Evening journal., 1909-08-31
COUNTY FAIR A
GRAND DISPLAY
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placed this morning. Excited worlmen
we're putting finishing touches to the
grounds on tho track scores OF horsemen
were trying their horses for this after
noon's races, while concesslonaires were
hurrying TO be ready for tho real rush OF
visitors this afternoon.
All exhibits were largely visited, the
horse display winning the greatest atten-
tion. Eighty-hve show horses and l20
trotting horses insure no lack Of interest
IN this department during the four days
of the fair. OF interest particularly to the
young visitors to-day were the displays
of ponies by T. c. DUPONT, Saml MoDan-
icl. OF this city. and others Dashing lit
lie shetland ponies with flowing names
! were rivals OF gigantic percherons and
Persian stations. The largest exhibitor IN
the horse department Is r. c. dupont, who
has fourteen exhibits The chief attrac-
tlon Of the display, however Is that OF
Delaware College Experimental station
| The college exhibits the magnificent Per-
sian stallion Goliath weighing 1850 pounds
and valued at 1000 and his mate Viola,
weighing 400 pounds and her colt, five
months old. Weighing 555 pounds. Seven at
tractive horses are exhibited by \. J.
Williams. Of Middletown. among them be-
ing Baron Larable. by Great Baron Lara
bic. elast, who won first prize in the stand
ard registered class at last years fair. Mr..
williams also shows the stallion Palo Az
worthy. who won first prize in the yearl-
ing class last year.
FINE EXHIBIT OF SHEEP.
The sheep and swine department shares
| largely in the general improvement Of the
! fair this year. The curiosity Of the depart
mont is giant black English boar Of the
Bacon breed. owned by Or. Cooper Of
| wyoming This boar weighs 900 pounds
l and has a snout a yard long, a fact that
led a woman visitor to tell friend this
morning that the animal was an ant
eater. The display Of sheep is made this
year by three men. and all the exhibits
are southdowns, there being %. L. II. PEN
nington. OF Mermaid is the only exhibitor
from this state.
The excellence of the cattle depart
meut has been attested by tho appre-
citation, already quoted, of Bidcrman
4 DUPONT. Soventy-fve exhibits were
4 registered for this department, but fivc
8 from the anthrax region about New
q port, have not been brought TO tho
" fair. Jerseys. Gurnseys and Holsteins
3 are exhibited by Or. Cooper, OF Wy
y oming; Edward Donohoo, Of Edge
y Moor; Harry c. Mahaffy, of Whining
q ton; ID. $. klair. of Contreville; Arnolc
Naudain. OF Stanton and others. Men.
q ton of any particular exhibit woulC
not be OF justice to the others since
- Of fuh .s1u
N and compare closely.
Between 400 and 500 birds are OK
hibited in the poultry department,
: large increase over last year. whe
. there were about 800 birds. Tho larg
"a est exhibitor Of poultry Is Norris q
Temple. of Pocopson, Pa. who carrie
off most of the blue ribbons last yea
;, He shows 200 birds of nearly ever
) variety. Kirk and Speakman sho'
silver Wyandottes. W. Percy Morr
son shows Rhode Island Reds. Boutf
brook Farm displays sixty birds {
- most varieties Other exhibitors an
George S. Gooden, state Road; L. Z
| CLAYTON. Mt. Pleasant; Frederic
| SNYDER. Newport: l.. Scott Townsen'
/ OF Brandywine hundred; John Ashton
| OF Hartley. and many others.
A "Br.tish museum Of fruit Is VIII
a visitor designated the fruit display IN
morning. Peaches as big as cantaloupe
apples that look like great rosy pun
| kins are contrasted with blazing red cr'
apples so tiny that one could swallo
them like pills--nature's pills for the We
4 etarian and the fruitarian. w. r. Peac
| OF Mil Creek hundred Calvin Eastbur
and Richard G. Buckingham, all OF NJ
| Creek hundred, and John l.. Lyman,
| Newport are among the exhibitors
fruit Unusually large this year Is the d
play Of grapes Of many varieties. &
which THE EVENING JOURNAL hi
offered prizes.
The women's and children's depar'me
and the home product department We
the center Of attraction for most woms
at the grounds. The display OF cake, jan
pies and other goodies IN the latter d
partment was doubtless forcboding
their temptation for the Riddles, for vei
few Of the little people were found with
the tent On the women's and children
j department are displays Of homo work, {