Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1889-10-02

OPENED WITH GOOD ATTENDANCE
AND FINE WEATHER.

Unusually Good-The sta ter Is Courte-
Gus and Emciont.
Special correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Oct. 2.--The gates at Fairview
park we're thrown open yesterday morn
ing and the twelfth annual exhibition Of
the Delaware State Agricultural Society
| formerly opened. The first day of the
State Fair is always "Children's Day"
aud this brings the children out in force.
| They we're there yesterday though the
| clouds did not roll away till noon and 1t
had rained most dismally up till that
time. The afternoon however was pleas
ant and for first day" the attendance
may be set down as fair.
| The visitor who expects to see the
effects of the decidedly bad seasons the
| Peninsula farmers and fruit growers have
suffered when he comes here this week,
| will be agreeably surprised to find him.
| self mistaken. He will not see in the
| fruit and cereal DEPARTMENTS that's set
| tied, for here the present exhibit speaks
| of nothing but the most prolific yield of
everything, and everything of the largest
and best. The building is full every foot
| Of space occupied and all who visited it
yesterday were unbouuded in their praise
| OF both exhibitors and managers John
| H. Jakes of Wyoming has an especially
large and fine exhibit here.
| a unique exhibit that will attract
attention here is that Of John e.
| Potts Of Little Creek "a terrapin
farmer is Mr. Potts, that is be raises
terrapns for the city market, and he has
here a cage made in shape Of steamboat,
| divided of into cells, and each cell con
tains a healthy looking terrapin. The
sides Of the building are lined with grain
aud vegetables Of all kinds and of the
| very best quality.
In the first annex adjoining are the ex
hibits Of T. X. Jones q Bro fancy sheet
iron and stoves. and that of Kennedy,
the musical instrument man of Will.
mington. The w. G. T u booth is also
in this building, and Temperance litera-
ture flowers and good-looking ladies pre-
dominate in the booth Above is the Art
Gallery and many of the amateur paint
ers and sketch artists who have been ex-
hibiting here have nothing to be ashamed
Of. The Poultry department is also now
in an annex of this building and is we'll
stocked with fancy fowls.
The sheep and hog department comes
next, aud is filed Then the blooded cat
tie, and there are more of the latter here
this year than ever before. The Della.
ware State Fair is noted for its cattle
display always, and in number and
quality it is tits year way ahead of its
record. Frank Maloney has here pair
of twin calves, about the handsomest
thing in the calf line person would find
anywhere Raymond Taylor shows 6
handsome pair Of white oxen, E Packard
has a herd Of Guernsey Then there
are short horns, Ayreshires, Hol
stems and Jerseys, all round mos
d of them Of Kent county exhibitors but o.
0 d. Blunt of Montgomery county, Md.
, | takes the cake for the largest single
5 herd as we'll as for the largest bull, thu
o monarch of his herd being a Mammoth
Y The fancy horse flesh of Kent county i
d here also in abundance and the stalls Of
/ the buildings devoted to this line Of ex
hibits are all filed. George A. Millingtor
Y OF Dover, presents a superb string 0
= standard bred animals headed BY Bene
p factor, a four.year old stallion from tn
famous Palo Alto farm of Leland Stan
a ford The children of this animal ar
noted on race courses all over TIN
= country and he had many admiring visi
:, tors yesterday.
= The ladies' building, where the cakes
q preserves and handiwork generally Of tn
= fair sex Is on exhibition, is well filled an
y many things of beauty are here to b
. found. The awarding committee vii
get to work here this morning and the
the best of what to the uninitiated look
K all best can be singled out.
2 At o'clock the large flag in the centr
Of the trotting course was run up an
A. T. Wood Martin of Philadelphia, wit
y his assistant, Harry Mahaffy of Whining
ton, and David Reese of Kenton, too
p their place in the judges stand. Al
: interest of course, conferred here for til
> remainder of the afternoon.
The first race was for Kent count
u horses, purse 800, and there were seve
IL starters. Doc, gray gelding, owned b,
L. DR. J. NJ. Twilley of Dover, won in tire
straight heats, with 5 and E. owned b
Samuel Graham Of Camden, second an
Annie G, owned by Jacob Lewis, third
y Time, 2 $50 4S and 2 49e
I. The colt race for purse Of $780, cam
Y next with only two starters, and was b
a odds the most interesting of the day
.. Twist, year.old FLY, owned b
y Thomas Marshall, Jr, Of Pittsburg, woI
y His opponent, Happy Bee, brown fill
~ 2-year-old owned BY Il. b. Emory, Gen
Y treville, Md made splendid fight fo
e Il and did the very prettiest work see
: here for many years. She went roun
the track in the three heats without
= single skip and under the wire in u
Il last in very close shave to 2 80 Thi
"a for a two -year-old on track pranced a
" least four seconds slow on account Of il
heaviness, will size up with the best
40 the country The time in the last hei
:. Of this race was the best made yesterda
70 Twist taking the last heat in ?. 29t
~ The q 30 class race. purse $500, can
~ next and this also had but two starter
~ Richard Wilkes. owned by w. H. Eva
f, Of Baltimore, and Jerome. owned by
~ r. Buckley Of Philadelphia. Jerome to,
NJ the first heat, but Wilkes, after a clio
y fight, won the next three and the rae
ne winning the third heat by a scant nos
OF Time, 2 304, @ 284. Q 30 and 2. 354.
n. The fourth and last race was 3-minu
q class, purse $500 There were Eve star
Ih- ers, but James A. big bay geldin
AZ owned by Alexander Maxwell Of Midi
town, was sent to the stables after {
first heat for running James A G
trot, but he evidently needs somebody
&c hold him down to his work. Osker, e
20 tered by E. a. Beckley Philadelphia, to
~ the race, winning the first, second a
~ fourth heats, with Rialto. entered by
B. Nelson. Richmond, Va, second, a
Grover G, entered by George d. Housto
ISM Mt Pleasant, Del, and Irxie, entered
OF James Elliott, Philadelphia dividi
4 80 ls.r, .s..a.