Evening star., 1926-08-22
ROCKVILLE FAIR
TO OPEN TUESDAY
"ChiIdren's Day." Horse
Show. Races and Exhib-
its Are Features.

Special Dispatch to The sunday star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. August Elf
weather conditions are favorable. the
seventythird annual fair of the Mont
gomery County Agricultural Society.
to be held here Tuesday. Wednesday.
Thursday and Friday. will prove big
success from every standpoint. say
the fair officials.
after several weeks of hard work
on the part of President Clarence l..
Gilpin. Secretary Otho Trundle and
the superintendents Of the various
departments. everything. excepting
few touches. is in readiness.
All departments are expected To be
overfloVing with high-clsss exhibits.
For the last week or more entries
have been coming in at a rapid rate,
and for the last dar or two in
steady stream. The various depart
ment heads declared today the ex'
hibits already assured mean varied
and interesting displays. but hun
dreds of additional entries are to be
made
AS usual the opening day will be
observed as "Children's day" and sew
eral thousand boys and girls Of school
age from the District Of Columbia,
Montgomery. Howard and Prince
Georges Counties are expected 10 at
tend as guests Of the society. A pony
show. in which something like 100
beautiful animals Hill be seen. and
six pony races are outstanding
features of the program provided for
the entertainment Of the little Visi-
tors.
Horse Show Wednesday.
The biz feature Wednesday will
he the annual horse show. Mrs. An
drew !. Cummings, chairman or me
committee in charge. and MISS Anna
Cilpin the secretary. are enthusiastic
over the prospects for an unusually
fine exhibition this year. Three har-
ness raceS-9:25 pace. 2:22 trot and
2le paCe-a mule race at six fur-
longs and a hunters fiat race at six
furloncs the gentlemen r'|"''' 80 ~.
pear in colors. are also scheduled for
the second day. as lS a parade around
the race track of all horses. teams and
prize cattle on exhibition.
Thursday has always been 'he biz
day. -Four harness races. mule
race. parade Of automobiles, trucks
and smooth wheel tractors are some
~ the attractions provided for that
day. The harness races include the
80 trot. open TO horses owned IN
the District of Columbia and Mont
eomery. Prince Georges. Frederick
and Carroll Counties; 200 pace, c:15
trot and ":15 pace, each for purse
Of $500
The annual dog show. of which
Allen Hoffar will be in charge. and
the PIT trot. for purse Of 5000. com
prise the principal part Of the pro
gram for Friday. the closing day.
Fireworks a Feature.
The mana cement has announced
that The fair will as was true Of last
year. he kept going Wednesday and
Thursday nights. and that elaborate
DISPLAYS of fireworks will he added at
fractions.
The officers. directors. SUperintend-
entS and Others who will run the
big exhibition include MANY Of the
countN'S most prominent mon ana
women. They are: President. Clarence
l.. Gilpin: vice president. John p. Dla
nCnd: secretary. OHIO {. Trundle: as
sistant secretary. Miss Anna Gilpin.
trea eurer. Perrie f. Waters: directors.
William a. Waters. John Is. Diamond.
jr. Thomas ! F'ulks. Charles g. Hol-
land. James {. christopher. Clarence
l.. Gilpin. Charles f. Haight. James
T. taShell. William J. Thomas. Ilar-
Vey Harris. James Il. King Harry j.
Hunt. James y. King. Perre r.
Waters. Eugene :. Walker and James
+. Fitzgerald.
Superintendents. Mrs George NJ
Hunter, William H. Gipin, Maurice
Cecil. Il. NJ. Waters, Turner w. Welsh,
Mrs. Charles G.. Holland. Mrs. c. Nor
man Rouic. Mrs. George F. Hane.
Mrs. Howard Larcombe Mrs. Rem
Jamin +. Webster. Miss Josie Higgins.
Mrs Samuel Riggs. Mrs Josiah j.
Hutton. Mrs. Benjamin T.. Elmore,
Mrs. Walter Cashell. Mrs. Robert F..
l.. Smith, Mrs. j. &. Newell Mrs Viii.
liam FardIhar. Mrs. Robert Langley,
Mrs. Thomas y. Henderson. Mrs. w.
f.. Turton. Mrs. NJ. j. B"la nd Mrs w.
Y. M"hIey. Mrs. Henry II. Griffith.
Mrs. u. n. Humphreys. Mrs. Thomas
7. Earnsley. Miss Elsie England. Mrs.
Wilson Ward. Miss blanche A. Corwin
Walter taShell viii ACT as chief
marshal and his aids will he Robert
Chuchester. Samuel Cashell. Thomas
A. BarnsieN. Edward Snowden, Albert
AinNard Thomas +. Rarnslev Frank
Cashen. Charles Brown. Everett Real,
James W. Barnsley. clyde Harvey,
George d. Moyer. otto Hewitt. Philip
Darling. Robert Allnutt. MAYNARD
King. Robert Green. John Mover.
Ridgely Chichester and Richard
Jannev