Evening journal., 1910-09-01
CLOUDS NO BAR
TO FAIR SUCCESS
Attendance Keeps Up on What
is Expected to be Shows
Biggest Day
RACES WILL GO
OVER HEAVY TRACK

Attendance at the New Castle
County Fair yesterday was fully twice
as large as on the opening day.
BY tonight all the premiums
will have been awarded There hayo
been so many entries that the judges
have worked late at night each day
of the fair. The dog show premiums
will be awarded today and the stand
ard bred and draft horses will be
Judged II. p. Boggs took first prize
for best local Boston terrier entered.
Dr. p. Smith won first in line, first
open, and second In reserve In Bos-
ton terriers. The two fine Great
Danes exhibited by Edward Bring
hurst took al honors Two Dalma-
tians, owned by Miss Amy Bonham
and J. G. Weeks, of York. Pa. were
driven in a trap, loaned by Miss Amy
DUPONT, in front of the grandstand
yesterday afternoon and received
great applause.
An exciting event Of yesterday af-
ternoon was the burning OF the bali
loon. The manager OF the balloon
was on the scene. filling the bag, when.
! the wind blew the flames. and the
bag caught fire and was destroyed
completely. A large crowd watched
the oonnagration.
The merchants midway has at
tracted much favorable notice, as has
also the Seidlinger aeroplane.
The members of the Mercantile AS
sociation viii attend the fair In
body this afternoon.
At a meeting OF the Board OF Di~
rectors OF the fair, held this noon,
IN the Offices on the grounds. II was
decided to have the regular sched-
ule OF races this afternoon, but they
will start az a later hour The races
will begin promptly at o'clock this
afternoon.
The Delaware College tuberculosis
: exhibit was the chief point OF attrac-
= ton at the fair this morning. There
5 was large group of farmers studying
4 the tubcrcular specimens Of spleen,
+ and discussing their own and others
y experience The tubcrculiu teat was
e shown Tho uhorcuIin IS injected
rs into the ANNUAL suspected and II the
ID disease rs present, the COW VIII have
to high fever ~ the animal is healthy
lc there Hiil hr-liu fes1ir' IRON ffils, -
NJ a Wilmington butcher VIII slaughte
lg the tubercular COW this afternoon I
sgas hoped TO have healthy iookin,
Pr animal. 10 show that the disease coul,
q. not always be told from outward ap
n pearance.
Is All the cars to the fair were crowd
ed with people standing up this
y morning. and the fair was I'm fun
" blast from Q o'clock. The farm ma
p. chinery is a fine display. and a large
= one. The exhibitors I'm this line de-
{ parement are. White Brothers, VIII
mington; r.. c. Evans. Rockland,
Del; n. Schmaltz and Company, Ken
: nett Square; Phillips-Thompson Com
Z pany; Vacuum Cleaning Company.
p Wilmington; Industrial Supply Com
pany; Mallalieu aud Conrey, Philadel-
phia. and b. NJ. II. 80 and Flaunders
) 20 motor cars.
Posters are up advertising the big
crop meeting az College Farm. on
, Thursday, September 8. az 1.30 D. m.
There has been some misundcr-
standing over the matter of admission
! for children On the opening day,
children under twelve when accom-
; panied ad adult were admitted free.
but on the other days Of the fair. the
z regular half price admission is being
charged.
: The quality of the exhibits this year
is way above that of previous years.
} Some small boys We're overheard
wishing that they were the judges of
e. the lemon pie and candy The poultry
gave a fine chorus early this morn
ing.
= The rain last night spoiled the tu-
? berculin in the Delaware College dis
e play, but none of the exhibits on the
g grounds was damaged Shavings have
= been scattered over the grounds, so
r. that they are not muddy from the
p shower OF rain which fell last even-
ing