Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-09-05
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Opening of the Montgomery County
Fair.
FINEST HALL DISPLAY YET GIVEN
Unusually Coed Exhibition in the
Dog Department.
TOMORROw'S RACING CARD
special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md, September 5.-The
Montgomery County Agricultural Society
this morning opened the gates Of the fair
grounds for its forty-first annual exhibit
ton under favorable auspices. AS usual,
the first day of the exhibition Is taken up
largely with the arrangement of exhibits,
and up to noon almost everything is In a
state Of incomplsteness
In the cattle. sheep and hog departments
the display Of stock 10 good and Of a su-
perior quality. In poultry the display is the
largest and finest eve: seen on the grounds
Among the exhibitions from q distance
Mr.. Chase Baileau Of Middletown has
fine display Of all classes Of thoroughbred
fowls. w. X. Byerly & Co. Of Frederick
exhibit some rare specimens. embracing
bun Leghorn and Plymouth Rock and gold
en- camfires. a recent importation from Bel
GUM. Jesse Reifsnider OF Frederick City
m ems of frizzled white darkins, which at
tracted much after ton. Each of these ex
hibitors has about 100 birds.
The display in the hall promises to be
the finest ever seen here, embracing flow
ers. works of art, homemade fabrics. fruits,
vegetables and dairy products. A portion
Of the hall Is also devoted to the display of
musical instruments and sewing machines.
ers stand prominent.
An exhibit of amateur photography also
attracts much attention. In the department
of agriculture. machinery and implements
the District dealers, as usual, stand at the
front. The Gaithersburg Company has also
a large display.
The dog show. in charge of Mr. F. r.
Keys. embraces some of the finest speci-
mems ever seen in this section. and the
entries are so numerous as to necessitate
the construction of a large number Of ad-
ditfonal kennels. and up to noon large
numbers of animals were still arriving.
The attendance today IL fully up to that
Of previous years on the first day, and a
large crowd Is expected tomorrow, embrac-
ing many prominent men of the state. in
Guiding Gov. Frank Brown, Isidor Rayner
Murray Vandiver. collector Of internal rev.
enue. and others.
The following is the program Of races for
Thu rsday:
2-31 class. trotting: purse. $50. Harry
D., e. b. Laferty, Washington; Rose Beed
N. w. Fox, Bridgeton. N. j.; Westmoreland,
Jas. Patterson. Alexandria, Va. Cleymore
ir., b. T. Millican. BrightwoOd, d. c.
Trot open to horses owned in Montgomery
county since two years old. Bessie Could
Wa. Rabbit Rockville: Leland Stamford
J. p. Gait, Buck Lodge, Maryland; Monte
Ia. Robert Lydane. Rockville; Ray Could
A. e. Ray, Forest Glen: Nugget Wilkes
Fields and Kelchner. Rockville; Fleetwood
Miss Valera Flack. Forest Glen. Mont
gomery county.
Running race. $ each. society adds $50
Charlie B.. Walter Butler. Martinsburg
Nd; Boston, 7. A. Hickman, Martinsburg,
Md: But, r.. T. Stone, Cabin john Nd.
Hurdle stakes. $50 each, society adds
S!o-Donley. Eugene Payne. the Plains. Va;
Easter Sunday. John Casswen, Rectortown,
Va; Gurley. c. E. F. Foley. the Plains. Va.
Code, John Casswell. Rectortown, Va. Fop,
FRANK Hudson, Washington, d. G.