Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1914-08-21
Montgomery Fair Meet On Docket
OF Sports.
A DAY AT PLEASANT FIELDS.
RED RUSSELL A WONDER.

officers of the association to make the Fai
Of 1914 the most memorable one of il
organization. In agricultural resources
Montgomery ranks foremost among tn
rich counties of Maryland. Its citizens ar,
frugal and Industrious, and it is fair to pre-
sumo, that with the bumper crops alread!
harvested, added to those yet to be gained
the farmers of Montgomery will this year
feel like taking few days off and MAKE
the attendance record breaking one. This
would be a proper manifestation of public
spirit
1t should be borne in mind that every
county fair is what the people of county
make it-no more, no less. A stream nevel
rises higher than its source, by reason OF
an unalterable law of gravity. 1t is moi
attendance alone that will make the coun.
ty fair a success. There must be from
every hamlet in a county, from every farm
in county, something representing the
very best that they can produce; whether
produced by the needle, the brush, or the
loom whether it be in the way of live
stock, the products of the orchard, or the
various other products of the soil
Tillers of the soil, in all countries, dc
not take themselves as seriously as they
should. 1t is by their toll, their frugality
their skillful appliance of the latest dis
coveries of scientific thought that nations
grow to distinction, wealth and power
They produce the great bulk of the wealth
of the civilized globe and. by the same
token, the greater share of the taxes
without which the wheels of government
could not revolve. Without the farmer
not wheel would turn in factory, not a
furnace would be lighted. nor could armies
and navies be long maintained. On his
industry, his prosperity, rest the fate OF
nations. II is for the farmers of Mont
eomery to decide whether the coming Fair
at Rockville shall be one which the county
will view with pride. or whether it shall
be colossal failure.
On each afternoon of the four DAYS of
the Fair there will be racing On the
opening day. August rs, will be trotted
the District of Columbia. Maryland and
Virginia twO-year-old stake; purse. $500.
Unusual interest is being manifested in
this stake. Owners of the colts entered
have gone to much personal expense to
| fit them for their ENGAGEMENTS. Some of
the youngsters were specially purchased
at high figures in order that the stake
might fill. All are bred in fashionable
lines, and favorable reports are daily re-
ceived from their trainers. The stake for
three year-Old trotters is also $500, and it
will be raced for on Wednesday. August
20, 1t is safe to say now, that as fast a
lot of two and three year-olds never before
faced starter in this section of country.
On Tuesday, the opening day, there also
will be two running races. One will be
for the distance of six furlongs and repeat
purse $l25. and the other will be for the
distance Of six furlongs only, purse SIS
On Wednesday. in addition to the three
year-old stake, there will be $50 trot
purse $500; 218 pace, purse $500. and
two running races. four furlongs and re-
peat. purses SIPS in each race. On Thurs
day, August 81. there will be 2:25 pace
purse $500; a 2:20 trOt. purse $500; q
four-furlong- and-repeat running race. purse
SIPS, and a six-furlone running race
purse 500.
The days events will end with ladies
race, horses to be hitched to buggies, half
mile heats. best two in three. No entrance
fee will be charged. purse $50. and di
vided SIS. $40 and SIS among the winners
Friday will be get-away-day. II will open
with 2;24 pace. purse $500, followed by
special race for rOadsters, purse $50.
Horses that have not finished better than
third in the running races of previous days
can enlist in a consolation our-furlong and
repeat affair. purse 500. A six-furlone
race, purse 500. and the curtain will drop
on the events Of the week and for the
year 1914. The racing committee conf
IDENTIFY expects that each class will have
its full share OF entries.
After an absence Of two years, we jour
neyed on Monday last to Pleasant Fields
the fine colonial estate of Mr. Charles C.
Waters, located about three miles north Of
Germantown. in Montgomery County, on
the Frederick pike. The estate. as whole
comprises something over 1900 acres Of
fertile and highly cultivated soil. and is
the largest in the county. controlled and
owned by single individual On account
Of the scarcity and high price Of labor. Mr..
Waters has been compelled to restrict his
breeding operations. which for fifteen years
were the most extensive Of any breeder in
Southern Maryland.
Pleasant Fields" first rose to promi-
hence among the breeders through the
performance Of Kinster. 2:l4 "a. and those
Of his sons and daughters--all foaled al
pleasant Fields" Kinstress. 200 "a,
and Kinslee, 2:l9 Ia. by Kinster and Others
bred on the farm quickly brought pleas
ant Fields" into the limelight Kinstress
was hOlu lOf PO,OOO' u ldIBtT SUM tndI
has ever been received for n Montgomery
County bred horse. Kinslee was better
than a 210 trotter when the farm barr
was hit by an electric bolt and destroyed
The colt caught cold, lost his form and
never recovered. OF noted broodmares
once owned at the farm, only Bradford
Girl remains. and even she is falling into
the sere and yellow and may not long
! survive.
And yet there is much to interest the
horse lover at pleasant Fields" aside from
the personality Of its master and the an
cient glories that cluster about his brow
from past victories on the trOtting turf
While Mr.. Waters may not be as dOm
nant a quantity In 1914 as he has been il
previous years. he will be heard from i
not stricken with bad luck. He has il
| training at the present hour at his track