Evening star., 1901-08-27
AUsPICIOUs OPENING.
Opening of Fair at Rockville Today
Program for Tomorrow.

Program for Tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md, August 2-The
forty-eighth annual exhibition of the Agri-
cultural Society of Montgomery county
opened here this morning under most
favorable auspices, and will continue for
four days. The grounds and race track are
in splendid condition, the exhibits are nu-
merous and attractive; there is every prom
Use of favorable weather, and public inter-
est in the success of the exhibition is
widespread throughout the country. These
conditions seem to guarantee the most sue
cessful meeting yet held by the society
AS usual on the opening day, all exhibits
are not yet in position, but the mammoth
pumpkins, fat hogs, big cattle, fine poultry,
handsome horses, and an endless variety
of farm products and household articles are
already on exhibition. Exhibits or various
kinds are still pouring in, and the display
will not be complete until this afternoon;
The poultry exhibit is the largest in the
history of the fair, and difficulty mas peen
found in providing sufficient space IN tnis
department. In the cattle department IL
has been found impossible to find accom-
modations for all exhibitors, and many
have been turned away
The schedule of entries for the races,
which has already been published, 1nsures
a number of interesting trials or speed
both in the trotting and running events.
of the fair, and juging from the number
of tickets already disposed Of. the man.;
ayers expect record-breaking CROWDS on
those days.
Cattle, sheep and hogs-James w. Graft,
T. T. Graft, Zadoc M. Cooke, Caleb Stabler,
H. H. Fraley, John Cason, James n.
Barnesley, John E. Wilson. Mrs. M A.
Beard, Samuel r. Plummer, Lee Kemp,
Albert Fields, j. D. Hull D., Hunt, John e.
Wilson, M. Yohn, John III. Gassaway, John
z. Muncaster, Raymond Rickets, w. I.
Griffith, Charles Kohlhoss, William f.
Muncaster & Sons, Isaac H.. Ford. Herbert
o. Stabler, Benjamin Bean. c. B. Edwards,
George w. Gather, William III. Gather,
John A. Janney, G. B. Williams. all OF this
county, and n. s. Burrier of New Midway,
Md.
Household department-Mrs.D D. F. Pegan.
O. ~ Conkln p. J. Case, Mrs. Theodore
Gates, Mrs. William Fitzhugh, Mrs. r. z.
Carter. Mrs. T. H. Campbell, Mrs. ]. w.
Warner. Mrs. M. A. Hall. Mrs. l.. l.. Mich
olson, Carl Harris, William Ricketts,, Mrs.
r. B. Farquhar. John E. Wilson, Mrs. II.
l.. Wells, C. n. Etehison, Robert Halstead,
John Cason. Miss Ellen Farquhar, Miss
Rosa Holland, A. NJ sherwood. Miss Ger
tie Darby, Miss E. B. Holland, Mrs. Benja
min C. Riggs, Miss May Simpson, A. F.
Bowie, H. c. Bowie, George Baughman,
John l.. Dawson. John H. Janney. George
Shaw. Miss Mabel Haney, Roger Shaw,
Miss Mildred Higgins, Pearl Fowler, Miss
Matte Gary, Miss Beulah Sage, Mrs. j. e.
Slaymaker, Mrs. d. H. Warfeld, Hattie
Fowler, Mrs C. w. Fields, Miss E. L.
Kefauver, Miss Rena Braddock, Miss
Julia Anderson. Miss Lillian Fields,
Miss Elizabeth Fields Mrs Helen Adam
Flora Adamson, Mrs. j. H. Gassaway, Dor
ris Abbot, Miss Edith Peter. William V.
Dove, Emmett Dove, Joseph Reading, Miss
Sadie Reading, Mrs. Joseph Reading Her
n
Adamson, Miss Mary E. Owens, Mrs. Eliza
beth Slaymaker. Miss Elizabeth Owens,
Mrs ". E. Dulin, Henry E. selby, Mrs. E.
NJ. Schooley. Miss Blanche Nicholson, Miss
BESSIE NJ Selby. Mrs. D. ]. Boeady Misses
Edith and Lillian Dickinson, Mrs Mary A
Merritt, Mrs. c. W. Baggarly, D. H. Hor-
ner, William t. Griffith, Mrs ]. E. Penny
hacker, Albert Rouic, c. NJ. Pennybacker,
Mrs. J: E. Thompson, Mrs. Charles Albert,
Miss Hattie Belt, Dr. r. c. Warfeld, Mrs
I. G. Carroll, T. l.. Offutt. Misses Mary
and Emma Granger. Mrs. R. C. Warfield.
Miss Mss Ethel Poss, Miss Ida offutt,
Peter, Mrs. A. E. Vedder, Miss An
ME Watkins, DR.. o. NJ. Linthicum,
Mrs. Geo H. Lamar Miss Lucy Brubaker
Mrs H. NJ: Cronise. Miss Susie Cronise,
Mrs 0. NJ. Linthicum, Miss Anna Schooley
Mrs. Irving Underhill, w. T. Dowden, Miss
Agnes Burriss, Miss s. w. Foster, Miss
Grace Darby, Mrs. L. A. Darby. Miss Yer
die Kingdom, ]. G. Shoemaker, Emory
Ricketts,, Lester A. Maus. Mrs c. A. Man
mar Mrs j. E. Muncaster, Robert Higgins
Or. Z. Mannar, Mrs. j. L. Brunett Mrs
Martha Magruder, DR.. Chas Albert, Mrs
z. NJ. Cooke. Miss Hattie B. Williams, Mrs
e. ID. Luckett, r. b. Albert, Mrs Charles
Albert, Miss Fora Heagy, Miss Florence
taine, A. c. Thompson, Miss Minnie Beck
with, Miss BERTHE Thompson c. w. Owens
Miss Mary e. Brown, Mrs. Gertrude Bean.
Mrs. ]. j. Higgins. Miss Sophie Higgins
a in rlv 81 n
Geneva Walters
Horses-Albert Fields. Glenn Poole, Clar-
ence II. Pue, E. M. West Lawson Day.
Martin Broadneck. z. B. Prescott, Timothy
Smith. Mrs M. A. Beard. James N Barnes
ley, W. V. Beall. H. H. Fraley, Albert Har-
gett, John III. Gassaway, o. B. Williams.
II. c. Fawcett, Charles Adamson, W. E..
Tickets J: s. Bolton. s. w. Magruder.
Wallace Fields all of this county
Agricultural implements-P H Heiskell
Co. Mayfield & Brown, L. G. Orndorff.
c. w. Wolfe of Washington, 8. D. Waters
OF SILVER Spring, w. w. Welsh of Rockville.
Ine program for tomorrow is an attrae-
tive one. During the early hours exhibits
VIII be judged and premiums awarded. At
3t3o there will be a grand cavalcade of
stock around the race track This is usual
ly one of the most interesting features of
the falr, affording visitors an opportunity
to inspect all live stock on exhibition in a
comparatively short space of time The
races begin at 1870, and four events arc
scheduled for the afternoon. Some excel
lent sport is promised. The following are
the entries:
First race-2.30 class, trotting; purse. 5000
HAPPY Russell. jr., Richard H. Gaines
Mfestown, Md; Trib Gentry, or Queen
Bess, George F. Dyer, Greensboro, Ala
francis Medium, A. ID. Davis, Mobile Ala;
Coupon, P. II. Heiskell, Washington, D. c.
To Be, s. A. Hersperger, Burnt Mills, Md
Second race-225 class; pacing; purse, 500
Minnie W., c. c. Waters, Germantown,
Nd; Tom B., James Nice, Ballstop, Va
Harry c., L. j. Collins, Brightwood D. C.
Third race-225 class, trotting; purse
S2oe-Coupon, p. III. HeiskeIl. Washington
ID. c.: Bessie Could. William H. Rabbit
Rockville, Md; Frances Medium. A. d.
Davis, Mobile, Ala; Remont, Kavanaugh
Bros, Harrsonburg, Va; Trib Gentry or
Queen Bess, George f. Dyer, Greensboro
Ala; Edna Stevens, Joseph Wright, jr.,
Winchester, Va; Eagle Boy, J. X. Bor-
ders, Choccolocco, Ala.
Fourth race-Running. open to all, six
furlongs and repeat; purse, S100-McFonso
and Sappho, f. r. Keys, Linden Nd !;
Whimsical j. A. Warfield, Darnestown,
Nd; Rough Rider, P. Roberts, Washing
ton. ID. c.. Mrs. Reeves. Thomas A. Hick-
man, Martinsburg, Md; Lady Hasbeen.
Stuart Bailey, Washington, d. c.; Kings
Pride, G. H. Engelking, Baltimore, Md
C. K.