The Grenada sentinel., 1903-10-10

A Good Attendance and Much
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Attractive Display and interesting and Ex-
- citing Race, Daily.
The Dinth annual meeting Of the /
Grenada Central Fair and Live Stock
Association commenced Tuesday and
held three days. The attendance
Tuesday was moderate; on Wednesday
it was much better, and on Thursday,
fair. But for the extremely dry !
weather and late crops many more peo-
pie would have been present. |
However, an early morning shower |
the first day and the sprinkling Of the
streets contributed much to lay the
dust and add to the comfort OF the
crowd. Wednesday evening a nice rain
and fall in temperature added fur
ther to the comfort of the people and
enhance the pleasure Of the occasion.
The exhibit Of horses, mules, cattle !
and other live stock was good. The
colts were especially fine and pretty.
The display OF farming implements
was varied and somewhat extensive.
Also good and varied line OF agricul-
tural products was shown. Some ex-
cellent specimens of cotton, corn, hay,
potatoes, sugar cane, peas, pears, ap-
pies, etc., were on exhi bition. No less
fine were the garden products.
AS might have been expected the
most beautiful and attractive feature
OF the exhibits was the Ladies' and
Children's Department. Their build
| ing was artistical]y decorated with
white and pink paper, evergreen vines,
ferns, potted plants and cut flowers.
The exhibit embraced an endless vari-
ETY. of ladies' deft needle work. Many
elegant and beautiful laces, embroid-
cries, linens, sofa pillars and drawn
work evinced Skill of the fair sex. The
art display consisted OF water colors,
oil pictures and burnt wood, all of
which were fine. The culinary fea-
ture-cakes, candies, jellies, jams,
wines, pickles, catsup and preserves
-showed that the art of cooking and
housekeeping is not lost among our
women.
The music of the occasion was
furnished by the Citizens Band, OF
Grenada, composed of some young
men of our city. It is needless to say
they acquitted themselves with credit
and won the appreciation OF the
q crowd. In fact, considering the short
time they had to practice, they did
extremely we'll.
Taken altogether, the Fair was a
tsuccess, and will be remembered with
pleasure and profit by all who attend
ed. The managers have a just right
to feel proud of the results OF their
untiting efforts to make every depart
ment complete. ,:
RACES.
The races were by far the most in.
> teresting feature Of the Fair, and the
interest grew each day. The excite
ment was intense from beginning tt
end of each contest. There were or
the track, some fine animals, includ
ing many from abroad. Running
trotting and pacing were the order o.
the day. Each racer had his friends
and no one believed his favorite coult
be beat, until the result was announc
ed. The slow mule race and coloret
owners contest came in for thci>
lshare of eager attention, and furnish
= ed much amusement for the crowd
The following are the race results fol
the three days:
!, TUESDAY-FIRsT DAY.
First race-Running, one-quarte
mile dash, Fair district horses. En-
q tries, Dora Dean, Manona, Bonnie an
Black Cat. Manona. first; Dora Dean
second.
"a Second race-Roadsters, hom
horses, trotting and pacing, one-hal
mile heat, best two in three. Entries
If Whitney, Tip and Towns. Tip wor
y Whitney, second.
Third race-Running, one-half mil
er dash. Entries, Austral, The Lad,
r. Lizzie Britton, Grenada, Queen Free1
and High Born Lady. Grenada, frs
0noen freeze second