The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-11-10
THE GRENADA FAIR
An Immense Success In
Every Particular.
The Street Parade "a Star Fea-
ture Of the Occasion.

CtaAiOu tulo WIEN mas DCtb Va nVc
successful of the series of successful
Fairs held under the auspices Of this
Organization. In all the departments
increased interest has been shown, and
in oc department has it been more
largely evidenced than 10 The exhibits
of live stock and agricultural products.
1t has been The boast OF the Fair enthu-
siasts and boomers in the past that
these exhibitions arouse an interest 10
the breeding Of live stock which can be
aroused In no other way, and this Is
proven by dhe superiority OF the stock
on exhibition this year over that OF
former years. and BY the increased in
terest that has attended the critical ex-
aminations Of the different breeds by
those who are studying and expert
mehting ia this direction. There Gao
possibly be no better stimulus TO stock
breeding and better methods Of far ming
than these comings together of those
who till the soil, with the products of
their barns ADD fields in comparison,
and by the exchange of ideas and sue-
gestious that take place. The Fair
should be fostered and encouraged, and
the success attained this year should be
classed as simply a foreruner OF great
events to come.
Nature dealt kindly with the man
agement on the opening day, and skies
soft as those which bend over Italy
and kiss the tabled gardens OF the gods
arched over the scene of Grenada's
conferred activities on Wednesday
morning. The crowd was slow in COM
and so were the exhibits, but by
nearly everything was in its
and properly classified and cheek
ed. Crowds of stock fanc.ers gathered
the various stables and PEN
and discussed their occupants. AMI
mails were put through their PAGES.
and here and there the great American
pastime of swapping" was going on.
The breeder with stock for sale found
it an excellent opportunity TO adver-
tise and to dispose of his surplus.
just before boon the exhibition OF
brood mares, horses, colts, stations
and jacks took place. This will be
described in fuller detail later.
The ladies did themselves proud, AS
the Grenada ladies always do, bless
their souls. The Floral Hall was a
place OF beauty and would have been a
Joy forever to anyone who could have
posse ssed it 10 its entirety for his own.
The display of %jellies, preserves and
fruits vas the distinctive
here, while the fancy needle
work department was a good second.
The place was thronged with ladies
throughout the entire time and the
many expressions OF surprise and de-
we're genuine and sincere.
The races for the first day we're
promptly at two O'Clock, with
Messrs. B. C. Adams, r, E. Townes
and August Alison in tie judges
w. f. Ferguson, starter, and
DR.. G. Y. Gillespie, time keeper. The
6rst event was a quarter-mile dash for
Fair District horses, 5000 10 lst and
for 2nd, There were four en-
tries, by Andy Richmond, Frank Louis,
Will Elliott, and G.. w. Slocum. The
horses were started at the thrce-quar-
ter pole and the dash was a swift and
spirited one, Rlchmond's horse win
ming first money, Louis, second and
EllioIt's third. A foul was claimed by
the rider OF Elliott's horse, but the
judges ruled the complaint unfourded.
Time 26 seconds.
The second race was for the Grenada
Hotel Stakes-a free-for-all trot, open
to the world, mile heats, best 2 in 3.
with a purse Of s25 for the winner SIS 90
to 2nd, and $40. 90 TO Bird. There were
three entries, by Will Jennings who
entered h horse from Winona, Sam
Jones, OF Senatobia, and b. M. Ran
dell, OF Canton. 1t took but two heats
to tell the story, as the Canton horse,
a magnificent animal, made an easy
winning. The Senatobia horse did
some excellent work, but could not
keep his feet, and although coming un-
der the wire second, lost the place on
account of his breaking" Time 2:34.
In the third race, a 800 yard dash,
running, for Fair District horses, Jim
Morgao's dan" the hero OF many a
well-run race, met his conqueror aud
had to take second place. c. C. Penn.
of Elicit, had a magnificent little black
mare in the race and she won the purse
and the plaudits by a length. G. w.
Slocum's nag came out third, while w.
j. Jennings had a plug entered which
was lost and never was found again.
Time "a seconds.
The half mile mule race was next
on the program. There were three
entries, Shelby Fletcher, Will Harris
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