Wichita eagle., 1886-09-22
THE COUNTY FAIa
Opened Yesterday With a Good
Showing and Encouraging
Results.
Reno Leads the Trc:ting and Rex StrattOn Goes
Under the Wire in the Halr-Mile Dash, Fol-
lowed Closely by Black Jake-PrOgram
For Today.

The seventh annual fair OF Sedgwic
county was opened yesterday at the We:
Wichita fair grounds No small amount c
hard work had been done on the previous da
by the many making entries in orier to &c
their exhibits in position. Yesterday at moo
found things in fairly good condition, bu
entries were being made all day yesterda
which caused some confusion and the book
will not be closed until o'clock this evening
1t is expected that to-day will witness
large addition of exhibits in q number Q
departments. There is considerable spac
already rented by parties who live some dis
tance from the city who it is thought vii
The display of cattle, of which Lafayett
Simpson has control, is pronounced by al
who made the rounds, to be fine One Their
is good number of exhibits and some of tn
finest stock. Mr. II. Smith has a number O
fine Galways on exhibition, and Henr,
Blakely, of Peabody, has eight Short Horn
that were greatly admired. Jacob WeidleiI
has a number of Herefords, and Mr.. Stone
has small herd of Holstein cattle.
Mr. H. c. Boyle has charge of the class o.
horses. His department shows up very nice
! ly Among the number is Brutus a fine
black horse weighing 100 pounds, which i:
owned by Mr.. H. Smith. He has another
fine horse on exhibition which he calls
Joseph, and weighs $50. There are mum
Der of fine stations, yearlings
and mares and colts that attracted consider
able attention. Among the goers are Archie
II, Banner Boy, 'B. T." and Slade.
Mr. Chas. Goodyear has charge of the dis
play of sheep. There is a fair number of his
class already in and more are expected to-
day.
some who have been at the fair every year
to be by far the best that has yet been made.
That department is superintendent by David
Jones. Mr.. j W. Estis & Co., of Andover,
Butler county, have a nice drove of Poland
Chinas. Stewart & Cook have quite a num-
ber of the same kind on exhibition. ''King
Joe" ''China pig which is three years old
and weighs over 800 pounds attracted good
share of attention. If belongs to Mr. o. Nc
Intire.
The poultry department which is in charge
Of Mr.. B. ID. Allen presents good showing.
A large number of varieties are represented
with highly creditable specimens
The display of farm implements is by no
means as good as last year. This class is
by Mr.. Chas. Campbell. The small
showing in this particular line is noticeable.
1t is not caused from lack of machinery in
that line, but the large expense connected
with moving it and keeping it in order while
on..the ground, caused the implement men to
shrink from the task this year. The contin-
uous racket, as the result of running ma
chinery and escaping steam, is missed by the
more regular fair-goers.
Mr.. j. V. Moffit has charge of the mechanic
arts The exhibition in that branch is
thought to be above the average.
The farm and garden display, superin-
tended by Mr.. N. L. Palmer, is thought to
be the best collection ever made in the
county.
One desiring to see the effect of good seed
;own in fertile soil certainly has an excellent
when looking at this collection.
The floral and musical class, as might be
is well represented. Mesdames
D. S. Hersey and NJ. Myers superintend this
department. and the collection is adjudged
oy all to be as good as that of any previous
fair in the county.
Mrs. j. c. Davis has charge of mill fabrics
This class is fairly represented.
The exhibits in bread and pastry are tempt
ng. While they are not out of place to be
ooked at is is a cruciixion of the flesh for
! moderately hungry man to keep hands Off
.Iesdames T. p Martin and d. A. Mitchell
uperintend this class.
Mr.. j. A Featheroff has charge of the mis-
'ellaneous department. 1t supplied as yet with
Medium exhibit, but some more exhibits are
expected to be added today
Mr.. IA. &. Toler manages the speed ring.
lyers, and today a number of additional en-
ries are expected to be made.
The morning hours brought large crowd |
o the grounds. They spent the time looking
It the various exhibits, and in taking in the |
ay of the land generally. Not until the
played very conspicuous part |
Shortly after = O'Clock it was announced |
hat special race had been made up |
t was "a git over the ground |
S you please between two moderately /
Industrious donkeys. One of the loud ponies
o Mr.. Ferry. The money was five dollars
o the winner Both sauntered up under the |
wire in good position, SO delightful in fact |
hat neither could be made anxious to vacate /
!. The whips were applied with all the
trength and vigor of determined drivers
Sithout any perceptabe influence. Mr..
'erry's stock took to grass at the end OF the
rst quarter and nothing but dynamite |
ould have brought him out before he was
aized with an idea of that sort. Finally it |
eing his pleasure he resumed the track and |
fter reaching the home stretch lie walked /
18th a better relish Fisher won the purse
mid loud applause.
The second was a trotting race between
edgwick county colts, three years old and
nder. The heats were mile and winner
louid get the best two out of three The
blowing are the entries: w H. Robinson.
,orenzo: Darratt, Dandy d: B. Benich.
,eno: 7. Newcomb, Albert l., and Dick Tur-
in, Wichita Eagle.
The following show the positions of each at
le end of the heats and the time:
orenzo. ..............3 , .
'andy ID. ...................l ) 3 ) 1
eno ................2 II
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