The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-09-07
SEVEN HORSES
TOOK THE WORD.
One Race Pulled Off at the Big
County Fair.
CHILDREN ENJOYED THE DAY
Excellent Concert Given by Thayer's NIL
itary Band In the Evening
some Notable
Exhibits.

wednesday-Children' day at the fair
was bright and clear, and early in
the day children commenced troopins
in, and soon were overrunning the
grounds. Not only children came, but
there was large attendance Of
adults as WELL
About 8 o'clock the New Berlin band
arrived and throughout the day dis
coursed music for the entertainment OF
the fair visitors. 1t is a good band.
BY noon Wednesday all the entries
were required to be in their places. A
News-Democrat representative made a
tour Of the grounds and found every
department full to overfiowing. This
Is especially true of the horse depart
ment in the exhibition classes. Every
available stall was taken and some fell
lows with huge draft horses were try
ing to get into the race horse stalls to
find shelter for their animals, and there
was some fervid language indulged in
by the swipes and others who did not
like the idea of giving way to those
'dern exhibition plugs" The popular
Norman predominated among the draft
horses, and there were the Clydes, with
their flowing maines and hairy feet, the
chunky English shires, and all shapes,
colors and ages of draft horses in tire
grade class. All purpose horses and
roadsters were there in large numbers
and the exhibit shows that Stark
county is at the head in horse breed
ing.
The cattle show is unprecedented
The elephantine durham, the spotted
holsteins, the hornless angus, the dim
inutive jerseys, were all there, and
there were fine specimens of the respec-
tive breeds.
In the sheep pens were the smut-fa =
ed downs, the broad backed cotswoolds,
the wrinkled Spanish merinos and
the smoother deloine merinos, making
in all splendid display.
There was a large display of poultry
and thu many chicken cranks" of
Canton can all find specimens of their
favorite breeds in the coops at the fair
grounds. There are a number of the
more rare breeds there but the most of
the exhibits are the standard favorites,
such as plymouthrocks, wyandottes,
leghorns, etc.
The machinery department is full and
the same can be said of manufacturers
products, buggies, wagons, etc.
The horticultural, flower, fruit, fancy
work, adm domestic manufacture dis
plays are attracting great deal Of at
tention, and one well worth seeing.
Every indications points to a great
fair and the management deserves the
success they are achieving, for the aim
has been to please the public this year.
WEDNESDAYS FAIR.
The racing at the fair on Wednesday
afternoon brought out a nice field Of
horses. But one race was on the card
for the afternoon-the 500 trot or pace.
Seven horses took the word in the
first heat and the three leaders kept
pretty well punched, the others not be-
ing able to keep UP with the trio.
There seemed to be no doubt Of the re-
suit after the first heat, which was won
by Wedding Chimes in 1926, which is
good time for the 800 class. All the
contestants were without records, and
it is a question whether some Of the
drivers wanted to mark good prospects
so late in the fall.
The summary follows: