The premium
for the best mule colt was awarded to
w. c. Robinson; certificate to John
Martin.
The best bull sweepstake premium
was awarded TO Il. M. Houts certificate to
w. b. Buckley. In this contest one was
Hereford and the other Durham. Both
were magnificent animals. The Hereford
won.
The premium for the best jack was
awarded to Brown; certificate to Boyd
Plemmons.
The premium for the best iennet was
awarded TO j. A. Massie.
In the third race, trotting, best two out
of three, the entries were: Reno, De-
fiance and CAsco. Reno won; Defiance,
second. Time, 2;40, 2;85a.
In the fourth race, one-half mile dash,
best two in three, there were four entries
Trix, by j. w. Pershon; Shirley, by Jes-
sic Shsin; Adventurer, by j. B. Stiff;
Guadalupe, by M. G. HGyerty. Trix won
Time, 5la, 81.
In the mile dash, there three entries
Miss Cleveland, entered by w. j. Raves
Arabian Night, by f. Emerson, and
Daisy, by Jessie Shain. Miss Cleveland
won; Arabian Night, second. Time, l ;5l
Hon. Richard Coke addressed the citi
zens of Collin county at the fair ground,
this afternoon. His speech was In full
accord with the reports heretofore pub
lished in THE GAZETTE. 1t was decided,
aud took no middle grounds as 10 the De
mocracy and its assailants. He made 8
strong argument for his hearers TO stanu
by the nominees Of the Democratic party
in convention, and whoever opposes
them stabs the Democratic party in the
back In the interest OF Republicans. Tbi;
portion of his speech was particularly
applicable to this county, where the nomi
nees of the regular Democracy are OPP
posed, and the way the gray heads np'
plauded the words did not fall on unap
preciative ears. II was strong Demo
cratic talk, and will be attended with I
marked effect The senator evidently en-
Joys fine horses and a race with the hes
OF the boys.