Daily Republican., 1888-10-13
uOUHrn DAY Or EaE rA1z.
Even . mad Day Brings Out From
5000 ta 10000 Psopls-FhS AMsr-
noOn Mnasa-Who Get the REsmiuma,

Even . mad Day Brinks Out From
5000 eu I0,1OO Psopis-Fhs AMsr-
nous Rness-who Get the REsmiuma.
II took all forenoon yesterday 10 get
everything In shape and to bring the
fair out from the rain OF the night bs
fore, By noon, however, the rAoo course
began to dry mp, the clouds partially
broke away and the sun lent its aid to
set things strAiRht. Al O'Clock there
WAS . Lively stream Of humanity pour.
ling In through the four entrance RAtes
and the managers began to smile again.
Before they thought they could afford to
have one bad day without overcoming
the great success OF the fair on the three
previous days, but now they began TO
realise that even yesterday was 10 be
no losing day, and when by evening
they found that from 5000 20 10000
ipt ople had pAtroniEed the fair during
the day their congratulations were sim
oere and hearty.
II WAS between 2 and O'Clock when
the bicycle races commenced, and still
the track was very heavy. The "bcys,"
however, did the best t6oy could, aud
as Was expected no fast records were
broken.
The 6rst event Was the one mile race,
for which there had been eight entries,
bat there were only three starters: 8.
Wallis MerEiheW, WilmlnatOn Wheel
Club; W. J. Wilhelm, Reading Bicycle
Club, and u J. HAlsteAd, New York
Athletic Club. wilhelm LED of, but
the right pedal Of his maohine breaking
on the last lap, he had to stop. Hal
stead was then leading MerTihew, but
getting into . muddy place, the latter
lpAssed him aud came In hrst, little
Delaware beating ths great States Of
Pennsylvania aud New Yvrk. Time,
4075<.
The one mile thres-mInute GLASS was
Q much more interesting gpurt, and
bettar time WAS made. Dat Of thirteen
entries the folio wing started:
George Boheelo, Reading Bicycle
Club; A A. Zimmerman, Freehold, N.
j.; NJ. X, OrenBhAw, Washington Bl.
lcyole Club; 8. Wallis MerriheW, VIII
minRtoa Wheel Club; B. Frank Mo.
Daniel, Wilmington Wheel Olub. and
b. ID. Ludwig. Honeybrook RAmblera.
MerrIheW seemed 70 have the aymlA.
thy of ths crowd from the start and
took the lead. He was very CLOSELY
pushed by LudW but he maintained
the lead and came in the winner, Della
ware again ahead OF Psnnsy lVAnia,
New Jersey and the DtSIlot Of o0lum
Dlhs Time, hb4H'
The thFeamile iAp race created quite
. feeling Of interest, the people seb,ing
warmed up and excited as the WheelorA
dashed around the course like 6ylnR
stseds. Fer this thers were six entries,
but only Mcdaniel, MerrlheW and Will
hem ma; A;eriAliHed on the track. Will
helm, who uses . Star mAohine, darted
out ahead. Mcdaniel dToppyd out ut
the end of the 6TBt lap, and the race
wAs left between Wilhelm and MeIrl.
heW. Flrat Ons and then the other took
the lead and the crowd cheered the
leading man,
/. In the fourth lisp Msrtihew WAS ahead
and leading in fne style. In the hfth
frst one and thep the other was in the
lead, but In the sixth MerrlheW some'
how got "rAttled," and fell bahiud, let.
ting Wilhelm In ahead In Is mlnateA
and "A s.oonds. This WAS the hrst race
of the day In which Delaware got left.
{ The half mile open race was oon
G tested By Wilhelm, HAlsteAd and Mer.
lrIheW. The Delaware man started ell
! right, but could not keep his lead and
came In third wilhelm winning IL
: l.46H.
Thers we're Ave starters in the two
Imile 6 20 GLASS, Boheele protested
against MsFtlheW entering the race, 81
he had q better record than $40, and
the latter Vas compelled TO enter ubdel
1n.asest. Tue following were the en-
tries Ans tue order - the enc OF th'
firBt lap: Merrihew, nu>- zig nc, S.
Daniel, Zimmerman, Schsele, ana -.
came was the order at the hnish, exoepi
that Ludwig had dropped out Time
fFst mile, 4 90; at hntsh, 8 O41f
Hohoele won the one mile consolation
race over OrsnAhAw In 10. This ended
the bioy ole racing, and then the horss
racing o9lS menoed, but the track Wal
still In very bad condition.
The fret race WAS tho unfinished
wagon race OF the day before, when one
heat had been Tun. It took hVe more
heAtA 70 finish the race. Dexter, Hay
den's horse, took first money; Harry o.,
second; Lady r third.
The only other race Of the day waS
the 2.37 class Of trotters. There were
thirteen entries for this class, but only
: seven started, - follows:
Honest John, g, W. Percy, HoosiC
. Falls, N. Y; Glitter, Pleasant Valley
. Stock FARM Country Boy, Brooke Lud-
wig, ShlllinRton, Pa; Camille, j. BY
OoVille, 5chsneO'Ady, N. Z.
Honest John won three straight heats
0 silly, and took first money; Glitter,
second; JurA, third.
1t is q matter of note that Of ell the
races thus far the wagon race in the
af ernnOn was the only one in which q
ID ,lAWAre horse took part
The Il lloWilg ere more Of the pre-
mi anna AWarted during the fair:
HORSES.
Thoroughbred stations, Joseph
RhoAds, John Krouss, each hrst pre-
mium; q. W. PoulIon, second. Stand.
ard bred stAIlions, ID. b. Emory, fiat
. George d. WetheIill, second; John P,
Croker, frat 8. O Allen, second; Olai
: Potit, j. v. N. Willis, each 9 hrat;
I George W. Baldwin, second; DE-. j. @,
Mccoy, first. Fer best brood marc with
] foAl at side, R J. Morrison, Arst; DR.,
J. o. Mccoy, second; DR.. j. O. Mccoy,
Z hrst for brood mare over 4 years, and
! first for mare between 5 and 4 years.
For nllies, Dr.. J. c. Mccoy, two irsts,
George ID. WetheFill, seoondi for mare
! with two oolEs, DIR. ]. O. Mccoy first
: aud hEst for stallion with three Of his
: get.
General utility horses-WilliAm h.
KlaIe, marc and colt, hrst; U. DanshAr,
second; Thomas B. Flemming, first; for
oily, Robert Porter, Two hrsts; John 8.
IPatttdemAnRO. bQ01pu; for stallion,