Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-09-12
OUR COUNTY FAIR

Inc SHENANDOAH county tair opene
Tuesday with the largest first da
crowd in the history Of the organize
ton. Hundreds of school childrei
were admitted free, yet the gate re
ceipts exceeded those Of any forme
years on the opening day. Despit'
the showers Of the early morning PEG
pie continued to come. TROOP. F 3rt
u. s. Cavalry rode hurdles thru fire
gave exhibitions of picking up wound
ed soldiers with horses at full galop
eight men rode two horses in baske
effect using men to form the baske
and gave many other exhibitions o
skill and daring horsemanship unequal
ed turnout the world.
The racing was good. In 2:17 tro
first money was won by Baron Knight
owned by H. Scott. of Goldsboro, n
c., Madge Bingen won second, owner
j. Fitzpatrick, of Silver Spring, Md
while Hattie Harvester, owned by w
E. Miller, of Washington, D. c., wor
third. Time 2:29.
In 2:14 pace Loveberry won first
owner Frank Boiler. of Norfolk, Va,
Evelyn D, owned by A. A. Jackson, Of
Richmond, Va, won second place,
while King Scott, owned by w. E. Mil
Ter, of Washington, D c., was third.
Time 2:2l4.
Excellent music was furnished by
the X. of p. Band of Woodstock.
AT night the free shows and fire
works attracted large crowds.
A large crowd attended the Fair
Wednesday despite the cold end threat.
ening weather.
The feature of Wednesdays enter.
tainment was the U. S. Cavalry
Troop. :
The results of the races were 3.
In the 2:25 trot, Bertha Aquillan,
owned by ]. Fitzgerald, Silver Spring,
Md, won first place North Bell, own
ed by w, E. Miller, Of Washington,
won second place Moko Axworthy,
j. Fitzgerald owner, won third place,
and Tony Ormonda, owned by Henry
Scott, of Goldsboro, N. c., won fourth
place.
2:1S pace, first place was won by
Loveberry, Frank Boiler, of Norfolk
owner, with Gray Ghost, owned by w.
E. Miller, of Washington, second place
Peter Pointer, Taylor Wall, of Win
chester, owner, won third place, Gay
Direct, owned by F. C. Burgess, Mont
Grey, won fourth, and Roblet R.,
owned by Frank Thomas, Silver
Springs, Md, wen fifth.
2:15 trot-First was won by Myrtle
Axworthy, owned by F. c. Burgess
w. Va, bennington,
owned by w. E. Miller, won second
Phantom Hale, owned by H.
Jackson, of Richmond, won third;
Martiu j., owned by Frank Thomas,
won fourth; miss Toodles, owned by
H. T. Upshur, of Eastville, Va, fifth;
Onita Guy, owned by Mcqueen, of
Dillon, S. C, sixth.
All previous attendance records for
the Fair were smashed Thursday when
l crowd estimated at between II ,0eO
and IL, 900 persons iammed the Fair
Grounds. They witnessed the:break-
ng of the local track record by Minor
Hal, owned and driven by w. E. Mil
er of Washington. which trotted a
nile in 2:11; the great parade of prize
livestock; the three other harness
races. and the wonderful feats of
by the Third Cavalry
Troop.
The huge throng remained during
the evening on the Fair Grounds for
the free acts, fireworks and midway
attractions. An unexpected feature of
last nights program was parade OF
50 automobiles of Ku Klux Klansmen.
This morning more than a dozen
herds OF prize cattle, comprising the
finest livestock exhibit ever seen on
these grounds and comparing very
favorably with any in the state, pa
raded around the track. The procession
was headed by one of the largest
Holstein bulls in the country, 1850
pound monster exhibited by the Vir-
ginia School for Deaf and Blind. On
the animals back rode. little Charles
Rouzee seven year old SON OF Roy
Rouzee. The child carried an American
flag and seemed perfectly at home on
the bull.
Following were the Holstein herds
of George K, Logan, w. H. Newman,
and f. L. Golladay, of Woodstock: the
Guernseys of E. M. Conner, of Staunton,
and Otis Dellinger, Woodstock; two
splendid Jersey herds, one owned by
Col. E. NJ. Brown, of Endless Caverns,
the other by L. T. Stickley, of Stras-
burg; the Aberdeen Angus iherds Of
j. C. Coiner, of sFishersville and ]. T
Stickley, of Strasburg; two Shorthorr
herds of j. NJ. Fishpaw and sons, OF
Berryville; C. N. Hoover, of New Mar
ket, and Fravel Brothers, of Wood
stock, and the Hereford herd of j. T
Patterson and Sons, Bedford. BehinG
these were the entries of the Shen
andoah County Boys B ably Beef Clut
and the Boys and Girls Holstein Club
In trotting the mile in Pill, Mino
Hal. running special exhibition race
to break the local mark, clipped on
and a quarter seconds off the ole
record.
The results of Thursdays races fol
low:
s:24 .Pace-First. Ida Silk (Fitz
gerald, Silver Springs, Md; End
Evelyn D. "a. A. jackson, Richmond
Bird, Lightfoot (Scott, Goldsboro, N
c., and 4th, Jane Todd Fowler. MOI
folk. Time-2:241.
I, 2:iS Trot-First. Myrtle Axworth
burgess, Ronceverte, w. Val, End
Sweet Spirits Barr, Winchester); Bro
Martin j.. Thomas. Washington, an
4th. Jakey Upshur, Eastyille). Tim