Daily Republican., 1888-10-12
The GREAT FAIR.
10000 PR0PLn YESTERDAY sH1v.
HREO IN rhE GOLD BLASTS
TO SEE rHE sIHHrs.
rns German Singers the Great Attrao-
tlOn-BlsIols Riders Try Thsir NET.
tls-lhO EsAoos--Prsmlums bv
HuhdFsds-A success,

When the clouds, the occasional raj
showers and the dArkness hastened Of
the twilight yesterday, the third day 0
the great Wilmington Agricultural FAi
cioatd, 1t was satisfactory In every re
upeot except the weather. In this rs
epeot the highest prtmium should b.
awarded As the uRlieBt and most dis
aRreeabie day shat could well be cou
oeived. Il didn't snow and Il didn5
rain very muob, and these were Abou
the only Redeeming tTaitl for day thu
brought out 20, 900 people TO sse wha
Wilmington and New CASTLE Count
conld DO when they got reused ur.
HAd the day been agreeable the At
tendanos would no doubt have run nj
10 81. 600. The way the people Bhiverei
In the grand stand and orouohed around
every imaginable friendly shelter would
have drawn sympalhy from Q heart o.
rock, The exhibition building, the an
nexee, the tents and the IaItAurant were
or0W all the time Aa the most oon
Portable places Of shelter from the eold
The lAdiea who carried on the restaurant
for the benefit Of the Homm Dpathio Hos
pital we're the happiest persons on ths
ground, ~ they Teaped = rich harvest
from the demand for hot dInn0EB, hot
conee ana everything else thAt could be
Idished out hO'.
A. 10 O'Clock the races and the real
fun OF the DAY commenced, and be-
tween the bicycle men, the German
elnRers, the RingRold brass band and
sue horse races everything was kept in
lA lively condition all the afternoon.
Amongst the things that were missed
yesterday we're the gamblers.
The man with ths mallet and tilt
lever, she man with the pin wheel aud
the man with his nickel clocks and
regi.teEing wheels Wers all conspicuous
By their absence. The managers booted
them out, and had they served the man
with the plates pitched like uuuits
similAFly. they would have been en-.
titled 90 still moro thanks.
The hrst Eacs OF the day was the one
mtle bicycle novice for two handsome
badges. There were thirteen en- tries for
thls race, but only nins started, as
follow: Arthur Hadley, Kennstt
Squares ID Oliver, Tioga Athletic Club;
CHARLES r. uldin, Reading; 2. H. Lof.
land, j. ID. Kurtz. Jr., George 8. Moore,
Clarence Elliott, Thomas u. Jeferls'
Guldin, who rode Star machine, took
the lead and won, with KuFis second,
Oliver third and Elliott fourth. Time,
3.28X.
Then came the half mile dash for the
championship Of Delaware, for which
the following Oontended: Victor r
Pyle, b Frank Mcdaniel, Albert JET
ferris and q. n. Gregg, ali of the vii.
minRtOn Wheel CLUB, competed. The
race was very light between Pyle and
Mcdaniel. The latter, however, won
with Pyle second, Gregg third and JET.
ferris fourth. Time, 1 84J<
The next race on the program WAS
the one mile Rover Safety rAos, in
which 1here we're only three stArterF,
Elliott, MeDAnial and o. 8. Phillips.
Phillips won the race, Mo Daniel coming
IN second.
The 8 80 class mile rAcs next folio wed
With ten starters. j. d. Kurtz set the |
pace and LED on the frat lap. He could |
not, however, keep up his rapid rate,
and WAS pAsBed by Mcdaniel. In the |
second lap Guldin and Pyle took bad
headers 9uldin had good chance Of
winning and the aooident Was unfor.
tunAte. Mcdaniel won, Kurtz second |
and Seeds tSird. The above three are
members OF the Wilmington Wheel
Club. Time, 3.37.
In the intervals between the raoes, In
desd almost continuously during the
afternoon the RinRold band and the
German singing societies kept up . con.
stant volume Of music. Sometimes one
society would siDg alone and then all
Join in oonoert in mighty thunder Of
ohoIuaeB. Some OF the trOttinR races
were inteTjscled In the general proceed
ings 70 give spice and variety. This
hEst selection was rendered by the Della
ware SAenPerbund OF Wilmington, led
by Professor O. b. RhoAds. 6eleolions
were then given by the societies Of Ian
Oa aater. led by Professor Metz. those Of
Philadelphia led by Professor Kunsler,
and Of Reading, led by Professor Jost.
The several societies then combined,
and under the diehotion OF Professor
Metz sang I'D II WAld." All the seIeo.
lions we're rscsived with great applause
by the vast audience which filled the
grand BtRud.
For he accommodates OF the rspOF.
iers PfofestUr o. B. Rhoads requested
The erection OF stand in front OF the
grand stand, Wtioh was done.
The hrst dash was for the 260 class
md q purse OF $500. jesse d of Cult {
Mills, Pa, won fret money in three
ItFAight heats, "HudBon r" Hl win, Pa,
and flames 8 , Shillington,
Pa, third. Time 3 AZ, 342. 241.
The next race was FOR the az GLASS
or which thers we're II entries but ouly &
started. The race was close aud ex-
Ilting and took six heats TO decide
Louie r " JohnstoWp, Pa, won first
money; "Lsdy Linda" BbilliUgtoR, Pa. '
eoond aud "5lespy Chief" PlilAdel- >
IhiA, Pa, third. b
For the 80 pacing race there were b
Iine entries aud sig starters. 0ale D., d
took Arss moleyi VIII
ard, OolmAr, Pa second, and Joker, 1
philadelphia, third. q
In the minute wagon race there were c
We entries aud four Arters as folloWB: .
Dexter, M. II. Hayden; Lady b j. 7. d
1lliOtt; Ehie NJ, W. G. MAhhffg; barry b
i, H. o. MAhAffy. All the starters were Q
rom this city. Only ona heat WAS d
nished aud Was won by Lsdy r. In
OK The raoa will bs concluded. p
Following this race came Anoh1F bi q
yce race for the Eve. mtle champion.
bip Of the Peninsula took plAes. The q
sAiters were Albert JtffsFip, G.. M.
IreRR, Victor r Pyle, B. Fennk Mo a
'sniel, Thomas r. JeffsrIs and Clarence L
illiOtt. Mcdaniel came in drst. Pyle n
suond and JtffeTls third. Jefferis met K
Itth . header which prevented him o.
ON taking At least second place. The .
me WAS 10 minutes and 81 seconds. Z
his ended the races for the day. y
The following awards OF premiums 10
OF before published In the REPUBLI o.
AN were made yesterday: T
Glass No. 2-Bsst display wax flowers Il
nd fruits. Misses DjnAhos and Hay. II
ani wax oyster luuoh, Misses DonAhos o.
"a Hayden; Vase Of wax fruit, Mrs. P
IoOoy, Wilmingtoni waEelIne anchor, ol