The Washington herald., 1907-08-28
Scene: Road to the Rockville Fair.

scene; Road 10 the Rockville Fair.
Time: Yesterday morning.
Whoa; b'gosh'-and the agricultur-
ist bound for the fair grounds checked
his ay-bitten roam with his one hemp line
and spat
Whoa! b'gosh"-and another agricul-
turist headed toward jerks store pulled
up the big gray mare and spat
Where you bound for. b'gosh?'' asked
the driver of the fy-bitten roam.
I'm bound for jerks store, b'gosh, i"
answered the driver Of the big gray
mare Where you bound for, b'gosh?"
I'm bound for the fair, b'gosh."
III go with you, bgosh,"
That's what lowed when I pulled
up"
And the big gray mare turned around
and trotted beside the hy-bitten roam to
the busting fair grounds to take in the
ffty-frst annual gathering Of fine corn
and red tomatoes, frosted cake and
shcats, b'gosh.
1t wasn't like the old deserted fair
grounds that they passed every day Of
their lives without turn Of the head.
1t was giddy place a place where there
were hot dogs and bearded ladies', race
horses and city girls, old friends with the
valise and the jug. and candidates, also
with the valise.
Old Newton I1ar.Irfre rrr,.- 4t-,-.
Perkins, and all the little Perkinses. and
Perkins farmland and the Perkins dog
and the Dayton and the prize currant
Jelly and-b' 'gosh-the Jersey heifer tied
on behind
States Attorney Peter was there; May
or Garrett was there; Marshal Collins
was there; all Rockville was there. Ev-
erybody seemed TO be there. in fact. in
Guiding the little man with the elusive
green pea. who did not get chance
however, 70 give away his money.
No games Of chance are allowed this
year and the players have threatened
10 do their best to keep the crowd away.
bat the community appears TO have de-
termined to make a stand agains. gam
bhng-and a strong one-as was evidenced
by the fine crowd and the entry list.
which is the largest in the history Of
Montgomery County.
Cream of the Dairy Farm.
Over in the stock pens COWS. and cows
husbands, OF maybe fathers were being
groomed and made ready for the Judges
CTeam-wlite Jerseys. massive Holsteins
short-horns and NOODLES. and kind-faced
cows, all appeared with their best .graces
and ready to be decked with blue rib
b0ns.
There was a big hog over there. too.
and the pen had to be enlarged 10 re-
eeive him. He was Just as mud-eovered
as he was large, and everybody said that
would help him to win the prize. He did
not set up when curious folks pol1ed him
with the family umbrella. Then they
said he couldn't walk. but his owner
assured them that he could There were
sheep and guinea-keets and guinea-pigs
and chickens all kinds of them, from the
game cock 10 the cocky bantam. from
the befeathered Shanghai to the bare
necked Plymouth Rock.
To one who entered the exhibits build
ing, wateTed mouth was the first i'm
preston. Vegetables of such proportion
that they cannot be described (except
when out fishing), cakes four and five
stories high. preserves with branded tops.
and Maryland-beaten biscuits that were
as fiaky as a snowst0rm.
side shows Prosper.
The side-shows are aligned on rising
bank, where no word that they utter is
lost on the spectators. All them shows"
did a hustling business, and by afternoon
they were hoarse and rich. and il was
just as well. for the races commenced
Both sides Of the rail fence were lined
with shouting gentry when the word
Co" for the 2.3o trot was given. Ten
horses, each the pride Of some locality.
took the bits and rushed for the first
turn. There was no attempt made at
harmony Of cOlOrs. but farm hats tied
down with string, engineers. caps and
old jockey caps adorned the heads of the
drivers. besides a plentiful display of
white socks and mended suspenders.
The pace became furious. Three heats
we're trotted. and the winner was Pen
clder, owned by Herman K. Tyson. of
Baltimore. with Robert D.. owned by
Frank Parsons. of Cumberland. second.
Billy Stone, owned by F. B. Hersey. of
Waynesboro. third. and May Queen.
owned by G. Goodacre. Of Washington
fourth. The pace was fast, and the time
for the best mile. 2.25.
Ensley, owned by R. Haymaker. of
Glenville. Va, Won the first running race
Of half mile in two straight heats. His
best time was 81 seconds.
Black Flag, owned by ". Robinson. Of
Baltimore, was second. and Carrie Gra-
ham, owned by A. L. Moore third.
Knight of Weston Wins.
The second running race required three
heats TO decide. and was finally won by
Night Of Weston. owned by f. I, "
Green, Of Fredericksburg. with Twister
owned by W. Robinson, of Baltimore soc
ond and Chaplain. owned by F. c. All
mutt. Rockville, third
There was no betting on the races bD+
this caused no lack of enthusiasm and
the winners were carefully examined hx
the Montgomery County judges OF horse
flesh, and no good point escaped notice
ilstc encounter occurred between .o,,s
OF the Rockville base ball players. and
spectator, in which the latter received
the worst Of il, and sWore out n warrant
which caused the player to be placed nm
der marshars care while he ran the
bases, and got into another fight with
Confined IN Pare q f,.Y..