The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1914-08-28
MT. AIRY FAIR ENDS
GOOD CROWDS TOURNAMENT MAIN
FEATURE-FINE HORSE SHOW.


Nearly 10000 persons from Fred.
erick, Carroll, Howard and Mont
gomery counties attended the twelfth
annual farmers fair, horse show and
tournament at Wildwood Park, near
Mt. Airy, Saturday.
The crowd was largely made up OF
farmers, who after having harvested
a bumper wheat crop laid aside their
work and spent the day renewing &C
Quaintances and feasting In the
woods. While the old" folks sal
under the trees scores OF pretty girls
danced on a large platform. More
automobiles we're in the park than al
amy fair in the history Of the associa-
tion- Edgar #. Mercer was grand
marshal and his assistants were Riggs
Dorsey, Gustavus Riggs, Carl Horn
Nathan Dorey and Harry Wells.
The feature was the annual tourna-
ment. Eleven knights contested.
Frank B. Hobbs, knight Of Riggs
Cottage, won first prize, SIS. He gave
his browning privilege to Charles
Bowers, of Mount Pleasant, who
crowned his wife, Mrs Mary Bowers,
queen of love and beauty.
Vernon CARRIER, knight of Locust
Grove, was second and crowned Miss
Elsie Green, of Howard county, first
maid of honor.
j. G. Hobbs, knight of Rocky Glenn,
third, crowned Miss Maude Warfeld,
of Howard county, second maid.
Herbert B. Albaugh won fourth
prize and crowned his sister, Miss
Edna Albaugh, third maid of honor.
The judges were Charles Albaugh,
Wade III. ID. Warf1eld, Abram Fisher,
Marshall Warf1eld, David Roop and
Sydney Sappington.
The charge to the knights ON Sat-
urday was delivered by Michael E.
Walsh, of this city, while the corona
ton address was made by Leo Vein
berg, OF Frederick.
The following reception committee
welcomed strangers: Albert Maynard,
A. w. Hall, DR.. Howard Hopkins, DR..
ID. E. Stone, Melvin Wood, Marshall
Devilbiss, Capt. Ignatius Dorsey,
Frank Engle, DR.. j. Z. Brewell, Chas.
Runkles, Robert Sellman, Joseph
Cain, John M. Delashmutt, Marcus
ID. II. Pickett, DR.. A. Cronk, Senator
Johnnie Beasman, Winter l.. Jones,
William Stinson, Harvey Davis, DIR.
Bush Stone, DR.. Harry Spurrier, +. M.
King, Lee Davis, Dixon Walker, Geo.
r. Dennis, Francis Leatherwood,
William J. Grove, Lee Simmons, Rob-
ert Norris, Byron 5. Dorsey and Sam
uel Wordsworth. Prominent among
the farmers OF the four counties
were A. X. Williams, Jr., William
Hobbs, NJ. T.. Nicodemus, Harry Webb,
Harry Berry, Robert L. Runkles,
Arthur Forsythe, Jr., Elworth Ham
mond, Harry Steele, DR.. John Gard
ner, Beverly Bennett, F. L. MelIor,
Joshua y. Warfield, Jr., G. w. Selby,
Alonzo Sellman, FL. G. Selby, James
Wordsworth, Norman Warfield, Steph-
en- Musgrove, Riggs Stackhouse,
James Hewitt, MarseIlius Etchison,
Arthur Peddicord, Albert Dorsey, DR..
R. G.. Fout, Benjamin Daimler, J. w.
Williams, William Warfield, Morgan
Kimmell, Stephen Hood, Jr., w. A.
Hood, Marshall Nusbaum, Charles e.
Simpson, George Hunter, Thomas J.
Clark, Walter Smelser, Perry Dorsey,
James M. Mount, Marion Runkles,
Charles E. Poole, Belden Patrick,
Frank Shoemaker, Charles Lawrence,
Humphrey De Wolf and Lou Willis.
Friday was given over to the Horse
Show. Each year sees a steady i'm
provement in the horses shown, and
this year among the ribbon winners
were to be found some of the finest
animals in the county. Among the
awards made on Friday were the fol-
lowing:
Driving-Spencer Stull, of Mt. Airy,
first; Clyde Smith, of New Market,
second.
Two-year-olds-Har Webb, of Mt
Airy, first, and Charles Smith, of near
Mt. Airy, second.
Riding-Clyde Smith, New Market,
first; Calvin Dayhoff, of near Mt. Airy,
second.
Stallions-Lynn Wood, first; Frank
Knill, second.
Heavy draft mares-James Moles-
worth, first and second.
Two-year-olds-Jam Wordsworth,
first; @. Spencer Stull, second.
The various committee i'm charge
OF the fair and tournament deserve
much credit for the success of the
affair.
The free attractions this year we're
Of high order and throughout, the fair
was most enjoyable and II was gen
orally conceded to be the best ever
held. Dancing was one or the fea-
lures much enjoyed by large numbers.