Milford chronicle., 1920-08-06
KENT And SUSSEX
FAIR BIG SUCCESS
FIRST ANNUAL MEETING WITH COM
MENDABLE ATTRACTIONS PROVED
GOOD DRAWING CARD.
THOUSANDS IN ATTENDANCE
THURSDAY WAS BIG DAY WITH RECORD
BREAKING CROWD. The RACING
FINE AND EXHIBITS GOOD.

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FINE AND EXHIBITS GOOD.
The first annual meeting of the
Kent and Sussex Fair at Harrington
last week proved a big success in
every respect. The racing the entire
week was much better than is gen.
orally seen on this peninsula, and
horses were raced which were brought
from all sections of the east. The
purses offered were attractive. and
this created very good incentive to
the horse owners to drive winning
races.
Thursday was the biggest day, the
attendance being about fifteen thous-
and The management on that day
announced that the receipts had been
satisfactory to them, and that they
had been given general compensation
for their efforts to give the people of
the lower counties a live fair. The
expense of preparing the grounds and
providing for the fair was more than
$4,000. The receipts were as large
as had been expected. Next years
fair will be made even larger and
more attractive than that of this sea-
son.
For the races Joseph Davidson of
Wilmington was starting judge,
whose assistants were: John Can
non, Durham, N. c.; J. D. Clark, Cam
den; Clayton S. Elliott, timekeepers; =
w. ]. Watkins, Cambridge, Md, and
James J. Fox, Wilmington. assistant
judges.
Some of the awards made were: ].
w. Killen of FELTON,, $50 for the larg-
est and best display of apples and
first prize for best display of farm
and garden produce. He also won
many first and second ribbons on his
varieties of fruit.
o. A. Newton of Bridgeville, sec
ond prize on display of apples and
six first prizes on apple varieties.
In the cattle class the closest COM
petition was in a class of four Hol-
stein heifers under two years of age.
Awards were finally made as follows:
First, DR.. Derrickson, Frederica; sec
ond. Robert Watson. Pennington;
third and fourth, Dewey Sapp, Hous-
ton. Both Watson and Sapp are MEM
bers of the Kent County Calf Club
and expects to exhibit at the Will
mington fair in September.
Poland Chinas were on exhibition,
DR.. DerricksOn of Frederica having
the only entry in the aged boar class.
In the pig class for Poland Chinas,
Harry Cobaugh of Glendale won first
boar prize and also first SOW prize on
two pigs from a littler raised from
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China promotion sale held under the
auspices of the Kent County Farm
Bureau in Dover last February. Sec
ond prize was won by L. Way of Do
yer.
First prize pen of pigs went to
Cove Johnson of Dover.
In the Berkshire SOW class first
prize was won by Robert Watson of
Pennington.
Child Welfare Booth
An exhibit that attracts much at
tentiOn was a Child Welfare booth
under the direction of the Recon-
struction Commission. Hundreds of
Interested people stopped to look at
he fine display which represented a
child health center with spotless
White equipment of examination table
scales for weighing babies and chill
lren, model baby basket and bath
ng outfit. A sample milk preparation
'utfit was another attractive feature
# the exhibit.
The booth was white muslin lined /.
IN sides and ceiling, and decorated .
With handsome posters telling by /
'icture and print what is good for /
he welfare of mothers and babies.
The booth was in charge of the .
hree Kent and Sussex County Child /
Welfare nurses of the Reconstruction
They were kept busy
nswering questions of mothers about
hildren and looking over and weigh
ng and measuring the children that
arents brought to the booth. Tags
howing what the children weigh and
leasure and showing what is the nor
lal weight for the child's height were
astened on to the children, who wore
hem with pride and were eager to
earn the rules of the game" of
ealth printed on them.
The Little Mothers League of Do
er was on hand to give a demonstra-
on of its fine work. It has approved
lethods- The performance was Of
reat interest, as it showed how the
rses of the Commission are teaching
ght methods of baby care to girls
the age that always like to help
ith their little brothers and sisters.
arge numbers of babies and children
ere registered by the nurses, and
i'll go to their homes later to give
~ advice about their well being.
Canning Clubs There Too '
The exhibits made by the various !
rls canning clubs throughout the /,
70 lower counties were very credit
lie. The girls in many instances
ID exhibits which were better than l
ose sent in by the older ladies. The /
displayed was exception
ly fine, as were specimens of corn C
d grain. Z
The management of the fair is to !
congratulated upon the success of Z
cir first venture. With only two d
)nths for getting the affair in shape p
ey had made very creditable b
owing, and they promise even +
eater things for next year. g