The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-08-25
THURSDAY BIG DAY
AT THE COUNTY FAIR
Anticipations of The Most Optomistic
Persons Realized at Yesterdays
Fair-Attendance Was Well Up In
The Thousands.

The lack of attractions at the Dor
chester County Fair this year ha!
caused not little disappointment
not only to the visitors, but to the
management; in fact, the manage
ment is angry, and to mention the
subject to them is to simply give
them an excuse to give vent to theil
pent up feelings upon the subject
One of those directly concerned with
the management, when asked about
the question yesterday, said that they
had made up their minds not to fool
with booking agencies next season
but that they would book their at
fractions direct and make such an
iron clad contract that there would
be no way out of it. If there is not
a big law suit over the failure of the
booking concern to live up to its con-
tract this year, there are going to be
a lot of mad stockholders and direc-
tors. The financial loss to the Fair
Association does not worry the Fair
people nearly So much as does the
disappointment to the children and
grown-ups.
Realizing the blow which they had
received through the failure of these
attractions to come to the Fair, the
management did not expect a large
attendance yesterday, but contrary to
! the general expectation, there was a
record breaking crowd present. The
grounds were filed with automobiles,
there being more of them than had
ever been seen on the grounds be-
fore. People came by train, by boat,
by automobiles and by every other
known sort of vehicles, and by two
o'clock the number present was esti-
mated at from 0,00O to $4,000. The
people filled the big exhibition build
ing from one end to the other, and
seemed much interested in the ex-
hibits. Many of the ladies spent
considerable time at the booth of
Miss Lee B. Smith, where there was
a beautiful exhibition of hats. Judg-
ing from the comments heard, the
smart styles exhibited by Miss Smith,
were enthusiastically received, and
no exhibit seemed to receive as
much attention as did this popular
one, which appealed to all of the la
dies, whether old or young, large or
small, fat or thin, and there were
styles in hats to suit them all.
The exhibits of machinery on the
outside attracted those interested in
agricultural pursuits and all day
long there was steady stream of
people to the different tents looking
up the latest and most improved Of
ferings of the biggest manufacturers
in the country in farming machinery
and equipment.
The races were very good, but not
so good as on the two previous days.
The heats were all hotly contested,
but were won by the horses taking
three heats. On Tuesday in two of
the races the full five heats were gone
and then it was found that no horse
had won three heats, so that the mo-
neyNaS- divided din g to he no..
sitions of the horses at the end of
the fifth heat. On Wednesday the
full five heats were necessary to de-
eide some of the races. Yesterday the
races were driven from start to finish
no horse loafed along and took the
money, but the winners all got three
heats.
In the first race, the 2.l2 pace, AL
ice Hill, belonging to D. C. Arm
strong, took three straight heats, be-
ing too fast for the other contenders,
although she had to do her miles in
.20A to keep the lead. In the sec
ond race, the 2.10 pace, Alice NJ, be-
longing to w. E. Miller, carried off
the first money, four heats being nee
essary on account of the fouling of
Lady Wonder in the second heat, for
which Alice M. was set back from the
first to the fourth, or last, position;
the mare, however, handily won the
next two heats, although she had to
go the third heat in .13A to beat
Lady Wonder, who was close con-
tender right from the start until they
came under the wire at the finish, the
winner winning by only about a len
9Th. In the third race, the 2.16 pace,
King B., owned by Miller, won three
out of four heats, losing the second
heat to Happy j., black gelding,
owned by J. F. Mallalieu. This sec
ond heat was one of the most excit-
ing races ever seen on any track;
three horses finished less than
neck apart, Happy ]. nosing out the
heat by about six inches, King B. be-
ing second, leading Peter @. by about
a foot.
The monies went to the following
horses:
2.22 Pace; purse, $3OO.-1st, Alice
Hill; End, Lady Ashland; 3rd, Joe
Hamilton; 4th, Happy Victor.
2.10 Pace; purse, $300-1st, Alice
M; End, Crystal Lewis; 3rd Lady
Wonder; 4th, Billikin Chimes.
2.16 Pace; purse, $30O.-1st, King
B.; End, Happy j.; 3rd, Peter O.;
4th, Wade Laconda.
The summaries:
2.22 Pace-Purse, $500.
Alice Hill, Armstrong L l l