The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-10
THE FAIR.
Results Very Satisfactory, and
Everybody Satisfied.

The absence of wheels of fortune and
other gambling devices, did not keep
the crowd away. Mr.. George Smith,
the whip man, who has been attending
county fairs for 25 years, said to our
Secretary, "My observation has been
that the Fairs that hold on, are the
Fairs that draw the line against
gambling devices.
The entries were larger than last
year, in every department but hogs
and sheep.
The receipts of the amphitheatre were
S17 more than last year.
Mr.. Star reports that he gave 5000
children free rides on his merry-go-
round, Wednesday morning.
All premiums will be paid in full
within thirty days.
The total receipts of the fair are
not yet known, parties having tickets
to sell, having not yet reported. But
sales have been heavier than last year.
The races Friday afternoon were
evidently sold out, and everybody sized
them up accordingly.
The ladies of the M. E. Church, of
DeGraff, who had charge of the Dining
Hall, gave excellent meals, and the
best of satisfaction, and cleared about
S4O0.
| The weather was on its best be-
havior, throughout.
The employment of experts in several
departments gave excellent satisfaction
especially among exhibitors.
Mr.. c. w. Stewart, Prof. in the Ohio
State University, and expert on cattle
at the State Fair, filed the same place
at our Fair, and gave excellent salts
faction-even exhibitors whom he ruled
against on some exhibits being salts
fed that he was right. He congratu
of cattle we had in this county.
Mr.. Ira c. Keller, President of the
State Poultry Association acted as
expert in the poultry department, and
satisfied some exhibitors that he under
stood his business and that they haG
been imposed upon.
Mr.. W. F. Hall, of GAINESVILLE, exper
in the Fine Art hall is decorator O
pottery, has studied millinery, an(
worked in a greenhouse severa
years, and has served as an expert a
the State Fair for several years. HI
has attended several county Fairs, thi
Iyear, and says our exhibit is the bes
he ever saw, and that our exhibit o
needle work was better than that a
the State Fair.
i The 'hitch-up-race" was excitin.
and amusing, as usual. Four men en-
tered the race: Everett Conn, Alvin
Hare, Frank Shafer and w. T. Patter
lson. Conn won the first prize 81. Har
the second, So.
What other man than E. Pat Cham
berlin, as Secretary, could have pickle,
out four as nice days for the fair, as W
had last week?
Mr.. c. K. Kreglow, of the vicinity @
Qui ncy, has short-horn herd that i
not excelled in these parts. He had
bull on exhibition at the Fair, tina
weighed 2S90 pounds, and he got re
cards on several other animals.
The Hoosier grain and seed separa
tor made many friends.
Our county bands showed up wit
credit.
Conn had horse that balked thre
or four times as he made the frs
round, to the great amusement of tn
crowd, as he had to jump out eac
time. run to the head of his Rosinantt
and start him, again and again. Th
+ Hare came in second best, as in th
I race in the fable, although he took tn
l lead in the start. On the second hea
1 "go-as-you-please," Conn's nag 500
passed the well groomed animal drive
|. by Hare, and kept the lead to tn
finish. Tom Patterson would have wol
if he hadn't stopped to sell a tom
stone. Shafer-well to be Franl
Shafer wasn't in it.
Every horse was stripped of harnes
! and lines, which were put in the bugg.
Each horse was hitched behind tn
o. buggy, and the driver was seated
o his buggy. At the word "go," the
: had to hitch up, and walk their hors
) once around the ring; then go roun
v once at any gate they chose; then III
hitch, tie the horse at the rear of th
n buggy and take their seat in the bugg
o again. In hitching up, good deal
v ''narvousness" was shown, and one {
:. two tried to get the harness in tt
g buggy, before they had gotten it O
:. the horse.
$ With this side-splitting farce, tt
d Fair of 1899, one of the most successf
in its career closed.