Evening star., 1911-08-29
GIVEN GOOD START
Auspicious Opening of Annual
Fair at Rockville.
BIG ARRAY OF EXHIBITS
Aeroplane Flights Among the At
fractions Tomorrow.
EVENTS IN RACING PROGRAM
One Trot, Pacing Bout and Two Run
ming Contests, With Fast
Horses Entered.
EVENTS IN RACING PROGRAM

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. August 2s.-With
every exhibit from sleek live stock to
the bountiful products OF the soil In
place and rejecting the prosperity Of
the farmers Of "old Montgomery" the
Rockville fair. the fifty-eighth annual
event of the kind. began this morning.
to continue four days.
Uncertain weather and . rival At
traction in the shape Of q democratic
primary election kept the aktsudnncs
down somewhat, but in every other
respect the big exhibit opened under
most favorable circumstances and with
greatest success within the history Of
the association. provided the weather
is favorable the remaining days.
The exhibits, both as to numbers and
quality. were never surpassed at a
Rockville fair. In the main hall, which
is in charge Of Turner w. Welsh, as
sisted by John w. Keys, Misses Ada
Warfield. Ida S. Dove. Alverda King
don and Mary Brewer, is an endless array
Of preserves jellfes, fruits, vegetables.
grains. flowers, cakes, bread. pies.
works of art. fancy work and almost
everything else to testify to the Prov
ess of the housewife all arranged with
a scene OF genuine beauty About
everybody in Montgomery county has
one or more exhibits in this depart
ment, and the District Of Columbia Is
also we'll represented.
Poultry Leading Feature.
The poultry exhibit Is again a leading
feature. About one thousand specimens
Of every variety of chickens. ducks, tur-
L.
Among the principal exhibitors arc Calvin
Hicks. G. G. Barkman. James II. Preston.
James II. Preston, jr.. Rosemont farm;
]. N. Anderson. Mrs. II. c. Allnutt F. a.
Beard. Harry Beard, A. E. Burriss. w. r.
Bowers. James B. Clark, Alban Brooke.
Charles ]. CCrby, ]. F. Defandorf. w.
Easterbrook, James T. English. DR.. w e.
Edward w. Monday, Luther NJ. Mum
caster. F. F. O'Neill, Orangeville poultry
yards; John T. Smith. p. Francis Sutor.
J. ID. Summer, A. ]. Street. w. l.. Stam
per, j.. H. Shorts. Sandy Spring Pigeon
Club: George c. Gorsuch, Robert d. Hag-
ner, Griffin Halstead. Walter Thompson,
II. E. Toston, Mrs. T. w. Turner, J. II.
Warner. Otho b. Williams. Humphrey D.
Wolfe. jr,; Ernest f. A. Litzan, r. d.
Lille. Laurie Hicks, A. d. Hays. Chester
G. Knepper. r. e. Lee. G. II Lindauer.
Mrs. Calrin Hicks and Miss Estelle Hicks
Joseph II. Bradley Is superintendent Of
the poultry department. and he Is being
assisted by Calvin Hicks, Claude Trotter
and Russell Z. Hicks
The exhibits of cattle, sheep and hogs
are also very fine. There were so many
entries in this department that addi-
tional stalls had to be built for their ac-
commodation. Charles /. Corby Is show
ing a magnificent herd of registered Hol-
stein-Freisians; John B. Diamond, herd
of registered Jerseys; John f. Muncas-
ter, herd Of registered Jerseys; Otho
B. Williams. a herd Of grade Jerseys;
Rosmont farm. herd of registered Jer-
seys; NJ. Yohn. a fine lot of hogs. and
other exhibitors are Charles Veirs,
George T. Nichols, F. Hazel Cashell,
Harry Beard. Herbert L. Diamond. Lee
Ricketts,, John S: Gillis. B. F. Saul. w.
f. Ricketts,, J. w. Hull. William ]. Um-
stead, L. L. Green. Josiah w. Jones and
others. u. NJ Waters. jr.; Charles veirs
and John f. Muncaster are in charge OF
this department.
Many other exhibits are also to be seen.
including farm machinery of all kinds,
automobiles, carriages and other vehicles,
musical instruments and other things too
numerous to mention.