Evening star., 1907-08-27
BUT ALL'S STRAIGHT NOW
Poultry Display Proves One Of tho
Best Ever.
AND CATTLE ARE SOME CLASSY
Fakers There Are in Plenty and
Bands, Side Shows and All
Sorts of Things.

| Special Correspondence Of The star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. August -. 1907.
| The Rockville fair opened this morn
| ing under circumstan which encourage
| the management to believe that II VIII
| prove one Of the most successful within
| the societys history. Weather conditions
were auspicious, exhibits In all depart
| ments complete and interesting. and the
| attendance gratifyingly large The
| grounds never appeared to better adj
! vantage. Every vestige Of dirt had been
| removed; the stables, stalls. fences. etc.
| wore spotless coats of whitewash. and
| the trees and grass were fresh and green
as a result of the recent frequent rains.
| The many gaily decorated booths and
| tents added to the attractiveness of the
scene.
| AS is the case on all opening days. the
| grounds during the early hours were a
| scene of hustle and confusion. Exhibits
were arriving in large numbers. and the
! fair attaches were kept busy arranging
| them in position. By the early after
noon everything was in place. the fakir
| began his familiar cry. the bands Played.
| and the fair was on in earnest. fhe race
program for the afternoon promises some
excellent sport. and following this there
will be base ball game between the
Rockville and Brookland teams.
Splendid Poultry Display.
While the poultry display is again one OF
the most interesting features OF the fair.
and while the quality OF the specimens has
probably never been excelied at Rockville.
the total number of birds on exhibition Is
considerably less than In former years.
This is probably because the entrance fees
are now double what they were and the
regulations much more stringent. the object
of the change being to keep away many of
the big professional exhibitors and thereby
stimulate the county people to greater enort
In the poultry raising line. 1t Is believed
| the wisdom of this policy will become more
| and more apparent. and that the exhibits,
| both in numbers and quality, will grow year
! by year. and before long be almost exclu-
sively by people of Montgomery county.
There are probably thousand specimens
| of poultry on exhibition this year. including
| everything from diminutive bantams TO
giant Brahmas. The services of two ex-
| perts-A. f. Warner of Baltimore and Geo.
| o. Brown of Parkville. Md.-have been Sc.
cured. and tomorrow morning the task OF
| determining the merits Of the numerous
| specimens will begin.
The horse show has long been one of the
! chief attractions of the Rockville fair. anu
| this wear II Is fully UP to the standard Inc
| very finest specimens the county can ,e ooase
| Of are on exhibition. At half-past y O'Clock
tomorrow morning every horse and colt on
| the grounds will participate In a grand
| march around the race track
Regret Lack of Space.
Lack of space kept the exhibition Of cat
| tie from being by long odds the finest ever
seen at Rockville. All available s.ace was
| engaged as early as last Friday. and since
that time dozens of splendid specimens had
| to be refused entrance. Those on eXhibi-
| ton include magnificent herds of registered
| and grade Jerseys, Holsteins. Red Poled.
Guesnseys. Durham, Devon. Swiss ana Ayr
| shires G. Arthur Bell of Washington will
| judge the cattle. sheep and hogs
The main exhibition hall Is filled to over
a
Here are farm and garden products In
| abundance. flowers. growing plants. fruits,
| works Of art. preserves, canned fruits, jel-
| lies. bread. cakes, candies and numerous
other things.
Big Day Tomorrow.
Tomorrow will be one of the big days OF
| the fair The program for the day includes
| the judging of exhibits in the morning,
| grand parade of horses around the race
| track at 9:3O. and four racing events In the
afternoon. The entries for the races fol-
| low:
| First race 2.14 trot and 2.17 pace, mixed;
purse $4OO-Volmans Daughter, w. g FOX.
swedesboro. N. j.. Investor. c: F. Clarke.
| Waynesboro, Pa: Red Rock, washington
| Naiior, washington. D. c.; Edna G., Lee
s. Dorsey. Rockville Nd; Dillon Queen
! Buttonwood stock farm. Gettysburg, Pa.
| Second race. 2.19 trot and = pace:
; mixed; purse. s4OO-Nora W. Kavanaugh
Rros HarriSonburg, Va: Skiddoo, X A
! Smith, Frederick. Md: Rara Avis j. I.
| Mott. Washington. d. c.; Kushan. william
E. Miller. Washington. ID. C.: May queen
| q. Goodacre, Washington d. C; Riley A.,
| FRANK Croyo, Washington. ID. C.; Inc
| Duke. William Chambers. Washington, ~
C: Golden Glen, F. B. Hershey. Waynes-
| boro, Pa. Hero. John w. Seemer; Easlon'
Mr.; Frank s., lexington Stock farih'
Eastville, Va. -, .o
| Third race, running. mile dash' purSe'
| s15O-Freckman. E. C. Allnutt, RockNlie;
| Md: Ethelbertha. Black Flag. IWlster anu
Marie Lassie, william Robinson, Ballilo.t'
/ Md; Tryon and Rabbee. NJ - fiunkeIt;;
Washington. d. c.; Night of weston anu
Verbo. F. l.. w. Green. Frederickspurs'
va: Satirist. Lee S. Dorsey. kockvline'
Md; Seagate and Gunston, A. L. Moore'
Rocky lie, Md. ,.
Fourth race running; hair mlie anu
neat; purse. $159-Ethelbertha. blacK riaS'
rwister and Marie Lassie. William Ro9lh-
son Baltimore Md; Arawaka. {. II. MOT
rison Brooklyn, n. Y; Carrie Grahanl A.
L. Moore Rockville. Md. t
The Woodsboro brass band of forty pieces,
which has has furnished music for the lair
for many years. is again on hand'
J. Clinton Dorsey is chief marshaI OF tIle
fair and his assistants are Joseph ~. Jan
ney w p Jones, l.. b. Riggs a. Browh'
Charles Holland Wa ter CaShell, James
Cashe,I Samuel Bussard and Samuel
Cashell Mr.. Artemus Sullivan is chlef of
police.
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