The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1908-09-23
Thousands Upon Thousands Of.
People Turn Out for
the Big Day.
GREAT PROGRAM OBSERVED
.Multitudes Of Visitors Enjoy
the Events and Features
of the Day.

annual idH was the dig one. Fully
twenty thousand people were in the
city for the occasion and big pro-
gram was carried out.
The day opened with the trains
and street cars bringing in throngs
OF people from all directions and
thousands of others drove In. At an
early hour the streets were crowded
and with the weather promising the
day. had the outlook of big success.
which proved the case.
The program consisted OF the
awarding of premiums, the grand
march of premium stock, balloon as
cension. r9ees and other amusements,
After easily winning the first heat
of the 2:25 pace in the first racing
event of THE Old. Clarksburg FAIR
tuesday afternoon. Ashgrove, the bay
stallion owned by Hiram Gaines, OF
Grafton. dropped dead in the track.
Fortunately the horse was not in the
lead. and the driver. Scott Willis, of
clarkshurg. although thrown from
his seat, was not injured.
Paralysis OF the heart was the
cause of the animals death. In the
second heat the horse kept we'll in
the race but was not In the lead.
When half way around the track on
the second time around the animal
plunged suddenly forward to the
ground and expired instantly.
The races were close and were
watched Nth interest by the large
crowds in the grand stand anil quar-
ter stretch. The summaries are as
follows:
$50 Trot.-
Alice Brennan. b. m... River
side Stock Farm .......... II 1,
Charles e. Alerton, b. s.. Chas.
e. Manley. Falrmont ..... 90 81
Motambo. b. g.. Riverside
Stock Farm .............. 2 3 3
Glen. bl. g.. H. Cork. city,. a. A.
Rauley Patchen, b. g., w. Bar
nett. city ................. s S
Time 2:43 Ia. 2:4o. gs:Ss Ia.
Half Mile Dash
Silver. c. M. o. c. Reeder. Cir
cleville, o. ~
One Moro. b. M. B. NJ. Morrison, !.
Marmette. b. g.. Wesley sayre,
Augerland. W. Va. .......... 2 .
Florenstein. j. F. Coxney, Ripley . .
Time-52 1-2. 53.
Silver held in first heat and One
More sent to stable for bad riding.
2:2s Pace
Reno Hal. b. g.. F, L. Pads-
cit. Lafayette. Ind. 49,. Il
Aldine. bl. M. F. H. Wheel
ock, city .............. 4s222
James c., b. g., 7. j. Rich
ardson. Huntington $50. 3 Q 8 ..
Billy NJ, b. g., L. S. Flaming,
Fairmont ...... ....... s I a.
My Lady Dainty. $. M, Riv-
erside Stock Farm 1900. 6 s d
Ashgrove, b. s.. Hiram Gains
Grafton 1000. .......
Time-2:2s Ia. 1929 Ia, 2:3l
Ia, 2:35.
Premium Swine.
The swine classes were all filled
except, durock or Jersey reds. In the
Chester. Magic and large bone class
S. L. Blake. of Mt. Clare. was award
ed first and second premiums on four
entries and Lloyd Swisher. OF Lost
Creek. on SOW with litter of sucking
pigs.
Boyd NJ. Allen. of Hepzibah. carri-
ed off premiums in the Suffolk, Berk-
shire and small swine classes, re-
ceiving six red and six blue cards.
Premiums on Sheep.
Carl v. Smith, of Lost Creek, and
William Swisher OF the same place,
divided honors for exhibits OF finei
wool sheep, each receiving first and
second premiums.
Carl v. Smith received most OF the
first premiums In the native grade
and middle wool class. and S. L.
Blake, secon.
William Smith and Carl Smith car
ried off the red blue cards in the long
wool sheep class.
j., o. Gather. Of Pennington. got
six first premiums and one second
premium for Shropshire sheep ex-
hibits and Carl v. Smith got one
second premium in this. class.
Arthur Sheets. of Lost Creek. took
all the SIX first premiums in the
southdown class. his son II. w.
Sheets, took all but one OF the second
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