The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-21
RAIN AT WHITE PLAINS FAIR.
YET GOOD RACES on THE SLOW
HALF NILE TRACK.
Field Day for }. W. N lrriman In the HOrse
show Ring MANY RIbbODs for Vest
chester NesIden s-Prizes for Fruits
and Vegetables. with . Lively Midway.

cnesler NeSh0en S-PrtZes for Fruitn
and Vegetables, with . Lively Midway.
Showers only stimulated the sport at the
Westminster Fair yesterday, and 1000 men,
women and children OF the county sat In the
dry grand stand and yelled over the track
races. Society folks we're not 40 well shell
tered. but they crowded the horse show tent
and lawn to watch amateurs ride and drive.
II was q great day for J. W. Hartman in the
show ring and the Vanderbilt and Thompson
entries had TO play the second fiddle to him.
Other Westchester county winners OF blue
ribbons were Eugene 8. Reynal. Miss Rhea II.
Reid and Miss Rockefeller.
A couple Of thimbleriGEers had the nerve
70 set up a game. but they were soon raided
by sheriff Merritt. The fair Ia very free
from crooked games and through the vigilance
Of the detectives the Beware OF pickpockets"
signs were warnings only ornamental. Yet
there was a midway in full career and all
sorts OF takers to teach the country young
folks how EASY IL Ia TO 20 broke. Under the
Establishments Of the takers more than one
kid expended the dollar given 10 him for
lunch money on throwing basebAlls at a
lodging head or in attempting TO ring walk
ing sticks. Awards were made in the fruit
and vegetable displays. Apples, from tiny
crab buttons to big green ones the size Of
a sugar bowl. with grapes. pears and melons.
all raisedin the county. made a brave showing.
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No city man could identify a third OF them and
the new sorts fixed even the country folks.
Automobiles, motor cycles and ordinary
carriages filled a tent, and the displays kept
the place filled with inQuirers. All the Vest
chester amateur farmers have motor cars. and
now the plain. everyday farmers are buying
Pigeons were jud sed In the poultry annex
and the varieties. were we'll filled, White
Rocks and Brown 1eghorns led in the poultry
bantsms and OF their opposites in size. the
Toulouse IS.sss rs reese sv. The 9E 1 Z in bel sss s. eOul t6s
amateur and real farmers,
Rain made the track sloE. bpt the three
has charge OF the racing. and an innovation
that pleased the drivers was that their win
nlnss we're handed out in cash after each
Next year said Mallory. we will have a
new grand stand on the White Plains end Of
the grounds and he best meeting on a half
Dan N 9 ;0sh VIII Mallory DRIVING: T. the
day for a special cup. John Kelly will drive.
and he held the reins over Bedela for James
Of the drivers paid scant attention to track
etiquette, and Judge Coleman was particularly
annoyed because some OF them pers isted
Would you 'oblise by swallowing thOt
cigar?" said. Coleman to one of the drivers.
phone, Please throw away that butt and
IL 3 not the sOpt OF ITOttlnR mat eets you 7
yelling remarked James Butler. but the
sport Ia hne for q wet day"
The shouts from the crowd after every
finish revealed that the racing suited on
lockers less critical than the Grand Circuit
magnate. Butler might have felt more
enthusiastic II Bedelia had kept her feet,
but breaks at telling moments allowed HAL
stead TO win the 2:l8 trot in straight heats
with Sable Alcyoner Charley Thompson
won the IS pace In straight heats with Little
jay, taking a new mark Of 22lx in the second
heat, in which Bessie Pandit was a strong
contender. The free for all trOt was won
easily by MoTCe. in slow time.
A. G. Vanderbilt won with Lad Kathryn
In a runabout class, turning the tables on
Miss MaXWells AdOnts. which beat the mare
In a similar class at Bay Shore. and Wander
bits Venture coach and gray team won
in road fours. J, Campbell Thompson made
a strong bid with a team OF roam wheelers
and gray and bay leaders, very fine goers,
shown TO the FauRh-a-BallaRh coach. He
won the second prize. The only other entry
was E. n. Weatberbee's team shown 20 a
break. Thomas J. Ryans Claretta won
In two saddle classes. Miss Rockefeller won
with Tendresse. a chestnut with a well bal
anced style OF going. in the local runabout
class Mics Reid being second With Rockrey,
and yhe RockefCller second string, The Arrow.
third. The Egyptian jumped very we'll in
winning for =. s. Reypal, but, y. a slow and
Ian guild fashion: yet the exhibition was the
best made by the hunters II was a field
day for J. W. Hartman. as the list OF awards
reveals. The summaries