The Washington times., 1901-08-30
AWARDING THE PREMIUMS.
Many Exhibits Praised mt the Mont
gomcry County Fair.

Somery county Fair.
ROCKVILLE. Md. Aug. 29-The third
day of the Montgomery County Agrlcul-
tural Fair opened here this morning with
a large attendance of people from Wash
ington City and this county. This is the
big day of the fair. The premiums have
all been awarded and there are but few
appeals from the decision of the judges
In the afternoon the racecourse was the
attraction for the persons interested in
the races. The contests resulted as fol-
lows:
County trot or pace-Purse, 500. Grant,
w w. Rapley won; Walton Boy. w. II.
Rabbit, second: Montgomery Boy, C. c.
Waters. third; six heats run. Time
2:37l3, 2:37lA. 2:SS. 2:35ls. 2:261A, 2:S9.
2:20 pace-Purse $500. Frank Keenan, H.
Thornton won; Rochelle, Haas q ODER
house, second; Lady Phillips, G.. +. Dyer,
third; Gov Bushnell. Kavanaugh Bros,
fourth; four heats run. Time 2:52I9.
2:2sA 2:26, 2:3015. 2:2S.
Hurdle, mile dash-Purse. $780, Melon
so. F. r. Keys, won: Beauregard. NJ.
Wilson. second; Boston. T. a Hickman.
third
Kinney, won: Eagle Boy. J. X. Borders,
second; two heats. Time 2:3ih, 2:32.
First premiums have been awarded as
follows:
NJ. f. Moran; portrait in oil, Miss f. w.
Tibbott; still life in oil, Miss Emma S.
Stabler; figure in oil. Miss NJ. E. Moran:
decorative painting in oil Miss ;o. M VIZ; r.
NJ. E. Moran: still life In water color.
Mrs. J. F. Defenaorf; figure in water
color Miss Laura Wagner: decor
alive painting. in water color,
pastel. Mrs. Irving Underhill; pencil
drawing, Miss NJ, E; Moran; India ink
drawing, Miss E. W. Tibbott; ink drawing,
Mrs. Ben Diggs: photograph portrait,
Glen Poole.
Dairy-Pound OF, fresh butter, Miss f.
Baker: lot of honey. Miss Mary Merritt.
Farm products-Wh wheat, Emmett
Dove; red wheat. E. w. Jones; buck
wheat. d. II. Horner; white corn, En-
NETT Dove; white ear corn. L. w. Mon
day; yellow corn. Milford Offutt; yellow
ear corn. Urban Wagner: rye, E. NJ.
Lenowitz; oats, Seth w. Warfield; barley,
ID; II. Horner; tobacco. W. J. Dowden
Domestic manufactures-Cotton quilt.
Mrs: ID. II. Warfield; silk quilt, Mrs. D.
f. PECAN; knit quit, Mary l.. Mackall:
worsted guilt, Miss Clara Griffith: crochet
worsted. Miss E. Baker; crochet m worst
ed, Miss f. B. Holland; afghan. Miss Nell
lie ]. Miller; embroidery in linen thread.
MI, Mrs. j. E slayma Ike knitting In linen linen
thread, Pearl Fowler; point lace, Miss
Mary Wagner; battenburg In lace Miss
b. l.. Zeigler: drawn work in linen, Mrs.
G. Fl. Lamar; outline work. Mrs. C. W.
Baggarly; embroidery in silk on flannel,
Mrs. Charles Albert; rag carpet, Mrs. E.
w. Monday: curtains of silk rags, Mrs.
Edward Pierce; silk embroidery on fancy
stitches. Miss Annie Watkins; embroidery
on other materials. Miss Rose NJ. Hol-
land; knitting in silk. Miss Sophia Hig-
gins: crochet in silk, Miss Mary Trail;
ting in cotton. Miss Grace Darby: darning,
Miss Eliza Waters: plain sewing by hand.
Mrs; Q: NJ LinthicHm; plain sewing by
garment. Miss Mary Granger; hemstitch-
ing. Miss Julia Anderson; button holes,
Mrs. ]. w. Warner: sofa cushion, Mrs.
j. A. Kemp; pin cushion, Miss Ida Dove;
rag rug, Mrs. L. A: Darby; honiton work.
Mrs. r. C. Warfield embroidered centre
piece. Mrs. A. J. Maddox; embroidered
doiiies in silk, Miss Ida Offutt: extra
work, Mrs. Irving Underhill; articles not
less than five. Mrs NJ Hicks.
Fruits-Apples. Mrs. j. f; Thompson:
Mrs II. l.. Wells; plums. j. w. Offutt:
damsons, Seth w. Warfield; pears. Mrs.
II. L. Wells; watermelons. Emory Rick
etts: muskmelons, Emory Ricketts,: dis
play of fruits grown by exhibitor. Urban
Wagner; display of fruits collected, E. w.
Monday; display of apples collected, j. E.
Thompson.
Garden products-Beets. R. P. Hines;
cabbage. Catherine Hutton: cymiings,
J. e. Thompson; pumpkins, f. w. Mon
day; elephants. R c. Warfield: cucum-
bers, Joe Harris; lima beans, Miss Emma
Warfield string beans, Miss Sadie Penn;
satisfy Miss Ellen Farquhar; parsnips.
Miss Ellen Farquhar: carrots, Miss Mag
gle Welsh: celery, Miss Ellen Farquhar;
potatoes. Charles Heagy; sweet potatoes,
Miss Maggie Harrison; tomatoes, T. "
Robey: turnips, f. w. Monday; onions.
T. Counselman; parsley. Mrs. Edward
Harris: sweet corn. Urban Wagner; pep
pers, Julian Griffith, jr.: hops, Mrs. NJ A.
Hall: kale, T. w. Monday; okra. Mrs A.
L. Bowie; display of vegetables, Reuben
P. Hines.
Flowers-Cut roses. Mrs. ]. N Wagner;
cut geraniums. Mrs. ID. III. Warfeld; cut
fuschias Miss Ellen Farquhar; cut
dahlias, Miss Fannie Peter; cut asters,
Miss Mary Trail: cut nasturtiums. Mrs.
C. W. Baggarly; cut begonias, Miss Ellen
Farquhar: display of growing plants.
Mrs. d. II. Wartield; plate OF cut flowers.
Miss Ellen Farquhar; hanging basket.
Miss Ellen Farquhar; fancy grasses. Miss
f. Baker; growing palm. Miss Elizabeth
Fields: ferns. Miss Oberta Higgins; CEN
fury plant, Miss Elizabeth Fields.
Cattle-Ayrshire-Hun Drum (herd),
bull. cow bull calf. heifer calf; Swiss reg
istered (herd), cow, heller, heifer calf.
heifer. heifer calf. Dutch belt grades
! F. H Cashen. COW and helfer. Red
polled-Isaac Ford: bull and heifer Polled