The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1911-11-23
ATTENDANCE IS INCREASING
Third Day of the Fair is the Best Yet
People Arriving In Crowds and
Everybody Interested.

This, the third day Of the Marion
County Fair. was the best Of all The
attendance was large and the crowd
good humored. The special order of /
fine weather continues and the fair IS
a great success. At an early hour
hundreds of country people were on
the grounds and the crowd continued !
to arrive till 3 o'clock at which time
ii was larger by far than on either Of
the previous days.
The exhibit rooms are being well
patronfzed and most Of them We're fill
ed all day. Special attention conferred
around the women's building, where
the magnificent exhibit drew crowds
like magnet. The splendid individual
exhibits are attracting a great deal Of
attention and have certainly helped
out the fair.
Messrs McIver & MacKay, private
building, with their great, representa-
tive display is one OF the centers Of
attraction and their handsome display
of goods is receiving d great many
compliments.
Much interest centers in the big prI-
vate building Of the OcaIa Lumber &.
| Supply Company and the exhibits OF
materials in the builders line, as we'll
novelty manufacturing plant was most
interesting and came in for a full share
of the public attention. Each visitor
to the building is given one Of the
tickets which are numbered in dupli
cate and after the races each after
noon the drawings for the daily SO
cash prizes take place. If the person
| is not present who holds the duplicate
of the first ticket drawn, another is
drawn and so on till he she is dis
covered Tuesday little Jack Williams
held the lucky number and got the SO
cash prize and yesterday Mr.. S. NJ.
Lummus held the lucky ticket, and
won the SO. They will be drawn again
this afternoon and tomorrow after
noon.
The people from the country districts
are naturally interested in live stock
and the pens and stalls of the animals
are continually surrounded by crowds
who are admiring the fine specimens
of stock raised in this county.
The colored peoples building is one
of the best filled of the entire fail
group and their display is certainly :
|, most creditab1e one, and the co1ored
people have every reason to feel proud
of the results of their efforts.
Harvey Clark is doing some fine ad
vertising work in his pretty grocery
booth and everyone who attends the
= fair will remember the O. X. Teapo
Grocery for long time.
The pile of sweet potatoes and 1arg,
, bunch of corn stalks filled with hug
y ears of corn at the front of the Oca1f
Fertilizers Co. and Ocala Seed Store
booth, grown by Fessenden Academ!
q
as the country can produce
O Everyone goes into the big room t
:, see the fine display of poultry and
a is certainly a credit to the county. Nj
O @. E. Peacock of the Star office, ha
G four fine specimens of Rhode ISLAM
Reds on exhibit and is justly proud o
r, this side line
9 The display of preserved goods. o
g all and kindred lines, in the woman
o department, the agricultural depart
r. ment and the colored peoples buildin
r is certainly a fine one and most tempt
II ing to look upon.
The street committee of the cit
7 council has kept the street out to tn
" fair grounds gates in as good fix a
q could possibly be done, and the stree
= has been sprinkled every morning, 5
4 there has been no dust.
lie Yesterday Afternoons Races
IT In the $40 class, trot or pace, 10
l. Douglas won first money. Time, IL
e for first heat and 1872 for second hea
1t Lloyd Irwin, second: Satan Wilke
l. third, and Henry Bondsman, fourth
t The half-mile dash. running rae
y Dick, second.
n
re for horses without record g.
l. Walker won both heats the time bein
e. 2:39 and 2:43. Little Hal second an
D George third.
t. Glass for gentlemen riders. for tt
rs best saddle gait was won by DR.. Shay
e. riding his beautiful sorrel, Cash Bo,
Id Tom Wishart. second. riding Frank,
as beautiful bay.
L The automobile race was again VIC
lie by Charlie Gates. driving his Hudsc
'e car. The race was 90 miles, or fort
III times around the track. The Hudson
re only opponent was a Buick, driven /
Is Francis Weber.
Auto Parade Wednesday Afternoon
&C The automobile parade yesterday a
n ternoon was a handsome event, al
would have been ten-fold more so
the lUed Hdu SpTedu III time 10 get
fair proportion of Marion county ca
in line Some fifteen or twenty car
:. handsomely decorated. were in lin
-, but the county can show up ten tim
- as many, and we must try to ha
- them next year.
=. The cars in line were those of n
-, and Mrs. J. II. Spencer, Mrs. r. S. Ha
80 Miss Minnie Stovall, Miss Edna Gu
- Iverhouse, DR.. Herbert Counts, Mr. Ell
>, | NETT Robinson, Mrs. S T. Sistrun
:, Mrs II. NJ. Hampton, Mr.. and Nj
W Percy Billingsley, Mr.. and Mrs. J.
;, Meffert, Mr.. J ?. Phillips, the chill
~ rem of the Confederacy, Mr.. and Nj
r. Louis Lang. Mr.. and Mrs. D. ". Dav
q Mr.. and Mrs. F. T. Schneider, Mr.. Ed
Rentz and several others. Mrs. II.
Hampton's car was awarded the fir
prize, Mrs. r. S Halls second, a.
! Miss Minnie CthvaIIs ird