Evening star., 1915-08-26
GID ROCKVILLE FAIR
ATTRACTS BIG CROWD
Exciting Trotting Contest Leading
Feature of the Program Yes
terday Afternoon.
Award of Premiums on Cattle and
Agricultural Products-Events
of Final Day.
Special CORRESPONDENCE of The Star.


great crowd poured into the fair
grounds here today to view the ex-
hibits and enjoy the races and other
big day of the sixty-second annual
Rockville fair.
Farmers. with their entire families.
to whom the fair is the principal event
of the year, moved on to the grounds
with dinner baskets piled high. and
hundreds came from the District of
Columbia, the electric cars. which ar
rived every few minutes being packed
with visitors from Washington and
vicinity.
The cavalcade of horses. cattle and
teams around the race track, which
proved such an interesting feature OF
yesterdays program. was repeated this
morning. 1t was followed by an auto
mobile parade. Many Montgomery
county and Washington machines were
in line, a large number being prettily
decorated. The racing program for
this afternoon includes five harne IS
and two running events.
Many of the premium winners in the
various departments were announced
this morning. The contest among the
canning clubs recently organized among
public school girls of the county excited
interest. The exhibits included fruits
according to the most approved meth
DDS of the United States Department of
Agriculture, and special prizes were
offered by the fair association. First
prize was awarded to the Montrose
Club and second and third to the Sandy
Spring and Derwood clubs. respective
ly The Laytonsville and Potomac clubs
were also among the exhibitors.
List of Premium Winners.
Premium winners have been an
nounced as follows:
Cattle-Benton G. Ray. Charles veirs,
Rosemont farm, w. Harry Beard and
W. T. Powell.
Sheep and hogs-D. w. Shorb. ]. R.
LechIider, John S. Gilliss and John E.
Muncaster. jr.
Fruits-R. Bentley Thomas. Francis
Thomas. Seth w. Warfield. Mrs. T. T.
ME Higgins, Thomas A. Barnsley, Mrs.
w. W. Welsh, Mrs. w. U. Bowman.
Jacob Poss, Miss Catharine Cowsill,
Reuben P. Hines. Miss Mamie Case.
Thomas w. Waters. Miss Claudia Rob-
ertson, Mrs. Lillian Robertson. C. w.
Barnsley. Willis L. Moore, Miss NJ. S.
Plummer. Arthur W. Stonestreet, Ar
thur W. Brown and Miss Mary Welsh.
Garden products-Seth w. Warfield,
Thomas A. Barnsley, Reuben P. Hines.
Emmett Dove. Miss Beulah "A a. Dove.
Welsh. Lewis R. Watson, Miss Ellen
Farquhar, Miss Emma Stabler. Reuben
P. Hines. jr.: Urban Wagner. ]. r. Lech-
lider, Miss Hattie Granger, Guy Watkins.
Mrs Wallace E. Ricketts,, Edwin W.
Monday <Seth Thomas and William Dove.
Farm products-Seth w. Warf1eld,
Irving Hoskinson, William v. Dove.
Reuben P. Hines, c. W. Barnsley,
George Shaw, John E. Muncaster. Ur-
ban N. Wagner and James r. King.
Butter-Mrs. A. E. Burriss and Mrs.
George NJ. Hunter.
Honey-Myers Brothers and Mrs. Will
son S. Ward.
Hams-Mrs. Donald Bowie and Urban
n. Wagner.
Mary Wagner. Mrs. Seth w. Warheld.
Mrs. A. c. Kingdom. Mrs. Hannah v.
Stabler, Miss Beulah Barnsley, Miss
Emma Stabler. Mrs. Charles Veirs. Miss
Josephine Watson, Mrs. John r. Bailey,
Mrs. Robert F. Lyddane, Miss Rose
Wagner, Mrs. George H. Lamar. Mrs.
Wallace E. Ricketts,. Mrs. W. E. Ward.
Mrs. Clarence Hickerson, Miss Jane
Offutt, Miss Edith Hull, Miss Margaret
Higgins, Miss Mary Stabler. Miss Nam
Lillian Stabler. Mrs. Alfred Ray. Miss
Miriam johnson. Miss NJ. S. Plummer.
Mrs. Lila Goldsborough.
Preserves. jellies. etc.-Mrs. Wallace
E. Ricketts,, Mrs. c. Scott Duvall, Mrs.
Washington Hicks. Miss Ada Warf1eld.
Miss Rose Wagner. Mrs. George p.
Henderson, Miss Mabel Shaw. Mrs. T.
T. Barnsley, Mrs. w. L. Bowman. Mrs.
S. A Clagett, Miss Josie Higgins. Mrs.
Alfred C. Warthen, Mrs. G. w. Bready.
Posey, Mrs. G. w. Davis, Miss Jennie
Higgins, Mrs. Emma Sullivan. Mrs. E.
E. Riley, Miss Helen Pumphrey. Miss
Nellie Long. Miss NJ. E. Pumphrey.
Mrs. r. P. Hines, Mrs. o. NJ. Linthicum,
Mrs. Irving Hoskinson, Miss Katherine
Poole, Miss Mamie Owens, Miss Laura
V. Shaw, Mrs. Julian F. Walters, Miss
Edith Hull, Mrs. S. A. Clagett, Mrs.
Benjamin c. Hughes. Miss Mary Sta
bier, Mrs. Edwin W: Monday. Mrs. s.
William w. Welsh, Miss Mary Welsh.
Domestic manufactures, children's de-
partment-Nettie S. Shorts. Dorothy
Tchhiffely, NJ. E. Shorts. Fannie Old
field, Mildred Gardner, Mildred Morri-
son, Helen Moulden.
Hotly Contested Trot.
The e.24 trot at the fair yesterday
afternoon was one of the most inter-
esting races seen at Rockville in a
number of years Seven heats were re-
quired to decide it, every one of which
was hotly contested. The event was
finally won by Lit. belonging to S.
Boswell of Portsmouth. Va.
The other harness events of the aft
ernoon-the two-year-old stake for
District of Columbia. Maryland and
Virginia colts and the 2.1s pace-were
won in straight heats by the Balti-
more horse. Lulu Worthy, and Harry
Corbin's Eddie c., respectively, each
winner having an easy time of it.
The only running event of the day,
which was at six furlongs and repeat.
was captured by Carinth belonging to
A Fraley of Frederick. He took both
heats. but each time had to extend
himself every inch Of the way to reach
the wire ahead of Henrietta w.
Summary of Races.
First race, stake: for Maryland. Virginia
and Dist rict of Columbia; two. yea r-Olds; purse