Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-07
THE CLOSING DAY
Good Crowd Assembled at the Rock
vile Fair Grounds.
MOVEMENT FOR HALF-MILE TRACK
Additional Prize Winners in Poultry
and Domestic Classes.
THE ANNUAL FAIR BALL

| Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
| ROCKVILLE Nd, September THE
| closing day Of the Rockville fair attracted
| a good crowd, but not nearly so large as
| that of either of the two previous days.
Probably $500 people braved the dust and
| heat to enjoy the feature. The exhibition,
| which closes this evening, has, with posi-
bly, one exception. been the most successful
| financially in the societys history. The
| opinion is general that with larger race
track the Rockville fair would furnish as
good races are seen al any fair in this
section of the country. Mr.. Henry w. Bur
riss who has acted as race starter at the
fair here for several years, stated last night
that with half-mile track there would be
no difficulty In securing a large number of
fine horses With a better class Of horses
1t is believed that the attendance would be
greatly increased and the fair made the
equal of any in the state. 1t is thought
that the question OF building haIf-m:le
| track will soon be revived. and it is thought
| probable that an improvems Mt Will be made
in the future. prominent member Of the
| board of directors stated at this meeting
| that the racing at the next Rockville fair
! would be over half-mile track.
The annual fair ball of the Rockville As
| sembly was held last night in the Opera
| House. 1t was an elaborate affair and was
| attended by the greatest number of guests
! seen at similar event in Rockville for
years. Washington, Baltimore, all sections
| of the county and many other points were
represented. The committee on arrange
ments was composed of Messrs. Ralph E.
| Jones' Lee Dorsey, Bowie Vinson and the
patronesses were Mrs. William Dorsey,
Mrs. w. v. Bouic. Mrs. M P. Brewer and
| Mrs. H. w. Talbot.
Among those present were: Mrs. Taylor.
| Misses Bessie Taylor, Mary Brawner,
Blanche Nicholson. Alice Gardner, Leigh
Choate, jamie Carter, Marian Boyle, Miss
Clarke Mrs. Burk Boyle. Mrs. Pollock. DR..
| Robert Hackney, Messrs, S. D. Boak, Ber-
nard Burrell, Leonard Nicholson, Arthur
MeElhone, Robert Farnham. Lipscomb,
| Brouen, Miss Cecilia Delhant, Misses Della
| Keys, Hattie Bowie, and Messrs Samuel
| NJ Jones and Stephen Quigley of Bati-
more; Miss Hattie Griffith, Herbert Stabler
| Mr.. W. E. Burford, Miss Louise Burford.
Misses Vivian and Ethel Waters Messrs.
! d. w. Baker and Herbert and Kenneth
| Waters, James Maughlin, Misses Katie and
Clara Beall. and Messrs. Charles and Colds
borough Beall Miss Mamie Mackal.
| Miss Elsie Thrift, Miss Helen Watkins,
Misses Elbrey, Miss WALL Misses Mamie
and Bessie Waters, Messrs. Charles and
Paul Waters, John Larcombe, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hazel Cashell, Misses Annie and Lot
tie Griffith, Misses Eliza and Kate Choate,
Cora Edmonston, Margaret, Mary and Pris-
ella Dawson. Isabel Bouic, Mary and Bes-
sic Fields, Bessie England Virgie Brewer,
| Annadale Beard, Mr.. James B. Lackey. Mr..
and Mrs. Cluskey Cromwell, Fannie Veirs,
| Lille Anderson, Ethel Lyddane. Helen and
Evelyn Talbot, Sadie Reading, Hattie
| Jones, Rose Armstrong, DR.. and Mrs. Clay
| borne Wilson, Messrs. James p. &. Veirs
| George NJ. Hunter. Ohio and Worthington
| Talbot, Charles and Ralph Jones. Harry
/ Dawson, Frank Owens. Lee Dorsey, Bowie
| Einson, Thomas Talbot, Clay Fields, John
| Brewer, Russell Brewer. Warren Choate,
| Theodore Mason, Garner and Albert Bouis,
Barnard Welsh. Ed. Hege, Walter and Fred
1 Walt
! ing, Clay Fields DR.. William H. Trail, Miss
i Laura Bradley Miss Mamie Bradley, Miss
Mannakee and the Misses Pyles.
Poultry Prize Winners.
The Maryland and Washington winners
| in the poultry prizes awarded yesterday
at the fair We're as follows:
| Berwyn Poultry Association, Berwyn Md.
L. brahmas, first and second cock, first
and second hen; B. leghorns. first and sec
| ond cockerel. first and second pullet; white
Plymouth rocks, second cock and cock erel.
| J. NJ Allan, Washington, d. C.-Black
minorcas. first and second prize; first cock,
| first and second cockerel, first and second
| hen first and second pullet.
Dorothy Brooke, Sandy Spring Md.-Pekin
ducks, second old. second young
| C. B. Edwards, Beane, Md.-Pit games,
| first cock, hen and cockerel.
T. F. Hall, Washington, d. C.-Buf leg
horn, first open, first cock. first hen, first
pullet.
T. H. Janney Brighton, Md.-Buff rocks,
| first and second, pen; first cock, first and
second cockerel first and second hen, sec
| ond pullet.
Richard Lee Brincloe, Md-Wyandots.
silver. first and second clio; cockerel second,
| first on hen, second on pullet.
Robert Magruder, Observation-Disclosures
Rock, l.. c. barred; second, chick; second,
cockerel; first, Dullet.
| Walter Myers Rockyiiie-White Cochin,
second, hen.
Clements Offutt. Rockville-Pekin ducks,
| first premium on young ducks
| VIM r. Prettyman, Rockville-White tur
bite pigeons. first cock, and first. hen;
yellow magpie pigeons. first. cock. and
| second. hen; red maggie pigeons first, cock;
any other color fantail, first, cock. and
first, hen; English white owl. first, cock.
and first hen.
James W. Thompson-Brown leghorn,
| first and second, fowls.
Mrs H. L. Wells-White Wyandots sec
| ond. chicks.
Robert Welsh-Black homer pigeon, sec
ond cock: almond homer pigeon, first, cock
| and hen; blue check homer pigeon, second,
| hen; blue barred homer pigeon, second,
| cock and hen; blue pied pouter pigeon,
| first. hen.
F. c. Waters-Buff leghorn, second. fowls:
second. cocks; second. hen. White leghorn
first and second, pullet; first and second
chick; second cockerel; second. hen. Buff
| Wyandots, first and second. cock; first and
| second, hen; first. cockerel Blue barred
| homer pigeon, first cock, and first, hen
| Red checked nOHleT pigeon, HTSt, Coch ana
| first. hen.
Seth W. observation-disclosures geese, first
| and second old; first and second on
young. Pearl guineas. first on old, and
| first on young
| PicyIes.
| --angoes-Miss H. S. Wells, first; Mrs.
| Ed. Harriss, second.
Sweet pickles-Miss Alice Myers, frst
| Miss Mary P. Story, second.
Sour pickles-Irvin Underhill, first: Miss
Sallie Harrison, second.
Tomato catsup-Miss Sallie Harrison, first:
| Miss Julia Magruder. second.
| Vinegar-C. L. Hickerson, first DIR. r. c.
| Warfield, second.
Hard soap-Hester Butler, first: Miss Me-
| lissa Ricketts,. second
| Soft soap-Mrs. John Hager, first; Miss
| Melissa Ricketts,, second.
Hams-Miss Susie Darby, first; Miss Sal
lie Harrison, second.
Flour-M. NJ. Haviland, first and second.
| Dairy Products.
Butter-L. L. Greene. first; Ella May
| Humphrey, second.
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