Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-09-24
THE STATE FAIR AT DOVER
Opening Day Gives Big Prom
iSeS of Success.
SELLING POOLS ON THE TROTTERS
Can Back Your Choice With
Coin of the Realm.


Flying Device To-day and tomorrow.
Special Correspondence Gazette and Journal
DOVER, Sept 23.-"Step up gents; hers
good odds; 10 to | on Lady Hannis; who'll
take IT. I'll bet she win, or 20 to 2 that she
does not" These were the boisterous
words of the book-makers at the State fair
grounds yesterday. The book-malters and
pool sellers are here and carrying on bush
ness at full head. Herdic 4 Company and
Powers d Company have representatives
here and sell pools, mutuals and stakes on
the wheel of fortune. The thing takes
nobody kicks il il is in violation of the
State laws. Therefore lit goes" and is u
big success
The far was formally opened yesterday
under very favorable auspices. Ii was
children's day and they We're out in a
force The attendance was about 5000,
the largest first day for long while. The
children amused themselves in several
ways, on the merry -go-round, switch back
and other ways. The fakirs did good
business,
The racing was well contested and began
ut | o'clock. I. Wood Martin of Phila-
dclphia acted as starting judge and j.
Colby Smith and Edward Baily associates;
A. a, Watson, scorer the summary;
Road wagon race, purse $50.
Lady linnnis, m, Edwin :. Zell...-... I /
llambrno Prince, b e, Geo. Scattergooj . .
Time, 2.i4, 2.iSA, 236H.
Pools sold at $40 Maud Morrell s. field.
AGO clnss trotting, purse $500.
| Title Clear, IN, Patrick Collins........ l | /
| Tommy NJ, b &, James Mckee ........ 2
Fanny Miller, M, lyman Redmond. 3 3
| John Price, 5 &, :. r. ,lark............. 4
| salvador, blk x, Frank GreonwelL.. dis.
Connie Wicker. y. G. Tracy. ....,.... dis
Time, 2.3S. 2.36k, 2.42.
| Pools sold $40 Salvador, IS field.
y IN t,lnaa trottfnp and narIup pnpaa com
| Maud Aiorrell, b IN, Edwin 5. Zell. ......1 l
| st. James, b =. A. 4. James g 2
Ncwsbcy g, 4. 2. Small ..;.......,....s 4 9
| Tucker br x, F. Is. Long. dis
Time, $40: 2s14; 2.4i.
| Poo.s sold, SEQ title clear, $40; Tommy NJ, IS,
| field.
In the last race the driver of ST. James
was accused Of 'holding back and was
| ordered out by the judges after the first
heat and X. T. Crouch put in his place.
A great many persons came from dis
lance to witness this race as there has been
considerable rivalry between two Walk
over Morrell stations entered, st. James
and Sam Morrell Their claims for SUI
premacy were to be settled in the race to-day
but sam Nlorrell was taken sick Monday
night and died in his stable few minutes
before the race was called from spinal
meningitis. He was owned by George II.
Nandom of Bishopville, Md, and was
valued at $500. The owner refused $1,000
for him short time ago He was years
old and is said to have trotted mile in 9 20
and had no record
The ladies' department is only partially
filled; G.. G. Baum of the Dover greenhouse
has an excellent display of palms, ferns
and flowers
A Mexican saddle, captured at the battle
of Buena Vista, Mexico, is exhibited.
The ladies Of the Baptist Church have a
afa in, Il . 1.rt, ~;
business in ice cream and confectionaries
The sewing machine companies have
very cTeditable exhibits.
William L. Smith exhibits fine lot of
household furniture.
Charles Il. Lowber Of this town has an
exhibit of pianos, organs and sewing ma
chimes.
James Potter of Little Creek shows a lot
of diamond back terrapins from the wee
smallest TO the full counts.
The display of agricultural implements
is made by banner Bro, George w. Bakel
and Stevenson 4 Slaughter, all Of Dover.
William Il. Cahoon of Dover has an ex
cellent exhibit of carriages as also ha,
Cove $. Gooden of Willow Grove, Jane:
S. Goodwin his freak, three-egged calf or
exhibition. William Knight shows hi!
beautiful, blooded English mastiff Mis-,
Nelly Bly,. She is Is months old ant
weighs l26 pounds. She is grand
daughter Of Col. Fred Grants Major ant
also the Duchess Of Kent,
. The Dover pearl button factory has
credtabe exhibit showing the pearl she'll
from which the buttons are made and
large number of buttons in various stage
OF manufacture also the buttons finished
and ready for sale
The cerial building contains magnifi
cent display of fruits and cerials.
I. Emerson of Wyoming, shows a fin
; collection of trees and fruits.
t William r. Allaband has the largest col
/ lection of apples on exhibition.
, 7. f. Cook of Dover, has a swarm o
bees in glass case that attracts grea
e deal Of attention.
t The cattle department contains some fin
: stock, but not ms many as heretofore.
The display of fireworks this evening q
/ o'clock by Prof. jackson will be a grea
b attraction. Prof. Carl \. Myers will es
s hibit his wonderful flying machine tc
, morrow and Friday for the seventh time
, The machine is 4 wonderful piece O
!, mechanism and is pronounced success
e lie has been working .. an idea of his i
producing rain by means of dynamite an
Z bis flying apparatus. 1t Is hoped that h
e will make an effort to produce a shower i
i this vicinity about Saturday as we are /
I the midst of u drouth. No rain has falle
q here for over three weeks. The professc
/. will make his ariel flights in the afternoo
during the racing Everything is Lowell
and the goose hangs high" said Secretar
i Barnard last night when asked about til
4 success & the fair. We are going to hay
y big success this year financially, said he
y The interesting race tomorrow will b
u the 2l9 class, between Fascination, s
&c Elms, Norris NJ, Sadie NJ , Geo NJ Mot
Maggie b., Royal Rachel b, and Agnes \
b ELKTON.
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