Evening journal., 1888-09-28
BIG THURSDAY.
Great Crowds Attend the state Fnir.
some Excellent Races.

Some Excellent Races.
Special Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, September 27.--Such a
crowd as attended the state fair to-day
Never in the history Of the association
has there been one like it. Long before
daylight teams Of all manner and descrip.
tion commenced TO pour into the town from
the surrounding country until there were
SO many in the fair enclosure that the
hitching arrangements were exhausted
Thursday is the day usually devoted to
visitors from Sussex and yesterday the
land Of sand and pine trees did its duty
nobly. The first train from Harrington
arriving at z O6 was crowded aud every
train that followed come In with the men
and boys hanging on to the platform.
AT 12 o'clock there were fully 5000 visi-
tors on hand that had come by rail. When
the races commenced the crowd was esti-
mated by the managers to be at least
Is. 600.
II was such a good natured, orderly
crowd, too. In all that immense crowd
Of $1,000 people there was only one
drunken man that caused any trouble
Politicians were there from ali parts OF
the state, and Wilmington sent her
quota Politics were discussed Ia all
parts Of the ground. The Kent county
Republican convention attracted consid
erable attention and when the ticket
was known there was some pretty eiTec
tive work done for It.
Considerable excitement was created
during the races by a little colored boy
falling from fence and hurting himself
severely He was carried into the town
and medical attendance rendered. When
evening came the excitement in getting
the crowd away at the fair grounds depot
was great The people piled Ia the cars
regardless Of sex, color or previous
condition By s o'clock however. all
that We're going to leave were away In
4 the hotels not room eonld be secured
and private houses were crowded with
visitors The handsome dining room Of
/ Hotel Richardson presented scene Of
brillianca, wit and beauty III the
evening The young ladies and gentle
men from all parts Of the state
were present, and never has Delaware s
best society been better represented The
dressing of the young ladies' was excel
lent. Most Of the ladies present were
from Kent and Sussex, and the gentle
men came from all parts of the state, d
number being from Wilmington. Mr.
and Mrs A. B. Richardson did everything
in their power to make things pleasant
for the guests and succeeded as usual.
The game Of base ball after dinner at
traeted an immense crowd. Il was
contest for supremacy OF Kent county
and both teams fought like "Trogans.
1t was a pitchers game, and the result
hung in the balance when the last mar
was out. The following is the score BY
innings.
Milford 53ESTd dd.......'...SS ...S 9 g.
Struck out-by Hodson, :, by Sprogue 4
left on bases Dover, Z; Milford, 3; double
plays-Dover, i; Milford. i; base on balls
Dover. 3; Milford, !; time of game-l hour anC
= minutes; Umpire-Mr. Scott Of Seaford.
When the game closed the races wer,
called and If not to be behind in their
duty the horses like the people, strove tc
make the day success, aud the best
races ever seen on the track took place.
The last race of the day between Bolton
Ida and Grover G.. contesting in the best
race ever in the state. The time . q
has never been equaled on any track on
the Peninsula The judges for the race.
were d. Wood Martin. Philadelphia
starting Judge H. c Mahaffy. Whining
ton; David Reis, kenton. and Albert A
Watson Of Dover, clerks. The races were
as follows
II was about / 30 o'clock when the 9. 30
race was called, and ont OF twenty three
entries only six horses came to the scratch
as follows: | \ L, jefferson L. Foard.
Dover Matte Morgan, William II. Dut-
ton, Lincoln; Administrators, Z. r. Coch-
ran, Middletown. Charles Dickens. G.
Scattergood. Philadelphia: COLOMBIA. J..
\ B. Green, Philadelphia; Bob Shaw. Be
delle q Shaw, Jersey City. TX L was a
decided favorite and in his failure to win
the race took many dollars from Dover
pockets Summary
/ Bob shaw ........4................. 9
y T.. y. .....-,-... ..t-.-s.....4.......2
Charles Dickens. ......................6 8 I
Colombia. 4 dis
/ Matte Morgan. n......................5 3 a
Time, 2.4f4, 2.sSl4, e.a2ss, 2.s3.
The second race, the 2.27 class had
/ twelve entries and four starters az fol.
lows; Bergen, Bedell & johnson,
Jersey City; Allen H., Jobe & Hops,
Baltimore; Loue r., A. ]. Hans. John
stown, Pa, st. Elmo, H. D. Ernest,
| Buffalo. Summary.
| Bergen en....... al
/ st. Elmo. O........................ 3 I
| Allen ii ....-..... ........... 4 4
/ Loue R............... r. . dis
i llne' 5.@l54 224, 2.294, 2.26A.
The ?. 20 pacing class had three start
ers out of eight entries as follows: Bel
ton, John +. Goodwin, Church Hill Nd.
Grover c., William Conley. Baltimore
Little Ida, II. D. Ernest. Buffalo. n. Y
This was generally conceded beautiful
race all around. The race was then post
poned until tomorrow at 1870 o'clock.
summary;
/ BeitOn. ...... ......... 4.. I 3 B
/ Ida ...................... 2
Time, s-ssl4, 2.e5, 2.ssts. s2o.
The last race. the one mile running
class, was very exciting and closely run
In the third heat Effie Hardy won by
what one Of the judges called an ''eyelid
length, but to the crowd it seemed the
other way. Summary:
Efiie Hardy y............. ? 1
ROsette.. ............ / 2
Pat Daily. ily.................. z 3dis
BLACK Prince ..........-.... - dis
Time, LIN. l.5S, 1855.
Indian Association.
The Womens Indian Association Of
this city will meet in regular session for
the first time this season at Mrs. George
s. Capelle's residence, No. 1901 West
street ON Monday next at $50 p. m.
The Pleasant Valley Wine Company's
Champagne is undoubtedly the best
American wine in this market. P.
Plunkett, Nos 10S and 10 Market
Street.