Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1928-08-17

way to Mr.. Wnlte s room ana nOSe0 ms
sleeping master awake. Mr.. White inves-
tigated, located the blaze through the
smoke, and it was put out. Zeno is now
more the pet on the island than ever, says
a report of the fire to Potomac Division
Headquarters.
Diamond Jubilee By Rockville
Fair.
Plans have been completed for the dia-
mond jubilee of the Rockville Fair. sched-
uled to take place at Rockville. August 81
to rs. In celebration of the seventy fifth
anniversary the fair board has arranged
number of new attractions for the pro-
gram: A pageant of agriculture in which
practically every farm and allied Oreaniza-
ton of the county will take part will be
staged Wednesday and Thursday.
Friday and Saturday will be devoted to
the Maryland Whippet Derby, the first races
of the kind ever to be staged in Montgom-
cry County. Entries have been received
from half a dozen States and the event
promises TO Introduce dog racing in the
county with flourish.
A baby show will be held Friday morn
ing and already score or more of babies
from the District of Columbia have been
entered to compete against the Maryland
and Virginia contestants.
The Rockville horse show will share the
center of the stage with the pageant on
| Wednesday and Thursday. Judges of the
show will be Otto Furr and DR.. j. l. Crump.
of Middlebure. and Dorsey Williams. of
Ellicott City, Md.
The entries are numerous and promise a
full program for fans of the tan bark ring
Washington will be represented by dozen
or more exhibitors. among them the Riding
and Hunt Club. and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles II.
Carrico, Ray Norton. Miss Frances Saul,
Miss Nancy Hanna John D. Gheen. Melvin
Hazen and Miss Elizabeth Jackson.
The dog show staged annually will be
held August rs More than 500 entries
already have been listed, and the show
with the Rev. j. T. COOlahan, Of Rockville,
and Mr.. Edward p. Albee, of Chevy Chase.
in charge, will more than satisfy the dog
lovers.
A program of running races has been
arranged for the last three days of the fair
Pony races will be STAGED on Tuesday,
Childrens Day, in connection with the
pony show and again on Wednesday as a
/ feature of the horse show.
Children will be. according to a time
honored custom, the guests of the fair
board on Tuesday. the first day of the fair
and program Of free acts has been ar
ranged for their special benefit.
On Wednesday. the first day of the pag
cant, the fair board will entertain all cit-
zens of the county who can boast of an
age of rs years or more. The invitation is
extended as a courtesy on the fairs seven
ty-ffth birthday toward the men and
women whose lifelong activities are re
sponsible for the county's prosperity.
The All Clubs of the county, under the
ulEtCilOu vi " W. HhucioOh' SSN"NS ~o~''''
are arranging an unusually promising exhI-
bition of cattle. pigs and poultry. Among
the exhibitors will be:
Calf club exhibitiOn-ChaTles Hines.
Riggs Darby. Montgomery Barnsley. George
GLAND, Marvin, Russell. Gordon and Maurice
Umpstead, Paul and Sidney Mills. George
Brewer, Aubrey Walters. Lee Howes, Stan
ley Hawkins. Norman Mills, Cullom Barns
ley James King, John, George and Frank
Stiles, Herman Vollmer. Raymond Mills.
Neil Crown and Dorsey Howes.
Pig club exhibition-Carl Snapp. Stanley
Stabler. Charles GLAND, Aubrey Walters
franklin Burdette, Brook Moore. Robert
Moore, Stanley Hawkins, Mack Bowman
George GLAND and Charles Hines.
Poultry club exhibition Clarke Adams,
Alfred, Edith and William Wheeler. D
Roane, Hamilton carp. Mearl Burdette,
Milton Howes, Ellsworth Rawley, Earl and
Gilbert Henderson. Charles Hines and John
Wells
The grounds have been put in first-class
condition New stables have been built
and the track carefully gone over by ex-
perts from the Maryland Racing Commits
sion.
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