Evening star., 1912-08-28
BIG DAY AT THE FAIR
Seven Thousand Visitors on
the Rockville Grounds.
TROOP DRILL A FEATURE
Schedule of Amusements includes
Racing in Variety Of Glasses.
JUDGES BUSY MAKING AWARDS
Just Government League Soliciting
Votes for Women'-Househo
Department Exhibitors.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
/ ROCKVILLE, Md, August =. 1912.
! big crowd attended the Rockville fair
| today. ideal weather and an attractive
program bringing out fully as many visi-
tors as the management expected. When
the crowd was at its height 1t was esti-
mated that 1000 persons were on the
grounds
| The exhibition opened early. tie first
thing on the program being parade of
stock around the race track. This is a
never-missing feature of the fair and is
| looked forward to with pleasure, as it
affords a splendid opportunity Of view
| ing. under comfortable circumstances, the
very best specimens owned in the county.
The spectacle today was particularly i'm
pressive. 1t will be repeated tomorrow
morning.
| The horse show began this morning and
will continue tomorrow and Friday. about
ten classes to be shown each day. The
program for day also includes three
| harness races and q running race this
afternoon. two motor cycle races one at
| ten miles and the other a three miles:
/ free wild west show and numerous other
| things.
+ Military Drill a Feature.
! Troop G of the 18th United States
Cavalry, from Fort Myer, Va. arrived
| on the grounds yesterday afternoon and
will give an exhibition drill within the
race track inclosure this afternoon and
will repeat tomorrow and probably Fri
day afternoon NE troop is in charge of
| Capt. Dean.
| The Just Government League Of Mary
| land Is taking advan age of the fair to
| put in some work in the interest of wom-
| an suffrage. a big tent has been erect
ed near the grandstand. 1t bears a sign
| Vote for women Mrs. Reginald l..
| Foster of Baltimore. field secretary OF
| the Just Government League. who has
been campa gning in Montgomery coun-
| ty, is in charge and she and her as
sociates are distributing literature and
| telling the voters in other ways why
women should be allowed to vote.
| The judges got down to work in earnest
| this morning and put in a busy day pass
ing uion the respective merits of the
many exhibits in the various depart
| ments. Scme of t.e premium winners
will be announced this afternoon and
| the others tomorrow.
| Household Exhibitors.
| Among the exhibitors in the household
department are the following: Miss
Emma Granger, Mrs William w. Welsh,
| AaiSS NI-iLdpetH 1hTS. ~. SpIlSS
| Poole Miss Eleanor Moran Miss Louise
Magaha, Miss Helen Gardiner. Miss An
ME E. Morrison. Miss Elizabeth f.
Tschiffely. Mss Rose Wagner, Miss
| LucyfL. Offutt, Miss Maude Lewis. Mrs.
| Louis Gardiner Miss Lavinia Wagner,
Misses Mary and Elizabeth Dawson. Ma
rie Gardiner. Lavinia Dawson, Helen
Sarah Haines. Miss \. D. Allnutt, Mrs.
Henry c. AIlnutt Miss Mabel Shaw.
Mrs. Q. NJ. Linthicum, Miss Carrie Eng
land, Mrs. Fred Keplinger. Miss Annie
Wesh. Anna NJ. Farquhar, Lillian Sage.
Mrs. j. J. Markley. Mrs. Ella G. Will
| son, Mrs Clarence Hickerson, Mrs II.
| c. Hickerson, Mrs. Irving Underhill.
Misses Lillian Hixson, Sallie Larkin. Mrs.
r. B. Thomas Mrs. Emmet Dove. Mrs.
L. L. Nicholson. sr.. Mrs. L. F. Mi Ter,
Miss Ethel Lyddane, Mrs. +. c. Peter,
Mrs. 4. c. Saymaker. Mrs. f. b.
Prettyman. Miss Nellie Woodford
Misses Helen Gruver, Lydia Almoney.
Grimes. Tillie Grimes, Mrs. Willis B. Bur
| dette, Mrs. ]. c. Bean. Mrs. J. II. Ward.
Mrs. Dorsey Nicholson. Misses Masgie
Davis. Hattie Tall Arrie Davis Mrs. G.
w. Davis. Mrs. Roy Davis. Misses Caro-
line Baker, Katie Roberts. Mrs. a. l..
Hall. Misses Frances Ricketts,. Addie Nc
| Farland. Arlene Mcfarland. Dorothy
Higgins. Florence Eeirs, Gertrude Ve'rs.
| NJ w
Veirs. Mrs. Frank Higgins. Mrs. f. Hazel
| CashelI. Misses Margaret Higgins, Vir
ginia Moulden. Olive Moulden, Marie
Moulden. Mrs. Ada Thompson. Miss
| Mamie Hughes, Mrs. George {. Frye
Mrs. +. ". Monday. Mrs. Ionic Robert
| son, Mrs. George +. Henderson. Mrs. J.
| b. Henderson. Mrs. LLOYD Brewer. Misses
Laura Higgins. Virginia Brewer. Mary
Hattie Renshaw Efie Saunders Bessie
| Brewer. Lucy Brewer. Louise Monday,
Ruby Robertson. Claudia Robertson. Lu-
ellie Priest. Lucy England. Thelma
and Estelle Ricketts,. Grace and Susie
Darby. Alice Allnutt. Mabel Ward, Helen
Humphrey, Eleanor Bohrer. Ellen Offutt.
Mrs. H. G. Poss. Mrs. F. @. Morgan.
Mrs. Albert P. Beali. Mrs. c. L. Gilpin,
Mrs. Wallace f. Ricketts,. Mrs. H: E.
Stevens. Mrs. c. o. Bean, Mrs. Sam
ue Walsh. Mrs. w. b. Waters. Mrs.
Mamie Benson. Mrs. Samuel B. Heagy.
Green. Misses Blanche Hewitt. Aureiia
Lodge, Mary A Brooke. Annie Yearly.
Josie Higgins. Jane Yearly, Ada War
field, Mrs. T. r. Hall. Mrs William II.
Talbot. Misses Marie Talbot. Claire
Williams. Miss Emma Gates, Mrs. Will
liam b. Trundle. Mrs. Edward Candy,
Mrs. George Lamar. Mrs Alexander
Garrett. Mrs. H. +. Stratmeyer. Misses
Edith Lamar. Mrs. Nicholas Brewer.
Mrs j. f. Degandorf. Mrs Charles W.
Beall. Mrs. {. b. Jones. Mrs. Robert
| Lyddane. Misses Ida Dove, Sarah Hill,
Emily Glover, Eleanor Walker, Mrs.
Charles T. Johnson. Mrs. c. b. Graf.
Mary Gregory. Mrs c. V. Coupard.
Misses Nora Rabbit. Ella Rabbit.
Sadie Penn. Mary Muncaster, Anna
Muncaster, Jennie Higgins. Rose Grit
! fifth Helen Muncas err Mrs. Charles G.
Holland. Mrs. Malcolm Farquhar. Mrs.
Thomas W. Waters. Mrs. n. w. Perry.
! In Amusement Program.
The feature of the first afternoon was
a base ball game between Rockville
recognized as the strongest team in
| Montgomery county and Highland, the
| champion team of Howard county, for a
| purse of $25 offered by the fair associa-
| ton Rockville was an easy winner, the
| score standing to /.
/ Bell pitched his usual fine game for