The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1912-09-26
Business Suspends and Every
body Goes to the Great
County Exposition.
SPLENDID RACE CARD
Cattle Premiums Awarded,
Big Interest Being in the
Sweepstakes.

are that Ii will be the biggest and
most successful day in local fair his
tory. The day was observed as City
Day. Business was practically sus-
pended throughout the city. banks.
public offices. business places, manu-
featuring plants and schools being
closed and everybody went to the
fair.
Thrilling Biplanc Flights.
Charles K. Hamilton. the birdman,
made sensational flights over the
grounds in his curtiss biplane. An
altitude flight. sheer swoop from 4
great height to point near the earth
with his motor dead. spiral night.
ocean waves, bomb dropping and
other thrilling maneuver were sue
cessfully executed. Despite down
fall OF rain Wednesday afternoon,
Mr.. Hamilton made two long and very
successful flights at the grounds and
introduced several new maneuvers
feature OF which was long, swoop-
Ing dip to the grass in the center OF
the quarter stretch from which he
rose again into the air.
Cattle Awards.
in the cattle departments, chief in
terest centered upon the awards for
the sweepstakes on herds Of beef cat
tie and on herds OF milk cattle for
which the unusually attractive premi-
ums OF 800 in each general class were
offered.
The beef herd classes embraced
Short Horns. Herefords Polled Angus
and Polled Durhams owned by ex-
hibitors. John D. Pickens, OF Quiet
Dell, carried off the first premium Of
$50 with a herd OF fine Polled Angus.
f K. Lowe, OF Mouongah. took the
second premium OF $50 with a herd
of splendid Herefords and f. o. Muir
ray captured the third premium of
$50 with a herd Of Short Horns.
Jerseys Win.
James I. Michaels, of Worthingto7,
took the first premium of $50 in the
milk herd classes with herd of su-
perfine Jerseys. Holsteins owned by
j. NJ. Paxton, of Houston. Pa, cap
tured the second premium OF $50 and
fine herd of Jerseys from the Mead
OVERLOOK Stock Farm Of G. w. Swlsher
and Sons at Lost Creek took the third
premium of $40.
Mr.. Michaels entered number OF
Jersey cattle in the single classes and
carried off seven first premiums and
three second premiums which em-
braced all those offered for Jerseys
with one exception.
Ross F. Stout and Brothers, Of Mi.
Glare. carried off all the first premi-
ums in the native or grade cattle class
with ten head of fine looking animals.
This included herd exhibit FOR which
the premium was $50.
Allen Jerseys Good.
b. NJ. Allen and Son, OF the Allen
Stock Farm. Clarksburg. took all the
first premiums for imported Jerseys
and also captured all the firsts in the
Short Horn class.
The Allen Stock Farm won all the
first premiums In the small bone
swine class. Eight heads of them were
exhibited e..
With twelve head of large bone
swine, Lafayette Blake, of Mount
Clare, carried off all the premiums
in that class. He also took all the
flrsts in the Shropshire class of sheep
by exhibiting ten heads of those an-
finals.
Guy Wright. OF Clarksburg. took the
first premium for a roadster horse
shown IN harness and C. f. Rogers
and Son, of Mount Glare. got the sec
ond premium in this class.
Draft Horses.
In the class OF draft horses not OF
pure blood. G. f. Rogers aud SON OF
Mount Clare. took first and second
premiums for mare or geldng four
years old and over; first premium for
mare or geldlng between two and
three years old. G. w. Swisher and
Son, Of Lost Creek. took second pre-
MUM for an exhibit in the three-year-
old and under four class. Mr.. Rogers
and Son have entered twenty three
head OF horses in the various classes
Ross f. Stout and Brother, of Mount
Glare, got first premium for the best
s'huuie nurse anu VI. ". ROGERS ana
Son, of the same town. took second
prize.
With another great crowd in at
tendance and perfect weather condl-
tons, the fourth and last days
meeting of the annual Clarksburg
fair is in progress Another splen-
did race program is being carried
out, Charles X Hamilton. the noted
aviator. is thrilling spectators with
daring biplane flights and the visit
ors are otherwise being entertained
and amused with various attrac
lions.
The attendance the last dayls most
gratifying as there are at least 5000
people there.
Records Broken.
Attendance records for the new fa.i
grounds were broken Tuesday al