Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-17

sow between months and year; brood
sow under year old; best pen of 8 pigs
between and 8 years.
Glass a, Jersey Reds-Pen of 5 pigs
between 3 and 8 months, John q.
Fisher, Falkland, Del, 1st
Class q, Essex--Boar over year old,
William Lindsay, Westtield, N. j.; boar
between 8 months and l year; boar
under months; brood sow over year
old; brood SOW between @ months and
year; brood sow under year old.
Class 6--No entries.
Glass z, Yorkshres-Boar over 1
year old, William Lindsay, LIST; boar be-
tween . months and one year; boar
under o months; brood SOW over / year
old; brood sow between months and
year; brood sow under year old.
Glass 6, Suffolk, no entries.
Glass 4, Yorkshires-Boar over year
old, William Lindsay, LIST; boar between
o months and year, w. G. Shocks, LIST;
boar under 8 months, do; brood sow
over l year old and brood sow between
q months and one year, William Lind.
say; brood sow under months, w. G.
Shocks, LIST.
Glass s, 8 and 10, fat hogs--Pen of
four fat hogs, @. f. Carothers, lst; pen
OF tat hogs of any age or breed, G. L.
Caroihers, LIST; heaviest and latest hog
OF any age or breed, @. Il. Carothers.
PONY AWARDS.
Best single pony under IL hands, to
harness, l.. w. Stidham, 1st; pair ponies
under IA hands, Jester u Mcdaniel, 1st;
saddle pony, under IL hands, L. w.
Stidhaln; saddle pony, between 10 and
l3 hands, James r.. Mahaify, LIST; James
Pagan, I'd; single pony to harness, under
IL hands, Jester & Mcdaniel, I'd.
sGENuINE UTILITY HORSES
Glass, 3, best stallion over years old,
Samuel Hannah, Salem, N. j., lst; fest
stallion, fcal OF 1888, Minor C. Harvey,
Paoli, Pa, lst best stallion, foal of 1889,
}. w. Perkins, LIST; gelding over years
old, Jester u Mcdaniel, LIST; golding, foa
OF lsss, II. II. Jordan, first; gelding, fou
81 lo99, Thomas Higgins, Pleasant Hill,
1T; brood mare with foal at side, Robert
Porter, LIST; brood mare over 4 years Old,
by w. Haggarty, Landenberg, list; brood
mare, foal of 1893, A. G. B. Anderson,
LIST; brood mare, foal of 1889, Thomas
Hinkson, Booths Corner Percheon,
Walter ii. Armstrong, Fairhill, Md,
LIST; coach horse, Jester s. Mcdaniel,
1st
Glass 7, Light Draught Horses-Single
mule, pair light mules, pair mules over
$500 pounds, single light draught mule,
heavy draught mule, pair of heavy and
light draught mules; LIST premium
awarded 70 Jester Il Mcdaniel.
William Shocks, aged bull, I'd; 2-year.
old bull, I'd; yearling bull, LIST; cow, be-
tween and 5, LIST; yearling heifer, LIST;
2.year-old heifer, LIST; herd prize, I'd.
The remainder of the cattle are being
judged this afternoon and the prize
winners will be published later.
SOME OF THE CATTLE AWARDS.
Glass Z, Devons, bull, Darius, DIR. ].
Z. Morris, Chester county, Pa, Cd; COW,
Julia, I'd.
Glass IS, Holsteins, Lackawana Breed.
ers' Association; aged bull, list; 2-year-
old bull, LIST; aged COW, LIST; aged COW,
I'd; 2-year-old heifer, Let; yearling heifer,
I'd; herd premium.
Fifteen thousand is the estimated
number of people in attendance upon
the Wilmington fair Thursday II was
literal crush. Such crowd is rarely
ever drawn together in Delaware. The
grand stand was packed and the enclos-
ure adjoining was teeming with people.
Hundreds of men talked horse on the
quarter stretch and the space around the
track was fairly black with people. To
the east Of the big stand rows and rows
OF carriages contained the fairest Of our
farmers daughters and sons, whose
minds led them in the direction of the
race course. EX-Secretary Bayards tall
form was conspicuous in the big assem-
blage and he was greeted on all sides
with the most friendly salutations and
maintained an active and animated in
teresi in everything about him. 1t gives
him pleasure to meet his friends and
neighbors assembled for holiday and
lie can discuss agriculture in most in.
teresting way. Elk Governor Biggs, with
his snow-whitc leonine locks, circulated
among the throng with friendly salu-
taiion for every one, and Governor Rev
nolds was also on the grounds. There
wore other State officials and militia
men, in fact everybody was there.
The gathering was almost distnctivelv
Delawarean, Every part of the State
was represented. There were conspicu-
ously few people present from the neigh
boring counties of Chester and Della
ware, Or from New Jersey.
The greatest interest centred itself
upon the race track events, II fact would
Indicate that agriculture, pure and
simple, is to great degree lost sight of
by the crowds who desire more stimu-
lalng manner of entertainment.
The balloon ascension, novelty to
the thousands was fiasco-a flash in
the pan. This was the result of an acct
dent. The big bag had been