The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1898-10-06
MAJOR
Weybrecht Made a Splendid
Impression.
RESPONDED FOR SOLDIERS
To the Addresses Of Welcome That
Had Been Made.
RESPONDED FOR SOLDIERS
CLOSING OF THE COUNTY FAIR
1t Has Been Big Success and the Manage.
ment Is Deserving OF the Plaudits of
the People Generally Some
Races That Were
Foupht tn a Finish.


Races That Were
Fought to Finish.
The attendance at the Stark county fair
Thursday was very large. This was ex-
tremely crafty ing to the management
and to Secretary LehmSn. 1t Is not
generally known by the public that at
one time it was seriously contempt ted
giving the whole thing up and holding
no fair at all this y ar because of the
numerous street fairs and merchants
carnivals. 1t was an ticipated that these
would interfere with the attendance at
the county fair to such an extent that the
association would go into the hole so
badly that 1t would not be able to get
out for years. Thursdays atten dance
serves to present the conclusion that the
street fairs do not influence the farmers
to stay at home from the county fairs
The attendance of farmers at the fair
Thursday was the largest since the So
ciety held its fairs on the new grounds.
That means that If the street fairs kept
any way they were residents Of the city
ami not of the county, from which one
must conclude that street fairs are not so
largely attended from the country dis
tricts Secretary Lehman is greatly
pleased with the attendance and the So
ciety will come ou5, ahead on this fair.
During the day the awards for fine horses
were made. Heavy draft teams were not
in evidence, but there were plenty of
drivers. The following awards we're
made, the judges having no means'of
knowing who had made the entries:
Double teams, driving horses from the
county-A. c, Van Voorhis, Mapleton,
/; Louis Crayton and son, Waynesburg,.
2; j. R. Braggle, Pierce, 8.
Single drivers from the county-Wil'
liam L. Wise, Uniontown, /; A. Q. Van
Voorhis, Mapleton, 2i ]. A Baum,
WaynesbGrR, 3
Double team from cities-J. H. Leh-
man, Canton, /; Miller, Blanchard &
Co, Canton, 2
Single drivers from cties.-T. ". Css-
selman, /; DIR. s. p. Kintner, 2; e. L,
Hiyely, B..
THE RACES.
The trials of speed Thursday were as
exciting as any race meeting and the
heats were so closely contested and the
work of thoss engaged so evidently on
the square that 1t was difficult to deter
mine whether even one race would be
finished. AS 1t was, there was only one
finished ana it was late before that was
concluded, though the iudges succeeded
in getting the work out Of the way as
rapidly as possible. There was Canton
horse or two in every race, and that
added to the interest. The 2:1S pace was
concluded in four heats, after John b.
had taken the first, thus cinching second
money, Jessie l.. not being headed. The
other races were unfinished. The 2:21
trot was o great one. Max T., the pro-
perty of John Hadley and driven by Nor
ford, won the first heat rather handily
but Aotel wantt d the race and was will
ing to take any kind OF mark to get 1t.
Allie King had been making an lcca,
sional squirt, but was thought to be out Of
it, and when she came up and took the
fitch heat from Max Il. just ahead the
wire there was some surprise. That
put the races over until today. There
was but one heat of the $3.50 trot, and Il
was CLEANED from the heat that it is any
body's race. Following are yesterday
sum- mmaries:
s:1s Pace, purse $500.
Jessie L., b M, by Montaigu
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