Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04

back of his office is the exhibit of dogs
and chickens, and the two lots are fine
ones from many points of view. The high
which one dog strikes in his howl is re-
markable, while some half -a-dozen ROSTERS
have as yet failed to satisfy themselves as
to which can crow the loudest and the
oftenest. In front Of the window in Sec
rotary Muncaster's office there was all day
yesterday an energetic congregation Of ex-
hibitors pushing and striving to get his
on1cial ear Through it all the secretary
received entries, answered questions and
was calm, and he needs no further certifi-
cate as to the strength of his nerves
Some Notable Exhibits.
Close around the entrance to the grounds
was the usual collection of booths. where
you could hit the colored "geln'man's'
head, get knife or see the African Won
der. Further back were the before men,
toned chickens and fowls and dogs OF
the former there was a bewildering display
of fine specimens of chickens, ducks, geese
ard pigeons. s. e. Kefauver exhibited some
eighty varieties in the different classes.
Dogs were also plentiful and of high de-
gree. Among them Mr.. Frank Keys had
some hounds, collies and fox terriers, while
fine greyhound was the property of Mr..
John kclchner Down in the stables and
pens there was almost everything, in a
quiet way, that goes on four legs. There
were hogs fat enough to burst and oxen
strong enough to haul a church, and a big
d
said to be the best for years. Among the
larger exhibitors in this line were Fenton
Bradford, j. c. Dorsey, p. G. Colt, c. c.
Waters and ]. E. Williams. In the way of
cattle the exhibits were plentiful. John e.
Wilson and W. N. Wagner were well rep
resented Samuel Blunt showed Jersey and
Swiss cattle, s. II. Otis had herd of regis
tered Holsteins, VIM. E. MIncaster had
some fine Jersey cattle and Berkshire hogs,
President Dorsey was we'll represented by
some fine cattle. Davy Cashell had some
oxen. while F. c. Hutton, f. NJ. F'raley. AL
bert Field and j. H. Gassawdy all had some
fine specimens in the pens. Il. N. Cooke
showed twenty head of sheep, while H. p.
Witter and Chas. Veirs were large exhibit
ors of hogs. In ALL there were about 500
exhibitors. Down in the exhibition hall Is
the Maryland Agricultural College exhibit
of photographs and specimens, and most
bewildering assortment Of pies, bread,
doughnuts, peaches, water!nelons, squash,
ccunterpanes, potatoes caramels, onions,
fruit, cake and big Geets.
Out of Door Sports.
Yesterday was day for out of doors,
however, and the big summer squash did
not receive as much attention as the one
race, or the collection Of red apples as the
collection Of base ball players An impor-
tant feature of the fair are the marshals
who ride around on horses and wear pretty
silk sashes draped around them. They do a
good deal besides looking pretty, however.
They see that things are kept going, that
there is no disorder and that small boys
do not punch sharp sticks into the fat pigs.
Several of them hover around the base ball
game to protect the umpire, if necessary
and others have been known to dismount
to instruct some ignorant but pretty girl
in. the intricacies of trotting races. In
short, the marshals are clever young fell
lows, who do everything and do it WELL
This year the chief marshal is Leonard
Weer. jr., the lieutenant marshal, J. J.
Hutton, and the assistants, H. K. Man.
nakee, ]. W. Jones. jr., H. H. Miller, T. B.
Stabler, C. NJ. Mackall, r. L. Mackall, jr,
A. H. Aisquith, jr., Joseph r. Cassln and
w. P. Jones. Yesterday there was no need
base ball game, which took place in the
irfield in the afternoon. The umpire was
Cush Braddock. and he does not generally
need any looking after, and. BESIDES the