Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-06-04
Decoration Day Sports A Grand
Success.

Mondays sports at the Fair Grounds
mere were grand success from any anele
that the event may be viewed. The weather
was perfect, the races we're the fastest
that ever took place on the track, and the
crowd large, orderly and in high spirits,
enjoying the appreciate sunshine from
which it had been excluded for days by
continuous rain clouds.
The game of base ball between the
brookeville and Washington Grove mines
was the best ever played on the diamond
within the grounds. 1t was of a professional
character. Eleven innings were played,
at the finish of which the score stood 2 to
in favor of the former club The victo-
rlous team is managed by Mr.. Washington
Chichester and its opponent is MANAGED
by Mr.. Calhoun Patterson. The directors
Of the Agricultural Society," under whose
charge the affairs of the day were con-
Quoted, feel very much indebted to these
two gentlemen for their assistance in
making the day an enjoyable one, and also
to the young gentlemen of the two teams.
Daylight was fast fading away when the
sports came to close, and all the specta-
tors left the grounds well pleased with the
high order of contests of the day. which
were interspersed with elegant music rem
dered by the Forest Glen brass band.
The races, all of half mile heats. were
won by Washington horses except one.
Though, to be successful, our county horses
made them 60 to the limit of their speed.
In the free-for-all trot or pace Mayor Lee
Ofutt's horse. Red Rock made Mr.. Cham
bers' Tattles, the winner of the race, pace
the heats in los 1-2. LOT 1-2 and Loo "a.
These horses were closely followed by
Edna G., owned by Mr., F. G. Getzendanner,
of this county. She, like Red Rock, did
this wonderful speeding excelling the
track record with little or no conditioning
for the race. She was awarded third posi-
ton at the finish of the contest.
There were four harness races and one
fiat running race. The 2:25 harness class
had six starters. the 2;30 class had four
starters; the free for-all trot or pace, five
starters, and the roadster class, seven
starters, and the first heat in it was trotted
in l:l2 1-2 and won by Mr.. George Kelch-
ner's bay mare Emma. No such extreme
speed has ever before been exhibited in
this latter class, and it stands as a record
in the roadster class.
Javens Brothers handsome mare, Lady
Corsage, won the 2:25 class in very
graceful manner.
Mr.. Howard C. Fawcett's roam gelding,
Hal Beall. is another fast county horse
that made the contestants in the 2:25
class speed heats as fast as Iii. At each
start he was inclined to act badly and got
off far in the rear of the other horses. but
near the finish he was always striving for
first position, except in the last heat.
when he lost a boot and his stride and was
unable to make a contest any further.
With another horse, Bud H., in the roadster
class, Mr.. Fawcett secured third position.
The running event was won by Ed Gum
melfs Tampa, but he was hard pressed
every inch of the way by both of the other
starters. Jim Browns Jefferson Club and
DR.. Devereaux's High Filler, which finished
in the order named.
Thomas P. Baldwin, of Washington. was
the starter, and the judges and timers
were J. A. Jones, of Washington, and
Thomas C. Keys and Frederick W. Page,
of this county.