The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-09-18
The Mount Holly Fair.

So far as weather was concerned
: nothing better could have been aske(
than that OF last week. The atten
dance at the fair is said to have beer
up to that Of past years and it is hopeC
, the association has made money
That will be better determined wher
the bills are all in.
There were some disappointments
Some of the departments were not wei
filled, but that was not the fault Of the
association, many goods being held uI
by the strike on the railroad. The
midway was full of life and the wheels
of fortune did good business. There
were the usual complaints of loss OF
money by those who could not afford
to part with their cash, but they all
knew what they were up against when
they started and in most instances the
reports of loss were greatly exaggerated.
One man claimed to have lost $500 but
when pinned down the sum shrank
nine tenths.
J The base ball game on Wednesday
was enjoyed by large crowd. There
was some disappointment oyer the
fact that Toms River failed to bring
Howard Berry along with the team it
had padded up for the occasion. The
visitors won by the score of three to
two.
The attraction of Thursday was the
visit of the Burlington and Mount
Holly military companies which came
up from Sea Girt. They were accom-
panied by the regimental band and
marched from the station to the fair
grounds, being greeted with applause
all along the line. On reaching the
grounds the troops paraded in front of
the grand stand and then stacked
their guns inside the ring, while they
went around to greet their friends and
relatives. In the afternoon drill was
given, followed by dress parade.
Governor Edge appeared on the
grounds about noon, but was COM
PEELED to leave soon as he was due to
be in Newark in the afternoon. The
gathering of politicians in front of the
Office was not as large as on former
occasions. Congressman Bacharach
was not able to be present on Thurs
day but was shaking hands with his
constituents on Friday.
The Y. M. c. A. tent was near the
entrance to the grand stand and was
visited by many who wanted to rest
and enjoy the privileges extended to
them. The new ambulance of the
Burlington County Hospital was on
the ground but there was no necessity
to use it. There were few minor
cases attended to but nothing of a
serious nature occurred.
OF course the racing program was the
main attraction for many and there
never was better racing, and, inciden-
tally, never worse starting than was
seen this year. Fred .shrsve was sadly
missed. E. ]. Sullivan came all the
way from Springfield, Massachusetts,
to show how he could do it and he
showed all right.
The dairy contest was quite an at
traction for several Burlington county
milk producers. The winners in the
production OF butter fat were as fol-
lows:
Guernsey Class.-First, Clifford EN-
mons, Pemberton; second, Eltondale
Farms, Smithvills. The only other
exhibitor was Thomas ]. Gauntt, Biz
mingham.
Holstein Class. = First, Eltondale
Farms; second, Clifford Emmons.
The only other exhibitors were: Wilfred
Evans and Howard Emmons, Vincen-
town.
Jersey Glass. - First, Eltondale
Farms; second. Henry H. Leeds, RAN
cocas. The only other exhibitor was
c. Craig Tallman, Columbus.
This department was in charge of
DIR. j. Hume Carter and Ellis Trick.
and Milton H. Thompson was the
tester.
The cup offered by President Edward
b. Jones for the champion COW in
the show was awarded to the Elton
dale Farms on a Holstein, and the
Associations special premium of $50
for the COW giving the greatest quaint
ty Of milk went to Clifford Emmons
on Holstein.
The pig producing contest for boys
and girls attracted quite little atten-
ton. There were only five entries, but
competitor was rather keen. Prizes
for producing the greatest quantity of
pork at the least cost were awarded as
follows: First, Annabel Hutchinson,
Wrightstown; second, Alice Haines,
Tabernacle; third, Dorothy Ashbrook,
Lumberton; fourth, Lloyd Tallman,
Columbus. The other exhibitor was
Leon Tallman, Columbus. This con.
test was conducted under the direction
of the Burlington County Farm Bureau,
which had an attractive agricultural
exhibit in the cattle building.
During the ball game. Wednesday,
McGrath, one Of Mount Holly players,
came near having bad accident. A
ball had been hit so that it bounced