Evening journal., 1888-10-11
THE WILMINGTON FAIR.
The Second Days Exhibition
and Sport.
SEVERAL GOOD HORSE RACES.


The second day Of Wilmington Faii
opened auspiciously yesterday. Thous
ands of persons were on the grounds ans
tho Wilmington and Northern Railroad
was taxed to its utmost in handling The
passengers An estimate places The
crowd at 10, 600 persons The grand stanc
was filed at all the racing events, by Al
attentive crowd All the races werl
closely contested.
me JUNIOR Board OF the Homeopathi,
Hospital reports that the crowd at dinner
was immense, and they had their hands
full for two solid hours
The stands sold q great deal and th,
fakirs made more The rules of the asso
citation say: No pools sold, and M
wheel Of fortune, betting, gambling Of
any kind allowed Any vic
Iation OF this rule #* win be pun
ished by forfeiture Of all moneys paid the
association and expulsion from the
grounds. Several games Of chance yes.
ferday brought their owners pile Of
money two men lost 900 at one Of the
miniature striking boards, where the
prize at best was almost valueless.
A fakir who had a stand near the
fence, had novel way Of making money
Several circular dishes were thrown in a
trough. and if they covered up q circle
marked therein the thrower was awarded
aprize as per mark. Few prizes were
won. hut the superintendent Of the
stand had fight with an abusive out
siaer special officer near by took no
account Of the dispute.
In Yesterdays EVENING JOURNAL, in
describing A. c. Yates & Company's ex-
hibit an error was made The exhibit is
made in the western part Of the main
building.
The main building was packed all day
yesterday with spectators, and the de-
partment Of pickles and pastry was one
Of the fayorites.
The floral exhibits attracted a great
deal Of attention.
Hyatt's Military Band discourses music
on each day of the fair and is giving sat
isfaetion.
Mrs. John Brown will give piano recit-
ais at the fair on the Hszleton Grand
piano, exhibited by G. W. Kennedy &
Companw.
l. D. Philips & Son have presented the
Junior Board Of the Homeopathic Hos
pital with a large bower Of flowers, which
Hin be put up in the restaurant
Tho nis@Qnd State Iron Company will
slut down on Saturusv to allow its work
men To take in tho fair.
Several talentented young women, yes.
terday played popular melodies on the
pianos in the main building. The we'll
known ch.s-n "Reddv Get Your Hair
Dyed was appreciated by the school
children. g . --....-
The fair has been singularly fortunate
in furnishing the spectators with the
best races Oh the circuit. There has been
some os the closest contests during the
races ever seen upon any fair grounds
The management deserve especial credit
for the way the races have been managed
The heats have moved along smoothly
and there has been little If any friction.
Shortly after 10 o'clock the 2. 30 pacing
race unfinished Tuesday was called and
the heat and race was won BY Joker with
Happy Russell second and Ace of Dia-
monds third Time 2 229t
The 2 "a class was the next event for
purse Of $500 There were eight entries
and four starters Belle Of York Wash
Woodruff; Merriment, w. Coylle; 10y
atty. j Eysinger; Rosa X, b. Dudwig,
Loyalty was an easy winner in this race,
taking the thleo straight heats in a
York, an old faYorite, second. The
score.
Belle Of York. k.................... .......s 2
Merriment. ...............+..s...-....3 3 3
loyalty .... ..... ..st44,t.... ......s....-.l
Rosa X. ....,.......... ?
The next event was the best of the
afternoon Daylight could hardly be seen
between the three horses that remained
on the track to the finish York
town Belle. the winner, has been a
favorite on the Peninsula tracks for sew
egaI years The race was Of the q "a
class and for purse Of $500. There
We're six entries and four starters: Deco
rater. A. j. Haws; Katie NJ, Wash Wood
ruff: Yorktown Belle, j. H. Phillips Fred
Medium, Charles B. Meyers Yorktown
Belle won In three straight heats with
Fred Medium second and Kate NJ third
Decorator was not in good condition and
was drawn after the first heat The
score:
Yorktown Belle .........a .a........ ia
Fred Medium. ............... ...4.....3 2
Katie NJ .s..+s.. i. l.......4.. ..44.44.4...4.2
Decorator. Observation-Disclosures. dis.
Time, 22s, 2all4. ssss4
There were fifteen entries and six
starters in the next race, the 2 40 class. for
a purse Of $500. They were Honest
John G. Percy, Hoosic Falls, N. Y.
Charlie Allen, A. H. Tyson, Chester; Nut
Hunter, Joseph Bader, Jr, Philadelphia;
Gypsy Girl, A. Wilson. Newark Pur-
ity, Brooke Ludwig, Shellington, Pa.
When this race commenced there
was some little difficulty in
clearing the track A large number had
purchased tickets for the quarter stretch
and when the six horses attempted 10
score they could not do so owing
to the crowd, and Marshal Ma
haffy ordered the track cleared. The
crowd loudly demurred, but Mr. Mahaffy
was acting strictly within the rules which
require the track to be clear during heat.
Persons purchasing quarter stretch tick
cts are entitled, however, TO use the track
between heats The race, like its prede.
cessors was good one. the horses all
keeping in a bunch, with the exception
of Gypsy Girl who was withdrawn after
the second heat. Charlie Allen came ia
running on the first heat and 1t was given
10 Honest John. Charlie Allen, however
won the next three The second heat was
very pretty one, Allen only passing Hon
est John by a neck.
The score was:
Charlie Allen. ...........4...+...-....2
Honest John. .s-.- ..................l
Mischief. .--..4...s ..................3
Purity. y.....4.+.. ..............-........4 6
Nut Hunter ........ .............5 IS 3 3
Timc~S34l4. 2s414. ss5s4. sas. ~
The breeders race did not amount t
much. The starters were Brown Cedar
Maple Valley stock farm, and Jim Ben
owned bv T. II MeCov Brown Ceda