Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1906-08-31
Items Picked Up At The Fair.

Mr.. Thomas Howes, who resides near
Unity, this county, remarked that he had
attended every one of the So exhibitions
given by the Society, and he is yet young
man. There are very few persons in the
county, If any, who can make the same
boast.
The Rockville base ball team on Tuesday
defeated the Kensington team BY score of
to 2, and on Friday the Hyattsville team
by 8 to o.
The Fields Bros. sold from their exhibi-
ton herd Of Holstein cattle three cows for
the sum of $500.
The charming display Of flowers was
marred by the cramped location it was
placed in,and amplitude should be the watch
word of the managers the next Fair,
Such prime judges as Messrs. Carlos M.
De Garmendia, Of Frederick county, and
Merrifield, of Baltimore, thought the race
track splendid one.
One exhibitor In the poultry department
paid $94 80 entry fees, at 25 cents per head.
An epidemic of typhoid fever in and close
around Germantown prevails, is cases hav-
ing developed.
Mr.. Lee s. Dorsey, local horseman, re-
duced the track record to 2:14t, driving My
sotis, from 2:154, record made by Uuion
Bell several years ago. In the same race
the new record was equaled by Gypsy Red.
Ednor G. won the "County De'by." Her
friends boast that county bred horse won
the event. Kinstress, another county bred
mare, reduced her record at Readville,
Mass, recently, to 2:09a. Montgomery bred
harness stock seems to be at a premidm just
now.
Larry Gray, Baltimore veteran knight
Of the bike, took part ln the races aud won
first moneis with his two fast PAGERS, st. Pat
rick and Gipsey Red. His mode Of "cool-
Ing out" between heats seemed to differ
materially with that of other trainers, and
We approached the shade In the infleld
where he was plying his trade. His horses
are as docile as a we'll hammered child.
They are taught good manners before leav-
ing home. At the close of heat his steed
is taken to the shade and stripped of all
harness as clean as 1t was when 1t first saw
day. Then the head is copiously sponged
with tepid water and the body scraped of
the sweat. The legs are slightly sponged.
him, but he tastes not Of it until he is asked
to do 30, which is after the other work upon
him is finished. Neither does he nibble the
grass all this time; not once during the
heats. He stands in his tracks If he 30 wills
until the bell taps, for he is not lead by man
to circulate round and round upon his tired
legs, but left stand to recuperate. No smoth-
ering blanket-none at all-covers his form,
separating it from the exhilarating air. No
"ammoniated wash" 10 applied TO the body
and legs to relieve imaginary soreness, but
instead mild "disinfectant Is used on the
legs only. After the final heat the horses
legs are bandaged to his knees, but when
he Is cooled out and retired TO the stable for
the night the bandages are removed, when
the blood courses freely again. Why this
radical changer Mr.. Gray was asked. "For
the demonstrated advantage to the horse"
he replied. "Look, under the old method l
treated and could not get horses to race in
$50, and now If l had the same horses l
could have them going in 2:20 or better.
The new method is now used on all the big
tracks,"