Evening star., 1922-08-20
ROCKVILLE READY
FOR BIGGEST FAIR
Interesting PROGRAM Ar
ranged for 69th Exhibi-
ton This Week.
RACING Chief FEATURE
1870 Horses Have Been Entered for
Various Events Begin.
ming Tuesday.
RACING CHIEF FEATURE

cultural Society, which will be held
here Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday
and Friday Of next week. will, the Of
fcials believe. prove q big success
from every standpoint.
! When the present management took
charge several years ago it an
nounced a determination to make
each fair better than the preceding
one. That policy has been adhered to.
and the Improvement this year
promises. it is said. to be more
marked than ever.
The preparations began several
| weeks ago. and the directors and
superintendents Of the various de-
merous assistants. have since put in
many busy days getting things in
shape. New buildings have been
! erected, old ones enlarged and re-
paired, and many changes made
looking to the convenience and COM
fort of exhibitors and visitors.
woman's Section Expands.
Since the Montgomery County
Federation Of Women's Clubs began
to take an interest in the fair. the
''women's section" has gradually ex-
panded until this year it was found
| necessary to erect new building
to accommodate the numberless ex-
hibits. Mrs. J. Somerville Dawson
her assistants. who were selected by
Scott. S'"i Miss N.nni. mi s Poole. ussns Mrs.
Charles g. Holland. Miss Eleanor
Smith, Mrs. Clarence l. Gilpin, Mrs.
William B: Mobley. Mrs. Lawrence
Artemus Griffith. Mrs. Walter cashell.
Mrs. Harry c. Armstrong and Mrs.
Norman Engle. They promise . dis
play well worth seeing.
Harry J. Hunt. who is again in
charge of the poultry department. is
bubbling over with enthusiasm over
! the fine show he will put across"
He began early to interest poultrymen
! IN this years fair. and how well he
| succeeded is shown by the fact that
the demand for space in his depart
| ment was so great Is far back as sew
eral weeks ago that it was decided to
enlarge the poultry house, and this
has been done. Mr.. Hunt says there
will be two thousand chickens on ex-
hibition.
Dog Show Planned.
For the frst time in twenty years
with the fair. This. too. will be in
| charge Of Mr.. Hunt, and many owners
Of CANNES in the District of Colum-
bia. this county and other places have
assured him that their dogs will be
on hand.
The dogs will be on exhibition on
Wednesday only. Rabbits and cats
Will also be shown in Mr.. Hunts de.
partment.
4 That the horse show to be held in
connection with the fair will be a
pronounced success there is said to
be not the slightest doubt. So many
owners have signified their intention
OF making entries that it was real
ized that the stable capacity on the
grounds would be far from sufacient
to accommodate the horses and sevs
eral days ago a big uptown livery
stable was rented to house the over
how. Mrs Andrew J. Cummings of
Chevy Chase is chairman of the horse
Mrs. Herbert Diamond. Josiah w.
Jones and President Clarence ]. Gill
AS usual, the racing will be a lead
ing feature of the fair. Purses ag-
eregating s3.ss5 have been offered for
which include ten harness and seven
running events and two pony and two
| mule races. Several motor cycle con-
tests will also probably be arranged.
$50 Horses in Races.
For the races a total of 13O horses
have been entered. Many of these
horses are high-class performers and
| the race committee-Frank Thomas.
John B. Diamond, jr., and Clarence
L. Gilpin-expect some fine contests.
The track is in fine condition and
fast miles will doubtless be the rule.
! The same oficials who so success
fully managed the fairs Of the last
two years are again in. charge. They
vice president. John B. Diamond. jr.;
secretary. John E. Muncaster; treas
urer. Eugene W. Cissel; directors,
Clarence L. Gilpin. John B. Diamond.
jr.. Lewis W. Barnsley. Thomas I.
6. Holland. James r. King, Harry
J. Hunt, James D. King. Perrie e.
Waters, A. Dawson Trundle, Frank
| Thomas.
Assisting the directors this year is
an advisory board consisting Of Will
Carter Clasett. Benoni Allnut. Charles
E. King, Millard F. Rice, !r., Or.
Thomas A. Ladson, Edgar Reed, WIl-
liam A. Waters. 2. NJ. Waters, Rich
ard C. Drum Hunt, William v. Daw-
son. J. N. Kemp. James Fitzgerald.
| List Of Entries.
The complete list. announced today
by the race committee. is as follows:
for horses. four-year-olds and under.
THAT have never raced and that are
!owned in the District Of Columbia or
Montgomery, Frederick, or Prince
iGeorges counties; purse. $300-Ax-
lworthy Lou and Lulu Kay, Alexander
F. Prescott. Rockville, Nd; Marco and
Miss Louise. Fields Brothers. Rock
lville. Md; Ida Silk. ]. r. FitsseraId,
Washington, D. c., and Peter NJ, w. e.
Miller. Washington, D. c.
2:2o trot; purse. .soo-sable W,
IR. ]. Shirley, Heathesville, Va; Rosalie
and Mitchell Lammelein. E. G. Gill
imore. Albany, Ca; BERTHE Chicas and
Marie Star. v. L. Clark, Suffolk. Va;
Marie. Thomas c; Keys. Rockville. Nd. !:
|W. r. Dousherty, sunoik. Va: Myrtle
lOliver and Tempest. P. J. Saunders,
iSuffolk, Va; Dock Anna, Grandy
Brothers, Norfolk, Va; Peter ]. H. and
Ipanfield, J. P. Fitzgerald. Washington,
D. c.; Marguerite, ]. NJ. Nc
;Kimeon, Washington. q. c.; Bonnie
Isetzer; Eddie King, WashinEton. p. G.:
Iva, and North Bell and Joker Girl,
W. E. Miller. washington, D. c.
| ss15 Trot for s40o.
| Wednesday, August %: 2:15 trot;
purse, $4oo-Baby Ruth. ]. NJ. McKim.
folk, Va; Bond Issue. Morgan Leaf.
Sid Bingen and North Bell, w. e.
Miller, Washington. D. c.; Sable w,
r. ]. Shirley. Heathesville. Va; VIII
| bur the Great, Myrtle Oliver and
Tempest. P. ]. Saunders, Suffolk. Va;
Dock Anna. Grandy Brothers. Nor.
j. r. Fitzgerald. Washington. D. &.
ana Joe Frank. ohio Horse and Mule
lCompany, Wilson, N. c.; Frisco, Vir.