The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-11-25

SIX to Ten Thousand People Present ut
the Marion County Fair

Thursday was record breaking day |
at the Marion County Fair. The |
weather was truly ideal and every an
ticipation and prediction made of the
crowd was fully verified. The esti
mate Of the crowd ran anywhere from
5000 to 10000 people. One thing is
certain, never in the history of Marion
county was such crowd gathered
before and seldom il at any state fair
ever held in the state.
The crowd be gan to come early and
by every mode Of conveyance from the
up to-date six-cylinder automobile to
the primitive OK cart, until late in the
afternoon when the races were on and
when both grand stands were pack
ed and the fence enclosing the track
for three-quarters Of mile was lined
with people. from one to dozen thick.
The judging of the stock began in
the morning, and included thorough
bred horses. grades. mules and jacks,
standard and pure bred.
The first race Of the afternoon, trot
or pace. scheduled for l o'clock was
postponed because of the auto parade
in honor of Governor Gilchrist, which
hove in sight from town at 80, head
ed by J. III. Spencer. who took the gov
ernor in his car and with the other
cars. some twenty of them most at
| tractively decorated passed three times
around the track and were loudly
cheered and then packed in front of
the grand stand. The prize winners
were as follows: Harry Peter. Dun
mellon, first; ]. H. Spencer, second
S. T. Sistrunk, third; w. A. Coin.
fourth, DR.. McClane, fifth.
| The sight was one Of the most beau
tiful we have ever seen and that sight
alone was worth going to the fair
ground to witness. Harry Peters car
was unique and original in this as it
lexploited a game scene in Marion and
the ornamentation and decoration OF
| the auto consisted of So deer antlers
% quail, eight rabbits, two squirrels
two wild turkeys and the headlights
OF the car were two deer heads, the
whole festooned with Spanish moss
and palmetto sprigs. On the car was
the sign: Dead game sport: plenty
more in Marion county"
John H. SSpencer's car was bedecked
with an immense umbrella, and trail
ing from it were colored streamers
Mr.. Sistrunks car and its inmates were
clothed in white, the ladies of the
the whole presenting very lovely
picture. Mr.. Will Coins car and 1t.
inmates were festooned in yellow and
} made an admirable and lovely con.
trast to Mr.. Sistrunk's car, while DR.
Mechanics car was largely decorated
with patriotic colors, streamers an6
flags. On the front of the machine
sat his little son. representing Uncle
Sam and on the wind shield sat hi:
little daughter representing Colum.
bia. while on either side sat a little
; one waving a miniature flag. Another
car that caught the eyes of many wa!
fthat of Robert Sanders of Dunnellon
!, A car that missed the parade bu
rounded gracefully into line among the
cars within the enclosure was that OF
DR.. Tydings. that was typical of ou1
country's colors and was dazzling with
flags, streamers and bunting. It at.
tracted great admiration.
Then came the first heat in the 2:2i
trOtting or pacing race with four en-.
tries for a purse of SITS. Carrie Wood
. nut, the same horse that won the day
before. came in ahead. Time 2:19A
Carrie woodruff took the two sue.
tceeding heats. Time, 2:1S and 1923.
}, A temporary stand was made il
front of the grand stand and here
Governor Gilchrist, introduced by Hon
r. a. Burford as "the bachelor gov
ernor of Florida" made a very inter
esting and instructive speech about
F1orfdas resources and growth. He
excused his bachelorhood on the
ground that he had to give all his
time to the affairs of state, while 9th.
err men were governed by their wives
1t was difficult for the Star reporter
to hear the governor. but this is what
he touched on. The products of Flor
ida do more for the amelioration OF
the world than those grown in any
other state Of the Union-prosphates
lumber and turpentine. When it came
to these products. Marion could hold
herself abreast of any county in the
state. With these Marion was in the
lead and carried off first prizes A
glance at the exhibits said they all
looked good to him. That fairs were
great educators. The more fairs the
greater agricultural intelligence and
production. Turpentine that was
scarcely known a decade ago in Flor
ida. now found this state producing
|two-thirds Of the worlds supply Had
a good word to say about long staple
cotton and how this state and county
seed Of the cotton and how it became
an important adjunct in the making OF
table oil, the purest and best on earth
supplanting largely that made from
olives. Paid glowing tribute to
phosphate and what it does to rejuv-
ornate mother earth and made her
bear like virgin soil and he was salts
fed Florida would some day not far
distant become one of the oil fields OF
the world. He spoke of the growth
and Importance of our population and
agricultural increase in recent years
and the impetus given manufacturing
in the state in recent years which
grow until the commonwealth would
rank among the foremost in the Union
With such a soil, such a climate and
such people, what will not be our
material growth in the years to come
The governor was heard with pleas
ure and cheered to the echo. No more
popular state executive has ever sat
in the chair of state than Albert w.
Gilchrist.
Then came the dog show of Profess
sor Fred Darling and it proved ex-
ceedingly interesting. 1t was up-to-
date in every particular. 1t was fol-
lowed by a running race three-Quar-
| tiers OF mile in which Lady Martin
set a pace rounding the home stretch