The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-10-12
The Fair.

Last week was II air week, Out
was not fair weather by any mean
Tuesday was a rainy, dismal day al
: the ardor Of those who expected to a
e tend the fair on that day was dampel
e ed. 1t was children's day, and viii
: it is hard to keep children home on a
count of the weather there was a gre;
E falling off in the attendance owing
: the weather. Wednesday was lit
better, but not sufficiently so to allo
! the usual second days attendance an
, Tuesday and Wednesday combine
were not such as to fill the hearts {
the management with glee. Thursda
, started out a little better and thel
+ was large number of people on tn
grounds. Automobiles began arrivin
early and by noon there were neal
ly 1000 parked in the grounds. TIL
race track was heavy but through tn
efforts of those interested it was 500
in shape for racing and there was som
good contests, although the record
were not as high as might have bee
expected otherwise. Towards nigh
rain began to fall and that put tn
track in very bad shape as it raine
Iall night. There was some good rae
ling Friday, however, but some of tn
events were postponed until Saturda,
lafternoon. z
Politicians day" did not amount t,
much. There were few prominen
men on hand. Senator Walter E
Edge, who is being doomed for Gov
ernor, was on hand and received the
glad hand from his many friends il
this county. Congressman Bacharacf
was also present and was warmly
greeted. The candidates for Senator
and Asemblyman in this county were
all present and received assurances OF
support sufficient to elect them all
Governor Fielder did not come down
Perhaps he is Disguised with the po-
litical situation in this county as he is
reported to have expressed himself
that way to one of his appointees who
favored a Republican for Office when
a Democrat might have been given the
prize.
Owing to the bad weather of Tues
day the management decided to give
the children another chance and made
Friday "Children's Day." This was
hailed with delight by the youngsters
who took advantage of the privilege
accorded them. The association also
determined to keep straight with the
horsemen and the races that could not
be put through before Saturday were
postponed until that afternoon.
The fair has been voted to have been
one of the most interesting in the his
tory of the present management. Last
year the death of President Wills en-
tailed extra work upon those who
were suddenly thrown into the active
work, and this year the association
was again unfortunate in losing, by
death, Hon. Griffith w. Lewis, who
was just getting into the details. Ed
ward B. Jones was elected president
and with secretary Richard Wills,
worked hard to keep the fair up to it's
previous standard. The verdict is
that they succeeded, and it is regret
table that, after all the hours of hard
work put in by all the directors such
miserable weather should have handi-
capped the affair and entailed pecun-
larry setbacks. But there will be an
other fair next year and it will be a
good one.
The midway disappointed some who
have desire to witness exhibitions of
rather questionable character and the
association is to be commended for
aboliahing many of those features
which might have brought in money.
More interest was shown in the ex-
hibits in the buildings than for long
time and the space offered for displays
was used to the utmost. Especially
was this the case in the agricultural
products department, while the poul-
try show was uncomfortably crowded.
There is every indication that there
will have to be more room for these
displays in the future and the fair is
getting back to what it originally was
An agricultural fair.
One of the most interesting exhibits
was that by DR.. R. W. Carter, of the
Rancocas stock farm. He had several
Shetland ponies and they delighted
young and old The doctor gave us a
ride behind two of his little animals
and while they had the appearance of
being overloaded they went the half
mile around the track with the ease of
horses of larger growth and age and
showed they were capable of doing
good work.
The dairy contest, new innovation,
was counted upon to be one of the
features of the fair and it was not
disappointing. DR.. J. Hume Carter
had charge of this part of the pro-
gramme and he worked it up to such
an extent that it will undoubtedly be
ia fixed feature Cows were brought
in from various sections of the county
without any preparation, u fact it is
doubtful if many of the exhibitors
knew just exactly what was expected
of them, so the animals were sent in
strictly on their merits.
Holsteins were exhibited by Clifford
Emmons, of Pemberton; Aaron H
Burtis, of Chambers Corner, anc
Captain Elton A. Smith, of Smithville
Guernseys were brought in by Hudson
B. Haines, of Rancocas; Howard EN-.
mons Of Vincentown; Morris Roberts
of Columbus, and Wills Brothers, Of
Vincentown. The exhibitors of Jer
seys were C. Craig Tallman, of Column
bus; Frank Kimble, of Jacksonville
and Captain Smith. The milk pro
duced on the grounds by these cows OF
Tuesday and Wednesday, two milkingl
each day., of course, was tested fol
quantity and quality by ]. L. Conover
of the New Jersey experiment station
at New Brunswick. The milk wa
weighed and tested for butter fat AM
the final result of the test was determ
lined by multiplying the amount of but
ter fat by the weight. First prizes o
$50 and second prizes of S25 were of
lfered for each breed represented in tn
show. On Thursday morning the win
lners were announced as follows:
Jerseys. = First, Frank Kimbl'
weight, 1873 lbs, butter fat percent
lnnn A nen. racnnd Cantain Sr,nitl