Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-07
STATE FAIR CLOSES
IN BLAZE OF GLORY
One of the Most Successful in
History of These
Exhibitions.

The thirteenth annual Delaware state
Fair came to a close last night with ilre-
works which in magnlhcence rIValed
those Of .hc opening night The closing,
although III itself iuauspicIo'Is, due t"
Yesterdays weather and the consequent
drop in attendance. nevertheless marked
the closing Of perhaps the most successful
nf the fairs vet held IN this State. lie
cause of the wet track. riding races took
the place of The automobile races schcdui-
ed for last night
The total attendance Tor the wek :
roughly estimated nj GO.UN Should such
bc the ease which IS quite likely, tins
wears fair will be- considered one grand
success. as the change Of grounds and
the many war activities We're expected 10
diminish considerably tho interest IN the
fair Asit Is. however. the interest shown
IN the new fair j. having q most en-
rouraging effect on fair officials and those
interested in the many associations con
nected withit Talk Is already being heard
Of next wear : fair when tho grounds Will be
all polished up and perhaps there VIII bc
no war
: II Wilson. Jr secretary ot tho Dc'a-
ware State Fair ASSOCIATION l> very op-
timistlc concerning tho outlook for the
1919 State fair. when spoken 20 hy re-
porter The rather small attendance Of
YESTERDAY did not seem TO disturb him one
lnta. rs nc was speaking Of the grand far
that will I've held next fall and the capacity
Of the new grounds 10 hold all the people
Of the State II they choose to come ont
there some iine day eve want people out
here, he said people. people and more
p4~oplc. he continued, as he pointed 10 the
spacious grounds, "and II We need morr
grounds We will get them
In the absence Of horse racing yeSter-
day afternoon. the horse show was the
big event, the crowds that would other
wise have filled the grand stand were
clustered around the tan bark oval watch
ING the horse classes 4 feature OF peCu-
har attraction was the pony races, which
the Judges put on tho main track 10 enter
tam the crowd in the absence ot races
Little Esther Bali won applause when She
won a real short distance race.
Late last night the once busy grounds
already depopuIated gradually began TO
assume the appearance Of a burial place
The side shows were packing I'D and the
stands were pulling together their wares,
ready for their departure tins morning
Today is taken up with the unmaking Of
what was he thirteenth annual far
Work on the completion ~ the grounds
however Will not cease, and he worhncn
will not leave the grounds until he fnal
finishing touch viii have been added
The new bindings, the attendants say,
are now sufficiently roony. and naturally
| +hc attendants Of The cattle and horses
| declare that they have much more room
! and can handle the animals in much better
| shane than last wear and the previous
| seasons. The attendants Of one of the
| classes OF cattle. tho Jerseys. which arc
! owned by Alfred du Pont are en-
| thusiastlc about their quarters On Thurs
| dav Mr du Pont visited the fair and took
| in the cattle section, a. whirh time he
/ visited his own stock and was also pleased
/ with the quarters which, he thought, were
/ better than the quarters for cattle at the
! old fair grounds Tho entrants Of Mr..
| du Pont 5 tins wear are almost the same as
! of other wears. and IN fact. one of the bulls
J and one of the cows arr he same a. last
/ wear. One OF the finest specimens cX-
| hibited az the fair this wear Is MIR du
! Points jersey bull. Raleigh Du Com
| who again has taken first prize, and Is a$
! cocky as ever He also took first prize
| last wear, and IS said To be worth cOnsid'
! derable money Du Com has a FINE an
| cestor and j. looked upon as fine sho y
| built Another fine young bull in Mr.. dl
| Points herd At the fair was Raleigh
! DI Com 2nd, son OF the first prize WIN
ner. Other entries Of Mr. du Pont : VOL
| prlzes