Smyrna times., 1930-07-09
KENT AND SUSSEX FAIR
Eleventh Annual Event Beginning @
on July 90 August 2

on July 30 August 2
Back in the mauve decade there
died the worlds greatest show
man, Phineas T. Barnum, coiner of
that gem in the crown of Bally-
hoo, Bigger and Better" This
phrase is now hackneyed one.
Time and constant repetition have
worn it threadbare, and the mod
ern world, ever crying for some
thing original, something new,
will soon relegate to the limbo of
things that Were-but not until
this years Kent & Sussex Fair has
passed into history-for how can
you describe such a Fair as we are
are to have this year without the
use of this trite expression, Big
ger and Better 2" Every press
agent in history has reveled in the
use of superlatives, and, like the
poor, the superlative will always
be with US. 1t has to be to de-
scribe a Fair Of such magnitude as
the Kent & Sussex Fair at Har-
rington is to be this year of 1880.
This Fair has become the out
standing event Of the year on the
Eastern Shore. People from other
cities, veteran Fair men with
apologies to the eternal feminine)
have marveled that such stu
pendout affair, in a town of this
size, could be. 1t is because the
men at the helm are Fair Con-
scious";; it is because their
thoughts during the year and
over a stretch of years are for
/ the improvement of this organiza-
tion. With a unanimity seldom
seen in any organization, they
have planned and succeeded in
making each years Fair a bit
more attractive than the previous
one. How well they have sue
ceeded is illustrated in that infal-
lible criterion, the attendance. OF
the dozens and dozens of Fairs
along the Atlantic seaboard, about
five exceed in attendance the
Kent & Sussex Fair-and these
are cities like Reading, Allentown
and Trenton. The Fair will be
featured by the greatest exhibits
of live stock and agricultural ex-
hibits ever shown on the Eastern
Shore. Practically every exhibitor
of last year is back and many
more. The poultry show, the home
economic exhibit, the farm ma
chinery exhibit, the swine show
the All club exhibit and many
others will be featured this year
on a scale not heretofore attempt
ed. Within the past few years the
calcium rays have been focused
upon racing in Harrington. Many
records have been broken here
and this years races will not suf.
fer by comparison with that Of
former years. Pony racing is an.
other feature of interest, while the
mule races, as staged at the Kent
and Sussex Fair, pack as many
spills as the other races pacl
thrills. The vaudeville and Hippo
drome attractions this year are
unexcelled, while Basille's incom
parable Madison Square Band, the
greatest 1--WE must throw in sup
erlative here, because Basille anC
his boys deserve IT'D band of mu
sicians the show has ever known
will be back again. The children
come first. On Tuesday, the open
ing day, all children under sixteeI
years are admitted to the grounds
free, day and night. The grand
stand is free to everybody on thi!
day. Wednesday is everybody
day and everybody will be here
The big Free-for-all Race on thi
! day packs 'em in from the mos
remote corner of the peninsula
The Racing Epic of the Easter
Shorthand many of the beS
/; horses in the country entered
Thursday is Governors Day all,
, Governor Buck and his staff viii
be the guests of the Fair officials
This is the day on which the hord,
, of politicians, of all sizes, colori
, and architectural designs, grasl
the hands of the timid voter ant
beg for a chance to bleed and di'
for him. Four big racing event.
on this day, and one of the out
, standing events of the week, th'
, Cattle Parade. Do not confus,
this Cattle Parade with the politi
! clans attempt to herd the voters
More horse races, and o
an unusually high calibre. AM
then the Mule Races! Melanchol.
Mules, with ambitious African
riding them like Tam O. Shanter
for, at the end Of the race, in ad
dition to the award of long green
spondulix, .mazuma, kale or filth.
! lucre, there will be that dream 0
Ethiopia throughout the ages
} huge watermelon, garnished with
basket of yams and a baby pos
, sum. If you want to see distanc
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