The times., 1897-08-31
MONTGOMERY COUNTY TYFA|R
Forty fourth Annual Exhibit to
Open at Rockville Today.
A GREAT SHOW PROMISED
Entries This Year the largest In
the Fifty Years History of the
Exhibit of Live Stock
Especially Fine-Two Hundred
Entries for the Trotfing Races.

The fcrty-fourth annual exhibition Of
the Agricultural \ Society OF Montgomery
county, Nd, will be opened this morning
at Rockville, and will continue for four
to which the residents OF all Montgomery
county look forward with pleasure
it is the one institution in which all have
Common interest and pride and together
try to make it a success.
Each succeeding year greater and greater
| things have been accomplished, but in the
! Cpiniop OF those in a position to know,
| there is little doubt entertained that the
coming fair VIII excel all previous eXhibi-
tions both in the number and quality OF
exhibits. Already the spacious grounds,
| embracing more than nineteen acres, ale
| literally covered with articles, either manu-
| facGured or in the raw, entered for com
petition. Since Saturday morning Sec
retary John z. Muncaster and his corps
of assistants have been busy issuing tags"
| TO exhibitors. From this source 1t was
| learned that the success OF the fair was
already assured, for 1t is known that
up to last night the number of exhibits
on the grounds far exceeded that OF any
| previous year, even on the second dag,
when all the entries are in.
From small beginning nearly half a
century ago, the annual exhibition OF the
Montgomery County Agricultural Society
has grown to be a thing of tremendous
proportions, in which every man, wonau
aad child within its limits is deeply inter
eSted in one way or another. From
mere exhibition of field and garden prof
| ucts, ii has extended Its scope until now
it includes any and everything which goes
TO make life in the country comfortable,
| pleasant and profitable.
This year the entries of farm stock are
| unusually large. The entries for prizes
iii the draft horse class are particularly
fine and viii make a splendid showing in
the grand ca valcade which viii take place
on the race track tomorrow morning
Among the exhibits in this class are -four
and six horse teams entered by Messrs.
George Z. Cook, OF oakdale: Lee Offutt,
| Rockville, and Charles and David Craven,
of Brooke vile. There are also a fine lot or
| animals ent cred in the single and double
harness class.
Next In interest o the horses comes the
mich cows of which there are many
varieties, and every one of them real
beauties. In this class Messrs. w. E
Muncdster and son, of Norbeck, lea d witha
herd OF twelve registered Jerseys Then
Comes Mr.. JOHN II. Gassaway, from Ger
mantown, with fine lot of registered
Devons and ten beautiful thoroughbred
Holsteins. Others no have excellent stock
on exhibition are Z NJ. Waters, jr., Goshen,
Jerseys Charles Farqua hr, OIney, registered
Holsteins; Robert Fields, Rockville, also
has a fine herd of regis tered Holsteins On
exhibition.
There are also a splendid lot of hogs,
sheep and poultry on exhibition, the nun
Der OF entries OF the last named already
having pass ed the 500 mark.
In the main building, W hich is directly
opposite the entrance, will be found the
exhibits from the field and garden, in
cluding everything from a grain of mus
tard seed to prize pumpkin. The house
hold department, which is also in this
building, numbers over z, 900 entries. Here
also in the space allotted 10 art and fancy
work can be seen some very fine paint
ings and the pTettiest and daintiest ur
fancy articles that women's minds can con
ceive and women's fingers weave.
Not the least interesting feature of the
fair Will be the races which have been
arranged for each day. For the fourteen
races there are already over 200 entries
which represent the best blood and fastest
flyers from many of the most noted STOCK
farms in Montgomery county. Among the
entries will also be seen several horses
well known in Washington as fast goers
These are 7. Shugrue's ETH Wells and
Nominee, f. Bradford's Belle of Frostburg
John Dugan's Linkwood Chief, Jr., $ II
Bauck's Startle, +. W. Pages Dare Devil
Charles Branigaif's Bone Dust, II. V. Lans
dale's May T., William Brown, Brightwood
d. c., Danny NJ, WJliam Sales, Bright
wood, D. c. Gen. Ecale; j. II. Morrow
Viola NJ, J. s. Redmond's NelIa s., D. d
Carters Onycha Wilkes, j. c. McGurr
Brightwood, y. c., Harry D., and w. A
Smthson's Rolla Ryan.
The fair grounds Will be opened eacf
day at a. M, and remain open unit
5 p. m.
The officers of the Agricultural Society
and the committees in charge of the fail
are:
President, Lee Offutt, Rockville, Md.
vice president, John II. Gassaway, Ger
mantown, Nd; secretary, John E. Mum
caster, Norbeck, Nd; treasurer, John j
| Rockville Md