The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-08-01
OF SALOONS
DID NOT HURT FAIR
Over Ten Thousand Paid Ad-
missions to HagerStown
Exhibit This Week.
LAST DAY WAS EVENTFUL.
RACES WE'RE THE BEST OF THE
WEEK WHILE SPECTATORS
WERE ENDANGERED BY RUNA-
WAY HORSE.

Hagerstown, Ind, August 1.-The
nineteenth annual exhibit of the
Wayne County Fair Association has
passed into history. Although yester-
day was the closing day, the races
were the most interesting of the en-
tire meeting. Stands and shows were
so numerous on the grounds that
many of them had a poor week. To
those who went away broke" the fair
was a failure, while those who did a
good business considered the Hagers-
town fair a great success.
In point of attendance this week
was a record breaker, there having
been a total of nearly ten thousand
paid admissions. Owing to the fact
that Hagerstown recently went over
to the dry column many people con-
tended that without saloons the fair
would be dead; that horsemen,
stands and shows as we'll as exhibit
tors would ignore Hagerstown, and
the public would not patroniZe the
fair. These theories were without
foundation for the attendance on each
day was greater than corresponding
days for several years back. Stands,
shows. baby racks, etc, were really
too numerous for comfort There
were plenty of exhibits in all depart
ments, excepting cattle which fell far
below the average this year. The
crowd this week was one of the most
orderly ever seen in Hagerstown.
Marshall Drischel of Cambridge City
and Frank Working, on whom devolv-
ed the duty of policing the town dur
ing the week, stated that they had but
little work to do, and that not drunk
was seen on the streets.
1t was said that any of the thirsty
ones who belonged to the inner circle
and could give the password and
countersign could obtain the neces-
sary wet goods to cool their parched
tongues. A few made trips to Cam.
bridge where they were able to Stake
their thirst. Once or twice the angry
growl of a blind tiger was heard as
he sulked about, but his keepers man,
aged to keep him from frisking his tail
under the noses of the police.
Stella Carson. the colored woman
who cut and carved Charles Willis also
colored, on the fair ground Thursday
night was able to prove she acted in
self defense in Squire Sells court
and was given her liberty. A diligent
search was made for Willis. against
whom was lodged charge of assault
and battery, filed by the Carson wo.
man. but he could not be found
A great deal of excitement was
caused on the grounds about two
O'Clock yesterday afternoon by run
away horse. The horse belonged tc
Charles Porter of the firm of Porter
& Son, and was hauling the delivery
wagon on the grounds when the axle
broke. throwing Mr. Porter out The
horse then dashed northward through
the grounds in and out among the
crowd until he was finally caught. Il
is remarkable that nobody was hurt
The only damage done was to the
wagon.
In the 2:19 pace yesterday after
noon there were eight starters. The
first two heats were won by John S
in 2:1T and 2:19. After he had wor
these two heats everybody thought he
would win the third easily, but in tbs
third and fourth heats the other driv
ers managed TO get John in poke
managed to get John S. in a pocket
and kept him there. the heats coins
to Richard NJ. in 2:1S and 2:2I. Still
another surprise was in store for Les
lie D. won the fifth heat
There were four starters in the
three-fourths mile run. Ophilia Mar.
tin the Bronnenburg entry. won two
heats out of three in lis and 1:171s
veranda second. Prince Of Endurance