Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
KENT SUSSEX
FAIR OPENED
Began on Tuesday and Will
Continue Until August
3rd Inclusive
CROWDS ATTEND EVENTS

| The kent-SuSSex Fair after
weeks of preparation, opened at
Harrington Tuesday, and is being
attended by large crowds. The
Fair will continue to August 8, in
elusive. A rearrangement of the
seating plans in the grandstand is
resulting in an increase of the
seating capacity and also affording
better view from some sections
of the grandstand. The entertain
ment on the stage, track and mid
way are in full swing. Vaudeville
features are presented twice daily
in front of the grandstand supplied
by George Hamid, Inc, who have
been furnishing the attractions for
the past twelve years. Horse rae
ing as usual featured each after
noon on the track and some of the
fastest horses in the East have
been entered in the events. AS us
ual, automobile races will be pre-
sented on Saturday the closing day,
and among those scheduled to COM
pete are drivers well known thru
out the country. Music during the
week is being furnished by Joe Ba-
sille's Madison Square Garden
Band, which needs no introduction
as they have been to the Kent and
Sussex Fair for several years. In
addition to the band a twelve piece
orchestra has been secured. Cert
rude Avery's Diamond Revue heads
the list of stage attractions. This
outfit presents gorgeous number
and has a personnel of fifty people,
including soloists. dancers, COM
edians, knockout speciality and
novelty artists. Brengk's Golden
Horse and Bella Donna is appear
ing in posing act, which is some
thing different than is usually seen
by audiences in this section Both
the horse and lady are painted with
gold bronze, causing them to look
like splendid statues. After five
years the Fair management has
been able to secure the Gandsmidt
Brothers act, which is positively
one of the cleverist dog acts even
seen by the committee. This troupe
has played before King George of
England, the Prince of Wales,
Princess Mary, Kaiser Wilhelm and
the Governor of Canada at COM
mand performances. Knowing how
fair patrons enjoy a thriller the
committee has secured The Great
Bravo, known as the super-thriller
of all times, who does every stunt
imaginable on a slender steel pole
204 feet in the air. Following the
vaudeville each night a fireworks
display is presented. A carnival
company is furnishing attractions
on the midway. Exhibits, for
which prizes, ribbons and prem
iums will be awarded, will include
embroidery, crocheting. tatting, ap-
plique and block printing, practical
and plain sewing, quilting, rugs,
work done by ladies seventy years
or over, sofa pillows, art work,
hand painted china, hand painted
and hand made pictures, hand dec
GRATED glass, hand painted miscel-
laneous articles, reed and other
hand work. The Culinary Section
includes bread, rolls, buns. mullins,
biscuits, rings, patty shells, roset-
tes, pies cakes, candy, preserves,
pickles, jellies. various kinds Of
buffers, marmalades, jams, honey,
conserveS, canned fruits, canned
vegetables, dressings, sauces, rel
ishes, catsup, home made soup,
cheese. The children's department
will include manual art by the
boys and sewing and cooking by
girls. The Floral Department is
specializing in plants grown by
amateurs, cut flowers, glass gard
ems, table center pieces and min
iature gardens. In the Fruit De
partment various arrangements of
apples, pears, peaches, ETC., are
being exhibited in various ways.
Farm Wheat, rye, oats,
barly, celery, clover, corn, soy
beans, buckwheat, pop corn, COW
peas, alfalfa, broom corn, nuts. In
the Horse Department many fine
driving and saddle horses will con-
test for awards as well as draft
horses and those for general util-
ity, ponies and mules. Many brands
of cattle, sheep, hogs. poultry and
all kinds of rabbits are on exhibit
tion. Groups from the Future
Farmers of America, All Clubs,
Garden Clubs and Demonstration
Clubs, have exhibits and enter into
the judging contests. The racing
schedule for the rest of the week
is as follows: Thursday, August /:
z, 2.10 pace; 8, 3 year old and un-
der, trot; 9, year old and under
pace. Friday, August 2: 10, 2.18
trot; IL, 2.20 pace; II, 2.2S trot or
pace, claiming race. Saturday,
August q: Automobile races, seven
sensational speed events. Officially
sanctioned by the contest board of