Smyrna times., 1941-07-17
COUNTY FAIR
OPENS JULY 2S
Lucky T'eter to Open Show; /;
Improvements to Fair
Grounds This Year
FIRST FAIR TO OPEN

When the gates are thrown open
for Delaware's Biggest Show" it
will be the first Fair of the 1000
operating in the United States to
start entertaining the 100000
Americans that will attend the
fairs this coming season. AS we
lead all other fairs in opening,
we're trying to lead them by being
bigger, better, gayer, newer and
more entertaining than ever be-
fore.
We are happy to announce that
we have fulfilled the demands of
the public by securing Americas
Number One thrill man, Lucky
Teter, to open our show again this
year. Lucky is attaining the un-
believable in his 1941 edition of
He'll Driving in almost every one of
his % sensational thrillers. The
top one is the death-defying auto
mobile jump some 20 feet in the air
over the top of big 40-passenger
highway bus parked lengthwise on
the track.
Fairgoers will have the surprise
of their life this year when they
enter our newly completed and en-
larged grounds. Having outgrown
the forty-six acres used during the
past ten years, we've added twenty
acres more and the whole sixty-six
acres will be filed with hundreds
of new exhibits that we never had
room for before. These new
grounds are a distinct mark of our
progressiveness for the past twen-
ty-one years. 1t is a known fact
that the average County Fair has
a life of only ten years. By giving
the people what they want and
throwing in a lot more, we have
lived two lives and are entering our
third. This proves that the thou
sands of people who visit us year
after year don't grow weary of the
educational, agricultural and COM
mercial exhibits and entertainment
that we plan and arrange to show.
There's always something new and
different to be seen.
The large purses offered on our
Racing Card this year are already
drawing many new Horse Owners
to the five-day Speed Event. On
Tuesday there will be a 2.14 Pace,
Three-Year-Old Trot and 2.24
Pace. Wednesday a Free-for-all
Trot, Three-Year-Old Pace, Two
Year-Old Trot and a Two-Year-Old
Pace. Thursday Free-for-all
Pace, 2.24 Trot and 2.14 Trot.
Friday 2.20 Trot, 2.20 Pace, 2.2S
Trot, Claiming Race and a 2.2S
Pace, Claiming Race. These class
es will be filled with many of the
fastest horses racing on Eastern
Tracks. In addition to classes for
trotters and PAGERS, there will be
several classes for horses and pom
les in running races.
AS usual, Thursday has been set
aside as Governors Day." when
Governor Walter w. Bacon, mem
bers of his staff and other state Of
ficials, members of the legislature
and many others prominent in po-
litical and business affairs of the
state will be present.
Delaware All Club boys and
girls will again exhibit the results
of their project work in the All
Club Building which is always a
central point of interest at the
Fair. From Tuesday through Fri
day the All Club members will
provide continuous program in
their building consisting of Judg-
ing contests and demonstrations of
dairy products in food preparation.
The F. F. A. members have so
much project work to exhibit that
it was necessary for the Fair Board
to arrange for a larger building to
house their many exhibits. All F.
F. A. members as well as the All