Evening star., 1925-08-23
ROCKVILLE FAIR
TO OPEN TUESDAY
Children Will Have Full Reiun
First Day, Featuring
Pony Show.
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Special Dispatch TO The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Md. August 22.-
The Rockville Fair opens Tuesday
to continue through Friday. II will
be the seventy second annual eXhibi-
ton of the kind held at Rockville
under auspices of the Montgomery
County Agricultural Society.
President Clarence l.. Gilpin, Secre-
tary John L. Muncaster. the depart
ment superintendent and the various
committees have worked hard, entries
have been heavy and public interest
is keen.
There will be no running races ex-
cept for mules, ponies and a hunters
fat race. but eight harness contests
are scheduled, for which more than
hundred high class performers have
been entered. A 2:25 pace is on the
program for Tuesday a 2:20 pace and
2:22 trot for Wednesday, a 2:25 stake
trot, a 2:l5 trot and a free-for-alI trot
or pace for Thursday. and a PA pace
and 2:18 trot for Friday. The purse
in each event will be $500. The track
is in excellent shape.
School children of Montgomery.
Prince Georges and Howard Counties
and the District of Columbia have
been invited to attend on Tuesday as
guests of the society. The pony
show will be held Tuesday More
| than 100 beautiful Shetland and
other breeds have been entered. Four
classes have been arranged-Ponies
under A inches in height, between Al
and 48 inches. between 4S and SO
inches and between 90 and Sc inches.
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prizes of $40. $3.50 and s5 will be
awarded in each class. Five pony
races will be held Tuesday afternoon.
The first will be at quarter of a
mile for ponies under a. inches in
height. and the others will be at half
q mile.
Girls and Boys judging.
For the benefit of the children, the
judging of the exhibits of the girls
and boys of Montgomery County and
the District of Columbia will take
place on Tuesday, and a boys stock
judging contest has been arranged.
The feature of Wednesday will be
the horse show. From modest be-
ginning several years ago, this depart
ment has steadily grown in impor-
tance. Mrs. Andrew J. Cummings.
Mrs. Herbert L. Diamond and Charles
X. Rowdyhush are the committee in
charge. Fourteen classes will be
shown and cash prizes in addition 10
the usual ribbons will be awarded in
each class. The committee will be as
sisted by Thomas T. Fulks and VII
liam A. Waters, and the judging will
be done by DIR. Bartner and Miss
Babe Pierce of Baltimore County The
show will start at $50 am.
A cavalcade Of horses, teams and
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nesday. and on Thursday a parade of
automobiles. trucks and smooth-wheel
tractors will be held. A dog show and
clay pigeon shoot are the main at
fractions on the program for Friday.
Poultry and automobile shows are
other features of the fair that are
expected to prove interesting.
Displays of fireworks have been ar
ranged for Wednesday and Thursday
nights, as has a, wild West show, in
which California Frank, formerly with
Buffalo Bill, and his company Of
riders, ropers and marksmen will fur
niSh some thrills common in pioneer
Gays. The grounds will be brilliantly
lighted, and all amusements and other
departments of the fair will be open
all four nights.
Every conceivable example of the
home work of women of this county
on exhibition, including bread, pies,
works of art, canned fruits and vege-
tables. preserves, jellies, flowers, etc.
Mrs. George NJ. Hunter Of Rockville
is chairman of the committee in charge
of this department, her associates be-
ing Mrs. Charles G.. Holland, Mrs.
James II. Jones, Mrs. Thomas r.
Hall. Mrs. Lawrence A. Chiswell, Mrs.
Mary T. Boland, Mrs. Lawrence All
mutt, Mrs. Josiah w. Jones. Mrs. Clar-
ence L. Gilpin, Mrs. William B. Mob
ley, Mrs. George +. Hane and Mrs.
Thomas D. Griffith. Prominent wom-
en- will act as superintendent of the
various departments. The exhibits
will be housed in the new hall Just
erected in place of the one DESTROYED
by fire two years ago.
Fair Management Same.
The same men, all substantial farm
erS and business men, who have man
aged the fairs of the last several years
are again in charge. They are Clar-
ence l.. Gilpin, president; John 3.
Diamond, jr., vice president; John T.
Muncaster, secretary and treasurer;
William A. Waters, Luther A. Hoell-
man, Thomas L. Fulks. James c.
Hepr.y White, James r. King, Harry
J
Waters, ]. P. Fitzgerald, James T..
Cashell, Edgar Reed and Messrs. Gill
pin and Diamond, directors.
The superintendents of the various
departments are: Beef cattle, William
j. Thomas: dairy cattle, John B. Dia-
mond. jr., and James D. King; hogs
and sheep, James c. Christopher and
Thomas I. Fulks; poultry. Harry j.
Hunt and Perrie E. Waters; light
draft horses, Thomas 1. Fulks and
William A. Waters; heavy draft
horses. James r. King and Henry
White; main exhibition hall, Perrie
L. Waters and Harry j. Hunt; electric
lighting. Luther A. Hoellman and
Edgar Reed; transportation, feed and
stabling, Thomas 1. Fulks and James
r. King.
The following compose the various
committees: Races, Clarence l.. Gil.
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