The Washington herald., 1909-10-10

and dogs (if they had any, with them
they also brung their dinners in baskets
which they Ct with great gusto under the
shade trees in the fairgrounds whenever
they felt the pang OF hunger having at
their vitals.
The secloond days attendance at the
fair was bigger than the first and the
third day was bigger than the seckOnd-
Hank Dewberry and Lem Quigly who
sold tickets and TUX in the money at the
gate says that the attendance during the
three days was bigger than has ever at
tended d Bingville fair during their rec
olleckshion. (The reason Hank and Lem
has alus TUX tickets IS that there has
been trouble betwixt them for 10 these
many years and they hate each other like
snakes-well the fair committee has al
lus put Hank and Lem al the gate becuz
they knOwd that If Hank tuk any Of
the gate receats which didn't belong 10
him. Lem would tell, and vice versa.)
The Bingville Horn Band furnished
musick for the cccashion. perdoocing
sweet sprains Of harmony which dee
lighted the thousands who was at the
Fair each day All the band boys was
present except Suide Petersby-Snide,
he plays the trombone and he happened
to have a cold sore on his lip, which
made Il impossible 10 do this. Snide he
tried TO play the trombone the FIRST day
OF the fair, but he said that whenever
he tried TO blow the durn thing it hurt
his lip so that II made mis- eyes worter
and then he would swear somethink aw-
ful, so Snide he give It up. Another ak
ident occurd IN the band when Heck
Barker hit the base drum t1rrible wal
lop when the band was marching to the
tair grounds on the seckond day and
busted in one head.
It would take too much spase in this
ishue TO give the names of ali them as
received premiums for various things,
inclooding livestock, vegetables. fruit,
fancy work, ct ceterv. All we kin do is
to give tie result of the racing:
FIRST DAYS RACE-It was the
four-minnit trot and was won by 'Clary
Bell" owned BY Amos Winters Of the
county seat-Clary Bells time for the
mile was FIVE minnits and 80 seokonds.
but she has did a mile in FIVE minnits.
flat.
SECKOND DAYS RACE-Was Z
pacing race (no time limit. Cy Hos
kins' old mare "Iiuny' would OF won
this race If Cy hadn't Of fell outen the
sull1y on the home stretch when a news
paper blowd across the track and Tinnv
shyed at II. As a result the pacing race
was won by Mel Bartlett-or ruther by
MeTs l7-year-old bay gelding Polly"
THIRD DAYS RACE-This was =
free-for-all, trot, pace OF lope and they
was fifteen entries. The race was won
by Plutarch Stone Of Sorrow Hollow on
mule which kin run like the very old
skratch. There was a good cal of dis
satisfackshion among the others who en-
terd the race becuz the mule won-they
said they was under the Impression If
was boss race and not mule race
but the judges give the race to Plutarch
and the mule anyhow.
Plutarch says he wouldn't take =
thousand dollars for that mule sinst !,
won the race-he also says he wouldn.,
stand within kickin distance of that mule
for two thousand.
They was also a balloon ASCENSION by
teller from the Co. seat. who went m
and come down again without losin his
worthless life Most everybuddv at the
fair got stiff neck lookin up at him.