Evening journal., 1918-08-31
STATE FAIR READY
At ELSMERE PARK
ConlInned from FIrsL Page.

trot, $500: 222 trot, S4OO; 2.i6 pace, $500.
Wednesday, September 4-22i pace,
500; 227 trot, siOO; 2.i3 pace (closed,.
5000.
Thursday. September 5-225 pace
lclosed), 5000; PIG trot closed, 5000;
215 trot, 500; free-for-all pace, S400.
Friday, September 6-Three-year-Ol
trot CLOSED, $500; 2.2O pace, Si0o; 22i
trot closed, 5000
Howard r. Wallace is race mana
ger. There will be 5000 offered in race
purses.
There will be vaudeville show dur
ing the afternoon and evening races, as
has been customary in past years. There
will be chariot races and running races
on the half-mile track in the evenings.
on Tuesday. children Of the Conrad
street playground will give an open
air pageant, an don Wednesday, Della
more playground children will give a
demonstration Of physical exercises.
The Cow Testing Association exhibit
will be one Of the most unique features
at the Fair. 10 will be given by the
New Castle County Farm Bureau. A
standard make OF milking machine will
be demonstrated daily. Various dairy
feeds will be shown. There win be an
exhibit Of good and poor dairy cattle.
and OF methods OF caring for cattle.
The equipment will be installed by the
James Manufacturing Company.
Shetland Pony for Child.
A Shetland pony will be a star at the
Horse Show. lie has been donated by
Or. s. b. Elliott, OF Markham, Va, TO be
II IL. D. a .IH 4 L..
come his owner. The money from his
sale VIII be sent TO the Red Star, the
organization which cares for horses
wounded In the war. Horse show prizes
range from s. to 500. Special Percheron
classes will be shown through the gen.
erosity OF William dupont who has do
mated the first premiums in these class
es. The horse aristocrats will be ac-
commodated in fine, new barns this
year.
The horse show committee Is Josiah
Marvel, chairman: Alexander p. COrbit,
Joseph II. Gould, Lambert j. Foulk and
William dupont.
The advisory committee is Freder-
lex Brady. president; II. T. Wallace.
vice-president; l.. Scott Townsend.
treasurer, and Samuel II. Wilson, Jr.,
secretary.
The following is the list OF governors
for the 1918 horse show:
Frederick Brady, Richard Bucking-
ham, r.. II. Catlin. Alexander p. Corbit
Joseph Davidson, Horace l.. Dilworth,
II. f. dupont, A. L. Foster Joseph II.
Gould, Joseph II. Hossinger. Lambert
j. Foulk, ]. w Klllen. Captain James
r. Mahaffy, Josiah Marvel, Charles
Megginson. z. p. Moody, Arnold Maui
dain, Jr. oliver A. Newton. William p.
Peach, Robert p. Robinson, r. NJ. S0per
Frederick G.. Synder. Clifford Stelie. l..
Scott Townsend, s. ID. Townsend. How
ard T. Wallace, J. Atwood Weldin,
James F. White. J. Writ Willis. James
Wilson, Samuel H. Wilson. Jr
Patrons will miss the dog show this
year. IL proved dinlcult TO persuade
a sufficiently large number OF dog fan
ciers to go TO the expense OF transport |
ing the dogs for a show limited to two
days.
Farm Bureau Display.
There will be a salf show, and pig
show under the auspices OF the Boys |
clubs and Girls clubs. These shows /
viii be held in the tent OF the New
Castle County Farm Bureau. along with |
poultry. corn and canning exhibits. The |
schedule has been arranged as follows /
Prizes have been provided by the Stale
Fair as follows:
For best breeding plgs-First- prize
In each county, S5; second prize, 50;
sweepstakes prize for the State, siO.
Prizes for best grade OF market pigs
First in each county, So: second n
each county, 50; sweepstakes prize for
State. $40.
Prizes for pig Judging contest-First
in each county, IS; second in each coun-
~, 81.
Prizes for best pure-bred dairy calf
offered by the Fair Association and
Delaware Holstein Breeders Association
First prize. SIS: second. SO; third. So
fourth. 81: NTH, So; sixth. s5; seventh,
s5: eights. ga
Prizes for dairy cattle Judging con-