Evening journal., 1891-09-11

person unavoidably crushed their corns F.
and if the unfortunate culprit got away ,
without receiving prod from an !
umbrella ne turned to his partner and !
sought congratulations
One young man, with a party Of
women, was imprisoned near the head OF 1
the grand stand. he wished to escape, |
aud siRnalei to friend to call an officer
With the intrepidity of stanley going to
rescue Emin, the friend sailed forth, and
after fading Detective McVey began the
difficult aud almost impossible ascent
McVey led He advised, coaxed, threat
ened and did everything possible, yet it
took him half an hour TO ascend half
dozen steps Still he pursued his course.
At last corps OF young women formed
into phslanx and barred the way, abso-
lutely denying passage McVey, how
ever managed In getting around them and
succeeded in effscfing the rescue Of the
second Stanley. When the officer arrived
at the bottom he swept away the sweat
from his forehead and said: ut will take
something like murder to induce me to
go up there again
One woman on the grand stand proved
TO be a perfect encyclopaedia on every
thing connected with horsehesh She
was a servant of one Of the men whose
horses competed there, and she boastsd
that every morning since the fair bega-
she had arisen about o'clock In the
morning and got through with her work
in time to 90 to the fair. She knew
the name aud pedigree of nearly every
horse on the track. gave the reasons why
some drivers held back their horses 80 as
TO get second prize, but not to make
record, and scattered broadcast lots OF
information which those around her were
glad to have for the occasion. She was
very entertaining and seemed to take as
much interest in the result Of each race
as the most inveterate lover Of the turf
A Fine Piece 81 Work.
One Of tne most striking exhibits in
the 6ne arts department is the model Of
a schooner yacht made by John B. Scott,
ons OF the we'll known ship draughtsmen
of this city The model is a beautiful
one in all Of its linss and lie made of hard
wood throughout. The relative proper
tions Of the model are length lbs feet,
% feet beam. II feet hold, with centre
board built in hull.
what the Governor Thinks of Races.
Yesterday afternoon the EVENING
| JOURNAL reporter was conversng with
Governor Reynolds, and the remarks
turned upon the large crowd
ut must be very pleasant to look over
such a crowd and feel that you are its
chosen executive, and in a measure,
govern the destinies of the slater"
''Well. do Won know, never think Of
that. Sometimes persons approach and
say How are you, governor, aud really
I I ~ 70 Or hA
they are addressing"
When the races were spoken of the
governors face lighted up and he said:
THE first time / ever saw horse races
l thought them the prettiest sights a man
could look at and never tired Of them
That WAS before had cut my eye teeth
| thought the horses went for all there
was In tnem But when / grew older
and learned that the races were all fxed
up the night before, and sometimes the
week before, and the winners were ali
cut aud dried, | lost sll interest 10 them
he voiced the sentiments of many per
sons who we're on the fair grounds yes
terday. The races were the best OF the
week, but il was evident that there was
q pull" in at least two of them
Fof instance. la the 2.3S class Oar
took FIRST place, but it was clearly
gratuitous gift from Three Tips, an,
, several persons ex PRESSED disgust at sucl
proceedings. 1t took Eve heats to de
eide this race, when really only tire
heats or four at the furthest weri
necessary.
Edgar Dudley should have won the
year-old race, and 1t was only by rRc'
track stable diplomacy that Fascination
won it,
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and Yorker won it fairly In three heats
The summary of the races is as fol
lows:
4-year-old class. purse $4OO
Fascination, b &, DR.. j. G. Mccoy
l<irkwood, Del. (Barnesl .....2 l
Edgar Dudley, br S. " I. Lane,
| Kennedyville, Md, N.ane) ......l 2
Brother q. br 81. b. Risdon. Tren-
i fi%e - ssS]4, ~. ESQ. 2 q, 22si6.
1888 class Purse 800
Dan CHI. G., W. c Barnes, Pitts
burg. Pa, (Barnes).. ...........-.2
Farm, Rfsic'h@oudd'' va, SBass, vi a1s
Phiiedslghia, sliSiyliiia%sji; ans
Hamlet NJ, CHI. g.. 4. NJ. Nc
Camant, New London. Pa. (Mc.
HsT s@SP r.. b e.. n F. Hayden.
Wilmington, (Haydenl ...........4 8 4
sleepy Ned b. 7. A, Spring,
: Hamhleton, Pa, long $40. & d
Mary Spielman. b. m. NJ h.
White, Hartford, n. c., CLAY
Time, ESQ, 2.sis4. 2 81, 2 aaji, s.s8Js.
S23 clsss-Purse $500:
Yorker. b g, T. w. Hewett. weyanoke
..inkwood Maid. ch m. w. Greenway.
/ Havre de Grace, Md. (Greenwayl "a 2
Sadie NJ, m, D. NJ. McCrea, Chester,
( Narriis' yloe br = Newiin stanton
3 Del, (NeWlin ......... Is. ..... O.. ....3 3
l. X. L., b z, d. NJ. U.rich, Newark, tUl-
q. +. iseminger. i z. Thomas wadding
ton, Philadelphia, BRO leyl.... I'D
Times 5, 2 249s 22I14.
The beautiful weather to day brought
, thousands to. the great fair this morning
, and the grounds were again thronged a
/ ! o'clock this afternoon, when the rae
ing began. The management is still tax
ing special pride in making the Fair sub
/ stantially the best and mos. interesting
! yet held. The best of order is maintained
= all disorderly or boister0us persons being
! summarily expelled from the grounds
, In view Of the fact that there is bu
one more day Of the fair merchants ant
: farmers from all over the county turned
out en- masse this morning, and the frui
/ and cereal department was crowded will
! spectators all the morning. TIL
: premiums have nearly all been awardel
= and the cards beariag the Inscription
> The Great Wilmington Fair, FRS
Premium, adorn thousands of exhibit
q on she grounds
The races for this afternoon have ais